Yet another biker killed

[Ixion]

Report here (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10126536)

When is it going to stop ?

[crashe]

Motorcyclist dies after hitting bridge
NZ Herald. 20.05.05 10.00am

A motorcyclist is dead after he hit a bridge at Kaipara Flats west of Warkworth shortly after midnight.
Police said he hit the single lane bridge about 1am today.
No one else was involved in the accident.
No other details were available.
- NZPA

RIP.
Please everyone take care out there on the roads.

[John]

RIP

Seems it isnt the season for us.
:(

[Hitcher]

Fragile, fast-moving projectile meets large, immovable object. There can only be one winner.

[Biff]

:weep:
...........................

[Lou Girardin]

Report here (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10126536)

When is it going to stop ?

It won't. The risk is part of why we ride.

[Fart]

Lets be more careful out there guys.

Even the best motor racing drivers and riders have fatal accidents.

Very sad. :no:

[MSTRS]

It won't. The risk is part of why we ride.
Quite right. Yet we don't think that "this might be my time...." do we?

[justsomeguy]

I'm sorry that this happened.


By the way How the F do you miss seeing a bridge??? It's kinda large isn't it???

[John]

I'm sorry that this happened.


By the way How the F do you miss seeing a bridge??? It's kinda large isn't it???
Nope, If its where I think it is - then its one of those ones that you cross without realising... Or is that just me?

[crashe]

He may have been tired, as it was 1am...

[FEINT]

very sad news to hear. :no: :weep:Condolences to his family and friends.

Ride safe out there guys.

[Skunk]

Could be a corner onto a bridge too...

Small mistake - big penalty...

RIP

[wildcat_lgf]

Never underestimate the power of stationary objects.

It's not been a good year, condolences to those left behind

[Pixie]

Could be a corner onto a bridge too...

Small mistake - big penalty...

RIP
Probably a dirt road too,most of them are at that location.

[vifferman]

Quite right. Yet we don't think that "this might be my time...." do we?
Yup. Sometimes.

[riffer]

Damn. I was going to take the black armband off my jacket.

Guess I won't now.

:no:



RIP

[Motu]

Probably a dirt road too,most of them are at that location.
Kaipara Flats road itself is all gravel,single lane and very twisty,but I don't think there are any bridges on it.There are several one lane bridges on the Tauhoa rd at the western end,it's gravel from the Kaipara Flats rd intersection,but seal eastwards to the Dome Valley intersection....I don't know the east end very well,it's seal so I don't ride it.One lane Bridges invarably seem to be on a corner,easy to get the approach wrong.

RIP dude....

[T.I.E]

Nope, If its where I think it is - then its one of those ones that you cross without realising... Or is that just me?

i think i know the bridge you mean. a little speed and there it is too late, and at night your head lights don't awlays hit the signs so you can see them.
there could have been more factors aswell. eg cattleor another car too.
i guess we will never know.

[gav]

Do car forums post a thread every time a car driver dies in an accident?

[Coyote]

What happened for him to hit a bridge? Slide into it or something?

Still a real bugger though. R.I.P.

[Patch]

What is it with bridges and bikes?? :weep:

A couple of years ago, a chap rode a shop bike down south and tried to move a bridge with it. :no:

Be careful and always ride to the conditions whether you know the road or not.

Be safe.

[Ixion]

What is it with bridges and bikes?? :weep:
..

Tis because most places on the road if you lowside you have a chance of sliding to a stop, maybe knocked about but alive. Cos most roads have some space alongside the seal - gravel, ditch, bank etc .Lowside on a bridge or coming into it and you almost immediately hit the bridge side bits. Hard. And die

Also bridges are often nasty. I treat them all with intense suspicion. The angle is often nasty - the road often runs along side the river/stream, then swings round real sharp to cross at a right angle And they have a real bad habit of developing a nasty pothole/ridge where the soft road surface meets the hard bridge deck. Dodgy in daylight, treacherous indeed at night - and in the rain maybe too. Don't forget also, some still have the wooden decks - slippery as a politician avoiding a straight answer when they're wet.

[ajturbo]

Do car forums post a thread every time a car driver dies in an accident?

always one smarty in a pack eh!
hell if they did that the forums would choke