Interesting accident, whose fault should this be?

sh0597

There isn't really much more to say. We'll never get the actual answer if there even is one.

photome

sh0597 wrote: »

It's not relevant as it involved a bike not a car.

I think you are implying that if it had been a car overtaking it would be the cars fault, but because it is a bike its 50/50

Or are you just shirking the question

still 80/20 IMO

anotherbaldrick

Reminds me of an incident last week. I drove out of our entrance and as it is an "A" road (30mph which no one sticks to) stopped 2ft short of the kerb and looked both ways. Only traffic was a motorcycle on nearside to my right , about 150 yards away but going quite fast . Waited for him, brake on and watched his approach. When he was about 30 yards away he suddenly hit his horn and swerved to the other side of the road, rode past shouting and gesticulating. I had been watching him approach for 10 seconds or more but it was only when I could see the whites of his eyes did he register me and in panic thought I was moving.
I know us oldies are generally considered invisible to the general population but did not realise our cars were as well,

DoctorFoster

photome wrote: »

I think you are implying that if it had been a car overtaking it would be the cars fault, but because it is a bike its 50/50

Or are you just shirking the question

still 80/20 IMO

He'll stand by this said all he has to say and the dragon is out.

sh0597 wrote: »

There isn't really much more to say. We'll never get the actual answer if there even is one.

z1a

As a biker of almost 40 years, I would say the bike is at fault. I pass lines of traffic like that, but probably at more like 20mph, and I would be aware that the car has left a gap for a reason and would be going at less then 10mph at that point.

JustinR1979

z1a wrote: »

As a biker of almost 40 years, I would say the bike is at fault. I pass lines of traffic like that, but probably at more like 20mph, and I would be aware that the car has left a gap for a reason and would be going at less then 10mph at that point.

You're still alive after 40 years of biking?
I think we need to listen to you, obviously know what you're doing to achieve this and stay safe on the roads

DoctorFoster

z1a wrote: »

As a biker of almost 40 years, I would say the bike is at fault. I pass lines of traffic like that, but probably at more like 20mph, and I would be aware that the car has left a gap for a reason and would be going at less then 10mph at that point.

I do too but with 30 years in I'm new and still learning.

JustinR1979

DoctorFoster wrote: »

I do too but with 30 years in I'm new and still learning.

Did a mid-life crisis cause you to take up biking?

z1a

"You're still alive after 40 years of biking?"

Think so!

And I mean proper bikes from Z900 in the late 70s through to Hayabusa a few years ago to old zzr1100 now ( comfier for my old bones.)

Nothing wrong with what rider was doing, but he was going way too fast for his own observational ability.

DoctorFoster

JustinR1979 wrote: »

Did a mid-life crisis cause you to take up biking?

Mid life crisis at 16.