Ouch WTF?

[Smifffy]

Poor judgement? Warning some may find graphic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLmn426wrCM


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[gatch]

Fluoro vest saves life ?

[CookMySock]

Fluoro vest saves life ?More like fluoro vest makes feel invincible, so takes stupid risks.

Steve

[Dak]

Fak me, that idiot DESERVED to be hit, what a complete dumbass.

[jamessmith]

makes me wonder why we even ride with idiots like that on the road

[gatch]

Sure he/she is pretty presumptuous parking there, but you would have to be able to see that from hundreds of meters away.

Person that hit clearly wasn't looking..

[JMemonic]

One would think the flashing strobes and general set up of the bike being extremely identical to the ones escorting the ambulance might be a slight indicator that the rider is in fact law enforcement and attempting to move traffic to the other lane to allow exit of the response vehicle.

Of course I could be mistaken but I would be more afraid of the fact that drivers with that level of skill are sharing the road with others and it would appear Europe is not exempt from idiots like this.

[CookMySock]

One would think the flashing strobes and general set up of the bike being extremely identical to the ones escorting the ambulance might be a slight indicator that the rider is in fact law enforcement and attempting to move traffic to the other lane to allow exit of the response vehicle. No one expects there to be a stationary object in the middle of the lane, and certainly not with a person sitting on it. It might have also helped if he got said warning lights and pointed them up the road instead of across it.

Steve

[{.bLanK}G_o_D]

Yip seen this before. Bad call on that guys part. Silly place to be mounted and stationary.


One would think the flashing strobes and general set up of the bike being extremely identical to the ones escorting the ambulance might be a slight indicator that the rider is in fact law enforcement and attempting to move traffic to the other lane to allow exit of the response vehicle.

Of course I could be mistaken but I would be more afraid of the fact that drivers with that level of skill are sharing the road with others and it would appear Europe is not exempt from idiots like this.

Yup that sounds fair enough.
Personally, I would have dismounted once stopped in the desired spot. Easier and faster to get out of the way at the last second. And you would also be more visible to oncoming traffic.

[Mikkel]

Fak me, that idiot DESERVED to be hit, what a complete dumbass.

Yes indeed, fuck you! No one deserves to be hit like that - no matter the circumstance. Dumbarse! :weird:


No one expects there to be a stationary object in the middle of the lane, and certainly not with a person sitting on it. It might have also helped if he got said warning lights and pointed them up the road instead of across it.

Expect it or not - unlike when posting on KB it's your obligation to engage both your senses as well as your brain when you are operating a motor vehicle! The guy driving the yellow car must have been pretty much asleep to not notice the vehicle.


All of that said, a safer practice would have been for the rider only occupy one half of the lane - that way there would have been more room to swerve around him. I for one does not envy the bike-cops that run the light-to-light relay for critical ambulance responses - bloody dangerous work.

[sinfull]

Who didn't see that coming

[Slyer]

That video had one of the best youtube videos of all time on the side.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU8DDYz68kM&feature=fvw

[CookMySock]

That video had one of the best youtube videos of all time on the side.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU8DDYz68kM&feature=fvwLOL thats awesome.

Steve