Without doubt an idiot on 2 wheels.

**EJK** · 28th November 2009, 21:41

That's a good example not to overtake when you can't clearly see 100 meters blah blah blah...

Originally Posted by Conquiztador

I gonna ask SpankMe for a emoticon with a small violin!

Choose your size!

**Danae** · 28th November 2009, 21:52

Originally Posted by Headbanger

That aside, I love the blue shade of the sky in that vid.

It is quite lovely, isn't it?

**Jiminy** · 28th November 2009, 21:53

Originally Posted by p.dath

I can't even figure out where that car came from. I can't see it on the road in front of the truck. Perhaps it pulled out from a side road.

If you look very carefully at the beginning of the video, you can see the car coming on the left of the second biker for a split second.

This guy was incredibly lucky. I hope the car driver was as lucky as him.

**gatch** · 29th November 2009, 18:06

The exact same thing happened to me in the south island, except I was the innocent dude on my bike, and the driver of the car decided to pass the truck on the left hander..

Managed to slot the bike in between the truck and the car, blew my left mirror off on the cars passenger side mirror.. Then got off and broke my helmet when I smashed it on her car..

**p.dath** · 29th November 2009, 18:09

Originally Posted by gatch

Then got off and broke my helmet when I smashed it on her car..

You must have really hit it hard! I know a guy that tried breaking his helmet with a hammer, and wasn't even able to crack it!

**short-circuit** · 29th November 2009, 18:17

Originally Posted by 98tls

I would say it didnt pull out of anywhere,was just driving along minding his own business until he hit the idiot on a bike on the wrong side of the road,the rider got nowhere near passing the truck,at best decided to leave his lane to have a look,fuckin knob.

Yeah I reckon he had crept out for a wee looksee - fuck that on a lefthand bend

**FJRider** · 29th November 2009, 18:22

I see the truck didn't stop either ...

**p.dath** · 29th November 2009, 18:27

Originally Posted by FJRider

I see the truck didn't stop either ...

Good point! I wonder if there is more to the crash than what can be seen in the video.

**FJRider** · 29th November 2009, 18:36

Originally Posted by p.dath

Good point! I wonder if there is more to the crash than what can be seen in the video.

The truck braked and moved to the right. He would have seen the car coming ... the bike had nowhere to go, and moved to the right to avoid it.

Following the truck too closely,

**gatch** · 29th November 2009, 18:55

Originally Posted by p.dath

You must have really hit it hard! I know a guy that tried breaking his helmet with a hammer, and wasn't even able to crack it!

Yer, sorry that was a little mis-leading, broke an air vent and one of the bits that holds the visor on, only some scratches and missing paint on the shell.

**MarkH** · 29th November 2009, 19:15

Originally Posted by 98tls

Came across this on the TL forum,supposedly somewhere round Bathurst across the ditch.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiufKP5xDoUVery lucky bloke all things considered,walked away with nothing more than a fat knee.If its a repost shoot me,havent seen it before.

Lucky bloke indeed! I'm glad he came out of is so well.

It is amazing when people try to defend what happened - it was a simple case of a rider fucking up and being very lucky to survive his mistake. Hopefully he learns from that incident and goes on to have many years of safe riding.

Originally Posted by Headbanger

hey, this is my cousins husband, hes lucky he isnt dead, the truck kept on speeding up and wouldnt let it pass, so leave the guy alone!

WTF???

WTF indeed - blaming the truck is a bit retarded! Since when can't a 1400cc motorcycle pass a truck if the rider uses common sense and picks his spot? Can a truck speed up enough to make it difficult for a 1+ Litre bike to pass? How much power would such a truck need?

There was a truck, a car & a motorcycle involved - I can't see how the truck or car driver would have any of the blame to share. It seems to me that the blame would be fairly apportioned thusly: Motorbike rider = 100%, Car driver 0%, Truck driver 0%.