No1 Son down (again!)

Got the call at work today. "Chris has been knocked off his bike. He's
bruised and battered but generally ok. Bike is a bit of a mess and we've
left it in a laybay. Can you come home now?"
Got back in 'good time'. Turns out he'd been overtaking a car which had then
decided to turn right without indicating while he was halfway past it. Off
he comes _again_. Thank god he ws wearing his MX body armour under his
jacket. Well shocked and more than a bit bruised. Got the trailer hitched up
and amazingly the bike was still where he'd left it. He's right, it is a bit
of a mess but certainly fixable.
No witnesses of course and the woman driving said she was in fact
indicating. Says "we can sort this out without involvnig the insurers". I
think I'll visit her tomorrow and discuss the situation in detail
(especially her insurance docs).
Ah well at least he's ok. Again thank god for the protective gear he was
wearing. Another lesson perhaps?

JB

 

Not like the cage I saw having it's roof cut off on the A10 this
afternoon then.

That's good.

Good job.

They all are. ;-)

 

Clumsy ****, again.

Make sure he reports it to the police within 24 hours.

 

Highway Code rule 167?

 

<>:

Glad he's OK, but think he's young enough that this is just 'bad luck'
or someone else's fault. Learning only starts around your thirties...
in my experience...

 

If he was wearing protective gear on a nice day like today, I'd say
he's already learnt the main lesson. The only one left is that all car
drivers are intent on killing him, & will take any opportunity to do so.


--
Krusty
www.MuddyStuff.co.uk
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'02 MV Senna '03 Tiger 955i '96 Tiger '79 Fantic Hiro 250

 

*ding* although the OP doesn't actually state that it was a junction. She
could have been turning into a drive

 

Or as happened to my mate recently when they were just pulling across
to the other_side_of_the_road (outside the shop).

 

BVlimey. That sounds sort of familiar....

 

If he was wearing protective gear on a nice day like this then I'd say
that the World's gone soft.

Don't get me wrong on this one, I'd be more than happy for my youngest
to walk away from a bike crash unscathed because he was wearing decent
kit but I really enjoy riding my bike wearing the same kit I'd walk to
the pub in.

 

Our daughter had her first driving lesson the other day and if she's
heard / interpreted what he said correctly he said to her "less
observation / shoulder checks "?

Even when I'm driving / riding with her as a passenger I see her doing
her safety's and I don't think it's a bad thing?

I don't care if someone doesn't indicate, I do care if someone pulls
out on me without looking.

 

JB wrote:

When I were a lad I got side swiped by a T-34 that turned right without
looking, having nothing but a Swiss Army knife, I successfully disabled
it, disarmed the crew and brought down an ME-109 with an air rifle
before a cuppa with tiffin. By Christ, I swear Chicken Madrasses get
hotter with age.

I'm sure he'll be ok, he's young, he's indestructable.

 

That's because you've learnt all the other lessons. I'll happily ride
in shorts & a T-shirt, but sure as hell wouldn't recommend that to
someone young & inexperienced.

--
Krusty
www.MuddyStuff.co.uk
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'02 MV Senna '03 Tiger 955i '96 Tiger '79 Fantic Hiro 250

 

My wife took and passed her driving test in 2006. She was
specifically told by her instructor not to do shoulder checks and this
was borne out by the examiner. I promptly told her to ignore them
after passing and demonstrated by putting me and the bike in her blind
spot why a shoulder check was needed rather than just mirrors.

 

Not hugely, try punctuation.

 

<snip well meant ranting>

Isn't it only a life saver if it saves your life Steve, till then (and
therefore most commonly) it's simply a glance across your shoulder in
the direction you are about to travel (hence shoulder check).[1]

Like not all breaking is an emergency stop and why we now call crash
helmets safety helmets?

Personally I have always looked into the space I'm going (even if it
was sideways or backwards) be it walking, on the road in / on a
vehicle or even if in a boat (not on the road though ... although I
did kayak down our high street once but that's another story). I also
feel I'm fairly 'aware' of what's going on around me, something that
seems less common these days as noted when watching emergency vehicles
trying to get through traffic.

[1] I hope I don't sound like one of the regular pedants by saying
that?

 

Um, in fact you'll find them perfectly punctuated.

 

I was given to understand that when wording statutory notices, one
must avoid the use of more than one comma in a sentence. This is
because, just like parantheses, the words between the commas (or
enclosed by parantheses) may be justifiably ignored. I would
therefore argue that the punctuation of legal documents is constrained
by such considerations and thus may be fewer than gramatically
correct.

With that, Sir, I rest my case.

 

Helmets are called safety helmets purely because the motorcycle trade
does not want the general public to have a negative image of
motorcycling. Apparently 'Crash helmet' implies people crash and get
hurt, whereas anything prefixed with 'Safety' is a positive thing.

Having been a rep selling helmets into the bike trade for many years, I
do know where and when this started. Thank a guy called Peter Gleave
for that one.

 

Of course (the yours or anyone's bit).

Ok ..

Ah, I think all the sweary shouting put me off then.

;-)

I think it takes more than threats to get through to some though
Steve. Our daughter for instance isn't 'bothered' by speed (yet).
Whenever I'm traveling fast I'm aware of how hard the furniture is I'm
passing fairly close and how much closer it could get with just a bit
of diesel, gravel or a puncture etc etc.

And that's just the passive stuff.

Maybe it's something that comes on with age?

Now doing *anything* carries some form of risk so most of us simply
minimise that by using any safety equipment available, proper
training, proper attitude and (hopefully) experience.

Our daughter likes riding motorbikes (and she has done so since she
was about 6 with her PW50), she's also an apprentice tree surgeon so
I'm not too bothered how 'safe' her first car may or not be. I'll be
more interested how good a driver she becomes, her attitude towards
drink driving, appropriate speed and attention etc.