Taranaki Toy Run crash

[JimO]

you should have told him the truck driver was using a cellphone, he would have been keen to nab him then

[swbarnett]

I've had the same experience and have now got a camera to record the next one.

Be careful what it records of your own riding. You may find you're the one in the firing line.

[jellywrestler]

clown from BRONZ on telly tonight saying they should've had a police escort and this would've stopped this sort of incident happening.
who the fuck does he think he is?
I recall the first ride where they put a the PoPo's in to make it safe and one of them crashed, was a bit of a larf...

[scumdog]

Yeah I started reading the threads from top down, so found this one before that one. Sorry if I offended your sense of internet thread etiquette

Oh it don't worry me none - I have no 'sense of internet thread etiqutte' - or so the mods tell me from time to time...

[Road kill]

clown from BRONZ on telly tonight saying they should've had a police escort and this would've stopped this sort of incident happening.
who the fuck does he think he is?
I recall the first ride where they put a the PoPo's in to make it safe and one of them crashed, was a bit of a larf...

If a cop had been escorting the ride up front and on a bike surely he would now be in the same situation as the people that where run down.

Guess a lot of people are simply looking for answers to a very bad situation so things like this are said in the heat of the moment,,,much like here huh.

[YellowDog]

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...851498&ref=rss

[MyGSXF:Me]

Heard this guy on the radio today "head of the NZMC safety council,,pointing out all his reasons it was pretty much the bikers own fault somebody ran them down because they were riding in a large group

What station were you listening to? got a link to interview at all?

[young1]

Accidents like this make me question whether I should stop riding on the road.

[Road kill]

What station were you listening to? got a link to interview at all?

Was on the Coast.

No link,wouldn't know how.

[MyGSXF:Me]

Was on the Coast.

No link,wouldn't know how.

Ta. A writeup on the website says:

"Motor Cycle safety experts say riding motorcycles in groups is extremely dangerous

CEO of New Zealand Motorcycle Safety Consultants, Allan Kirk, says the problem with riding in groups is that motorcyclists tend to get complacent.

He says motorcyclists riding in groups is always a very dangerous thing, as a large number of crashes happen when bikers are riding in groups because they tend to take all their signals from the rider ahead.

Mr Kirk says when motorcyclists ride in groups the number of casualties and fatalities is always worse"

[Road kill]

Accidents like this make me question whether I should stop riding on the road.

Under stand that,,,,I do a large group/club ride twice a year,,,,,,,,,,,right out the back.

Something I've done for many years even when riding with only one or two other bikes is to always be about 500 meters behind the other rider/riders.

It's saved me grief a number times and I don't care if I arrive somewhere 60 or more seconds after the other guys,,at lest I do arrive which is more than can be said for a few people I've known.

On the road I try to except total responsibility for what happens to me.

Nobody twists my throttle but me and I've never been involved in an incident with another vehicle while on my bikes so I think the mind set works.

Don't give anything up because of what other people do.

[Road kill]

Ta. A writeup on the website says:

"Motor Cycle safety experts say riding motorcycles in groups is extremely dangerous

CEO of New Zealand Motorcycle Safety Consultants, Allan Kirk, says the problem with riding in groups is that motorcyclists tend to get complacent.

He says motorcyclists riding in groups is always a very dangerous thing, as a large number of crashes happen when bikers are riding in groups because they tend to take all their signals from the rider ahead.

Mr Kirk says when motorcyclists ride in groups the number of casualties and fatalities is always worse"

It came across differently on air.

Very judgemental,,,but in hind sight,,,yeah.

[MyGSXF:Me]

It came across differently on air.

Very judgemental,,,but in hind sight,,,yeah.

Will checkwebsite again tomorrow to see if they have updated it

On the road I try to except total responsibility for what happens to me.

Nobody twists my throttle but me and I've never been involved in an incident with another vehicle while on my bikes so I think the mind set works.

Don't give anything up because of what other people do.

Couldn't agree more!!!

[scumdog]

Under stand that,,,,I do a large group/club ride twice a year,,,,,,,,,,,right out the back.

Something I've done for many years even when riding with only one or two other bikes is to always be about 500 meters behind the other rider/riders.

It's saved me grief a number times and I don't care if I arrive somewhere 60 or more seconds after the other guys,,at lest I do arrive which is more than can be said for a few people I've known.

On the road I try to except total responsibility for what happens to me.

Nobody twists my throttle but me and I've never been involved in an incident with another vehicle while on my bikes so I think the mind set works.

Don't give anything up because of what other people do.

Same as me - leave a BIG gap out front and if somebody behind me 'crowds' me I move over and let them by.

[caseye]

Done a hell of a lot of group rides over the last few years and going back a ways I've done shit loads of BIG 1 - heaps of thousands of bikes and only ever seen one crash.
In that case the rider went wide on a tightening corner and laid himself under the side of an oncoming car.he had plenty of room and no other bikes were involved.
The chances of more than one bike being involved in a group ride are greater, yes.
The chances can be stretched considerably by courteous and consistent riding practices, such as giving the bike in front plenty of room, staggering your formation and still leaving that big gap between you and the bike in front. By the way , this discourages cage drivers form attempting to enter your formation.
Anyone who rides and doesn't think that group riding isn't more dangerous than single or one or two rider rides is a bloody fool.
Having said that, to go on radio or be interviewed and state that other rides somehow asked for or should expect to be taken out simply because they were participating in a group ride needs their arse kicking until their nose bleeds!