not a nice scenario but one wonders how close they were following each other to kill seven riders and pillions...
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/new...ectid=12243134
not a nice scenario but one wonders how close they were following each other to kill seven riders and pillions...
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/new...ectid=12243134
It was a pirate parade so they would have been in close formation and under the command of a road captain...
Always a massive fuck-up potential there.
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Not commenting on this accident that I know little about, but in general I view close formation staggered riding
as an unnecessary risk. Quite often the inside riders are hugging the white line and oncoming traffic are
moving well to the left of their lane to increase separation.
My own personal view is that I like to have an unfettered view of the full road width and at least the same following
distance as you would in a car and the same behind me. One of the advantages of a motorcycle is the ability to
move around within your lane , why restrict your options?
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That's a good start. This club is for former US Marines (you're not allowed to call them ex-marines) they weren't an outlaw biker gang.
Tomorrow will be Sunday there so we'll have to wait to get more info.
Interestingly New Hampshire is a bloody long way from here for a traffic accident to rate being reported in our news.
There is a grey blur, and a green blur. I try to stay on the grey one. - Joey Dunlop
Irrespective of how it happened, it is an absolute tragedy for the families and friends of those killed and injured plus it has stunned the local community.
This accident has featured on another thread I follow, one based in the USA.
A local perspective:
https://www.npr.org/2019/06/22/73502...p-leaving-7-de
It is being suggested that the truck and trailer may have had handling issues prior to the collision and may have been jack-knifed across both lanes of the highway.
I'm sure when the dust settles the Police will have footage from at least half a dozen cameras but in 24 hours it won't be in the news here. In fact it has already been overtaken by the Hawaiian skydive plane that went in.
Easy to explain. If a plane is overloaded it has trouble getting up to take off speed and when it does get airborne has trouble gaining height. Not sure that has been indicated as an issue here. From what I can see depending on set up a King Air can take 15 jumpers to altitude.
My main problem with group rides. Following distance.
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