Two seriously injured in motorcycle crash near Blenheim (23 May)

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I've been in the same situation before. Rural road I know well, on way home from work. Long straight about 10 cars going about 70k. Plenty of time on bike to get passed and in front. Indicate down a cog and give it the berries. Two other cars in front decide to do the same. Faark before we can all get passed vehicle in front a people mover full of Islanders turns right at a paddock with no entrance (fence wires had been dropped so they could get into paddock to bag onions ). I ended up in the middle of two passing cars trying to avoid all this. Of course this stuff happens at times. At work you have to report it as a "Near miss".

But this could be nothing like what happened. We could wait till there are more facts aye !

[Brian d marge]

Non of this stuff has happened to me ( well once when I was 15 and the silly indicated right and turned left , )

Bad driving its a pain pure and simple

Stephen

[Kickaha]

Bad driving its a pain pure and simple

Driving or riding? or do you automatically blame the car as well?

[Brian d marge]

Driving or riding? or do you automatically blame the car as well?

of course!!!

they shouldnt be on the road in the first place , slowing down, hogging the road , and polluting the air

Stephen

[_Shrek_]

Whether the driver indicated or not there would have been plenty of clues as to their intention.

actually Km have to disagree here, Mrs S & I were coming back from Jacksons Bay a few weeks back coming up to a right hander when the car in front decided to stop & then turned with out indercating where he was going I thought he was going left into a track so started to overtake (options runing out fast) he then turns right dam near stuck to drivers door the big lock up he heard us & put his foot down it's the only reson we didn't hit him & all because he never looked in his mirror or indercated