Biker down - Auckland (15 July 2011)

[Parlane]

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/5288452/Crashes-kill-two-in-Auckland

More detailed (location) media report:
http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/motorcyclist-killed-in-auckland-4305958

"In a second accident, a motorcyclist was killed after colliding with a car in Penrose this morning, a Fire Service spokesman said."

I heard about it on the radio this morning, they were seeking witnesses.

Very sad to hear.

[_Shrek_]

was reading it on the net, if they're looking for witness, means the M/C has been blamed

[Usarka]

Was at a give-way controlled T intersection.

[Parlane]

was reading it on the net, if they're looking for witness, means the M/C has been blamed

I had assumed the car was missing. But it doesn't say that anywhere, so maybe they do believe the biker is to blame.

[fokky]

Sorry to hear of the death of a motorcyclist.

I wonder if KB is capable of showing some respect for the dead this time????????

[Parlane]

Apparently happened at this intersection:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Rockfield+road+penrose&hl=en&ll=-36.914364,174.805725&spn=0.000855,0.001206&sll=55.858169,-4.414187&sspn=0.009598,0.01929&t=k&z=20

[Guided_monkey]

My condolences to the family. :weep:

Let's be careful out there people.

[steve_t]

Condolences to the friends and family of the rider

[shrub]

Very sad. It always saddens me when I hear of a biker crashing, even if it's their own fault, because to me everyone on two wheels is a kind of kin.

[Edbear]

Very sad. Could be any number of reasons. The roads are treacherous out there, even in my car the Traction Control kicked in on a roundabout and I certainly wasn't driving hard! The roads can be like ice and the outside temp was only 8 degrees at 9:30am! :blink:

[Parlane]

Very sad. Could be any number of reasons. The roads are treacherous out there, even in my car the Traction Control kicked in on a roundabout and I certainly wasn't driving hard! The roads can be like ice and the outside temp was only 8 degrees at 9:30am! :blink:

Yeah the iced roads are very daunting, I experienced my first ever loss of traction due to a slippery road surface the other week. I was riding in a perfectly straight line when I felt and heard my back wheel spin faster than the bike was traveling.

[shrub]

the outside temp was only 8 degrees at 9:30am! :blink:

Ah, a nice warm day then?

[Botany Honda]

I had to detour around that this morning, I go past that road every day, my condolences to the riders friends and family

[Waxxa]

was reading it on the net, if they're looking for witness, means the M/C has been blamed

not necessarily! looking at the photo supplied in the herald, it looks like the car has tried to turn in the side road and has cut in front of the motorcyclist.

The cops will want an independant witness other than the car driver to find out what happened...

[DangerMice]

Looks like the car turned in front of the m/c to me as well. No point speculating though I guess.

herald (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10738616)

RIP rider

[Parlane]

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Source: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10738616

Very little detail in the photo. But one might assume (making an ass out of u and me) that the car turned in front of the bike.

[breakaway]

Drove past this in the morning today.

This intersection is fuckin treacherous at the best of times. People hurrying to get to work, saw near misses almost every day. People just don't pay attention.

I know speculation is bad and all, but from what I saw (with relation to the positioning of the tarp etc), you could clearly see the bike had hit the car in the passenger door / front left mudguard, i.e. car turned across the motorcycle's path, and he had no time to react.

[Parlane]

saw near misses almost every day. People just don't pay attention.

Sounds like an intersection that needs lights then. Especially considering how much of a mess that intersection is with its dedicated left turning bays etc.

[Gone Burger]

Deepest sympathies to the riders family and friends. Tragic news each time we hear it. I sit here thinking of the cruel and harsh road ahead for their loved ones.

RIP rider.

[Banditbandit]

Deepest sympathies to the riders family and friends. Tragic news each time we hear it. I sit here thinking of the cruel and harsh road ahead for their loved ones.

RIP rider.

Yes. Sympathies to the family and friends

[mnkyboy]

Apparently it was a mini chopper. That's from a mate who works on Felix st.

[Beren]

Damn :( Always sorry to hear.

Very nearly lost the bike this morning, front wheel had WAY less traction than I thought it had.

RIP.

[blue rider]

good grief,

rockfield road -part of my daily commute.

Rest in Peace, and Peace to his family, this is so sad.

[Usarka]

Unfortunately it seems i will be in a position to pass on all your regards to family....

[blackdog]

Unfortunately it seems i will be in a position to pass on all your regards to family....

Sorry to hear man. Please do that though, for us all.

[Oblivion]

Very unfortunate that this has happened. Deepest sympathies to the rider and his family.

[_Shrek_]

Unfortunately it seems i will be in a position to pass on all your regards to family....

:niceone: cheers :apint:

[PrincessBandit]

Apparently it was a mini chopper. That's from a mate who works on Felix st.

Is that one of those miniature bikes you see people riding on the road, sitting barely a few feet high?

[Gone Burger]

Unfortunately it seems i will be in a position to pass on all your regards to family....

Every bikers biggest fear - knowing the one who has fallen. So sorry to hear this. Thoughts are with you, and his / her family.

[MarkH]

One of my flatmates has a workmate that is a volunteer ambo officer - he went to this accident and the rider was alive when he got there, rider died pretty much in his arms. At the end of the day he went home to crawl into a bottle of spirits after being very unhappy all day - I don't think that I could do that job!
This is a tragic event that has an affect on everyone involved - my thoughts go out to those affected, especially the family & friends of the rider.

It certainly looks like a SMIDSY caused fatality from the picture in the paper. It looks like the car made a right turn across the path of the motorcyclist that I would guess that he didn't see. Only a guess, subject to revision upon finding out more facts.

[Paul in NZ]

One of my flatmates has a workmate that is a volunteer ambo officer - he went to this accident and the rider was alive when he got there, rider died pretty much in his arms. At the end of the day he went home to crawl into a bottle of spirits after being very unhappy all day - I don't think that I could do that job!
This is a tragic event that has an affect on everyone involved - my thoughts go out to those affected, especially the family & friends of the rider.

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Then as well as passing our condolences to the family please pass 'our' thanks to the ambulance officer. Its not nice when that happens and very sobering - nothing prepares you for it......

[baptist]

My condolences to the family. :weep:

Let's be careful out there people.

+1 Our prayers are for the family and friends tonight...

[Conquiztador]

Sorry to read this. Someone who will not return home. My sincere condolences to family and friends.

[Brett]

No to take this off course, but those mini choppers should not be allowed on the roads. I realise that they can be rego'd as mopeds, but really they are not safe. They are too low down and cars do not see them. I worked with a guy who was collected by a car on one, also in Penrose.

[FJRider]

No to take this off course, but those mini choppers should not be allowed on the roads. I realise that they can be rego'd as mopeds, but really they are not safe. They are too low down and cars do not see them. I worked with a guy who was collected by a car on one, also in Penrose.

Bullshit ... ANY BIKE travelling towards you with the light ON (as required by law)should be able to be seen .... the photo of the car parked in the middle of the road would seem like the speed (of the car) was not an issue. Just didn't give way ... for whatever reason ...

A reminder to all ... having the right of way ... does not mean it will always be given ...

[Genie]

...and another family mourns.

My heartfelt wishes to them.




...no more to say.

[steve_t]

No to take this off course, but those mini choppers should not be allowed on the roads. I realise that they can be rego'd as mopeds, but really they are not safe. They are too low down and cars do not see them. I worked with a guy who was collected by a car on one, also in Penrose.

Yeah, probably not the time or place

[Brett]

Yeah, probably not the time or place

Arguably it is the time and place. Nothing I said was offensive or inappropriate about this particular case. It always sucks in a massive way when bikers are killed...heaven knows I have lost more than a few mates to bike crashes...but the fact remains, those things should not be able to be used on the roads. I wouldn't be able to drive a go-kart down the motorway...

FJ Rider, I agree with you in that drivers SHOULD see any vehicle approaching them, the fact is that many car drivers struggle to see a full sized bike even if the rider is painted fluro yellow. Riding on the road with something a third of the size, often with insufficient brakes and power down busy roads is just upping the odds.

[DEATH_INC.]

This guy was a mate of one of my workmates, He has 4 kids....very sad :(

[Brett]

This guy was a mate of one of my workmates, He has 4 kids....very sad :(

Really sorry to hear that Death.

[Edbear]

Really sorry to hear that Death.

Yeah. Agree, not nice when it's that close to home.

[RS2000]

He was one of lifes happy go lucky guys, I have worked with him for several years and he truely was a lovely, always happy guy, they are setting up a fund at work and if anyone would like to donate just pm me for the account details

[HungusMaximist]

I'd be interested in hearing how exactly it could have been avoided.

Also, was a injury sustained on the head or multiple?