Obscured Vision in R/H corners

[T.W.R]

Can and does happen! The worst road I have seen that sort of thing is the Thames to Coromandel road. For some reason SUV drivers think they can cut the corners when bikes are coming towards them up there Arseholes!

It does happen quite regularly unfortunately & not just from cars,4x4s or trucks/buses. I've seen bikes almost cleaned up by other bikes in tight blind corners like that.

[erik]

That wasn't a blind corner though. The rider should have been able to see the bus and change his line well before he did.

But apart from that, yeah, it's wise to stay away from centreline on RH corners.

LH corners you've got the issue of staying to the right of your lane so that you can see further around the corner (also helps to avoid taking a corner too quickly and running out of road if you apex too early), but also you've got to be careful of other people coming the opposite way and cutting the corner so in some cases it pays not to be too wide.