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I admit I'd have probably been run over and wet myself, but, it did seem like the rider could have "escaped" to the right when he saw what was happening.
He just sort of froze (target fixation?) and let the truck run him over.
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Trucks do similar things to Suzuki GSX1250FAs.
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Geriatric hoon
Wot a piss off. The rider didn't do much to help himself but that truck driver must be blind.
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From the footage you can't see Lorry in the drivers seat, it's the old saying ''if you cant see me then I cant see you'' though Lorry (once realizing his mistake) did seem helpful enough.
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Well I guess it was lucky it was the bike there instead of woman and child.
Still, you'd think after the first 43 episodes he might have learnt to move out the fucking way.
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Forum whore
it is easy to imagine the feeling of disbelief that would have stopped the guy from doing anything, there is a mind set that if your bike is stationery you are safe, this should not happen. Always easy to pick things apart after the fact and suggest what he might have done.
I do wonder what the truck driver was thinking pulling in to street like that as he clearly had a blind spot but it didnt seem to affect his turn speed or anything like that.
The guy was lucky, only replaceable plastic and metal got hurt.
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Aint that the truth. If you're sitting at STOP! sign, keep an eye on what's happening behind you as they don't always stop!!Originally Posted by Ulsterkiwi
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True. Funny how the lorry driver nonchalantly plows through without a moment of hesitation. Even once the lorry is held to stop he didn't know what was going on.
Wonder if he'd think "oop speed bump!" if the Ducati was a dog or a small person.
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Forum whore
Reckon he could have taken that a bit wider.
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Nice to see the truck driver doesn't ask if the rider is all right. Simply more concerned about the bike under his wheel.
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Geriatric hoon
There was a stage during the turn when he should have seen the bike so really the problem is that he didn't bloody look.
Somebody commented on the "feeling of disbelief". That's not a good feeling to have. I remember looking at a woman driver thinking, "She's not going to do that."
Oh yes she was - crunch. Now I tend to assume the worst; it's safer that way.
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Have watched vid full screen on HD, bit from both sides here.
The bike had a full SIX seconds before impact to realise a possible incident coming. Truck was indicating left to turn into a narrow street and you know any driver worth is salt is going to be distracted making sure they passed the woman and pram safely. Then at the significant moment when the bike could have started taking evasive action he is looking over his shoulder perving/judging the pedestrian with green bag.
On the truck side he could have made a better turn but looking in the background you can see his oncoming traffic is using the median strip to go around the stopped buses on other side, in the interests of keeping traffic flowing he has taken a slightly different to turn to what is conventional and they are pretty strict over there on this type of stuff. From that angle you'd easily lose a car behind the mirrors, let alone a bike.
As said issues on both sides but really just another Cock with a GoPro judging/filming the rest of the world while not paying full 100% attention to their own actions, six freakin seconds he had to realise something could happen!!!
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As a truck driver myself, totally the trucks fault, he has a very good view of what's in front of him sitting up there, if he cant see what's in front of him or spends too much time looking where he's gone, trucks arn't for him.
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I agree. Yeah the bike has time when you are sitting in front of the PC but time to do what? Go around the side and maybe into something worse going around the truck? Reversing is hard on some bikes (I can't paddle the ST backwards worth a shit). He did the sensible thing left the bike to it and got himself out of the way.
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