It was just another of your stupid claims in ignorance ... the usual small signs are not there as an indicator of the number of accidents. LARGE advisory signs with arrows on the signs ...and small signs with directional arrows on the outside of corners ... are.
The usual advisory signs are small and shaped like this .. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:N...5_(35_kmh).svg
Physics is used to find the advisory limit.
When life throws you a curve ... Lean into it ...
When life throws you a curve ... Lean into it ...
Not ALL accidents result in death ... otherwise you would be dead after your first dog ...
If the cross is at a corner ... it might not be much of a warning ... and probably a little late. LARGE REFLECTIVE SIGNS WITH ARROWS ARE (should be) ... an effective warning ...
But not if your name is Cassina ... apparently ...
When life throws you a curve ... Lean into it ...
They may slow down AFTER they see them. Not BEFORE the problem area.
Not all accidents/deaths occur in corners ... some occur on straight roads. With no other vehicle involved.
The OP gave no indication he was with another rider ... or was under pressure to travel at a speed he was not comfortable with.
He said he knew the corner had a 35 km/hr advisory sign (how could you miss it ??) ... but by his own admission ignored it. 60 - 70 km/hr into a 35 km/hr corner on rising road .. on a wet road ... into a setting sun.
He's alive so a good outcome.
Has HE learned anything ... unlikely.
Will he do it again ... probably not on that corner ...
When life throws you a curve ... Lean into it ...
That corner is easy at 60 to 70. It was not raining. Just bilge water from a boat in the centre. Speed was not that high at a guess as the damage to the rider and bike was light. The road was the root cause here. Time for Councils to fix roads not just put up signs.
A Roadcraft rider would have gone into the corner on the left hand side and may well have missed that water, but you cant expect all riders to know Roadcraft lines etc.
I noticed something while studying that corner ... the previous corner was a 35 km corner in a 70 km/hr zone. Then this sign ... which always gets the throttle hand moving.
He said the bike was in third when he picked it up ... was he riding the R1 he claims to have in each of his posts ... ?? Do you think he'd stick at 70 km/hr to the next 35 km corner ... ???
https://www.google.co.nz/maps/@-36.9...7i13312!8i6656
I doubt it was just about the lack of roadcraft that bit him ... just too much speed on a wet road.
He'll probably tell you he knows the road too ...
When life throws you a curve ... Lean into it ...
Actually it's referred to as loss of control/run off road ... in 2016, 36% of motorcycle fatal accidents on the 100 km/hr open road were from this.
Loss of control on right hand bend accounted for 13% of accidents ... left hand bends an additional 9%. And strangely enough ... a further 10% lost control on straight roads. There must be more Cassina's out there than I thought ...
When life throws you a curve ... Lean into it ...
Hospital waiting room some years ago, an Intern (or such like) stopped in front of a family who were their because there son had been admitted to the ED. One of the family members had rode his motorbike to the hospital and was holding his helmet, the Intern (or such like) was asking questions about the son in the ED and wrote down that it was an accident involving a motorcycle, it was pointed out that that was not case but the Intern (or such like) said ''I have already wrote in down''.
It was probably added to the statistics.
I just really appreciate broad sweeping generalisations, with no or little actual comprehension of anything valuable.
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