And the cause is...

**Bender** · 28th January 2010, 14:02

My wife comes home yesterday and tells me a motorcyclist has just crashed at the intersection of East Coast Rd and Browns Bay Rd.

She looks daggers at me. Anti-bike daggers. Not long ago I went and bought a bike without her knowing (in the knowledge it would be a firm "no" if I asked her). Just to top things off I also bought two basket case Honda SLs as a "do-up" project for my sons and I. We're having fun with them.

The daggers are meant to mean that the crash proves bikes are dangerous blah blah blah.

In my mind I wondered what the cause was. Bike going way too fast? Car driver not noticing the bike was there? Someone going through a red light?

Today I went through the intersection and there is clear evidence of a large oil spill, the kind a truck makes when the driver doesn't put the diesel tank cap back on. On the next right hand corner, same thing.

I wonder if the two things are related? I made sure my wife knew about the oil spill. Sure, the bike might have crashed, but I had to let her know there was a good chance some other road user had done something that caused the crash.

**steve_t** · 28th January 2010, 14:10

LOL. U bought a bike knowing that if you'd asked your missus about it she'd have said no? High five

**Mully** · 28th January 2010, 14:13

Originally Posted by steve_t

LOL. U bought a bike knowing that if you'd asked your missus about it she'd have said no? High five

+1.

Bling duly blung.

**Katman** · 28th January 2010, 14:16

'Tis always easier to beg forgiveness than to ask permission.

**Love my Bonnie** · 28th January 2010, 14:20

Thats funny

But a bit sad you have to ask "permission" honey!

**slofox** · 28th January 2010, 14:23

Originally Posted by Bender

Sure, the bike might have crashed, but I had to let her know there was a good chance some other road user had done something that caused the crash.

It's really up to the rider to be aware enough of potential hazards and to ride wisely enough to avoid them. I doubt saying "It was the cager's fault!" whilst in the hospital bed will change Mrs's mind...

**Stirts** · 28th January 2010, 14:38

Tell her the cause of the crash was because the poor motorcyclist was so distraught and frustrated that his wife was looking at him with her anti-bike dagger eyes and wasn't putting out because he had purchased a motorcycle without her consent!

That farken East Coast Road is a farken shocker ..... I don't think I have ever been on that stretch of road without seeing those pretty rainbows all over it!!!

**Bender** · 28th January 2010, 16:16

Originally Posted by Love my Bonnie

Thats funny

But a bit sad you have to ask "permission" honey!

Nah I don't have to ask permission but she would normally expect to be consulted when I spend thousands of dollars of our money. She was pissed about that aspect of it, but she's getting used to the idea of me having a bike again.

**Badjelly** · 28th January 2010, 16:29

Originally Posted by Bender

...Sure, the bike might have crashed, but I had to let her know there was a good chance some other road user had done something that caused the crash.

How exactly is this supposed to reassure her?

Wife: "You'll get yourself and our sons killed."
You: "Maybe, but it will probably be someone else's fault."

Yeah, that'll work.