Biker down (this time it's me!)

[maggot]

Lights on full? I hope that was a flippant remark. I have noticed lights on full just hides you and confuses people as to where you really are. There was even a bike coming towards me that his lights on full made him appear to be the 4wd that was behind him, i.e. making it appear there was a gap in the traffic lucky I wasn't in a rush or distracted and looked again.

Why did you have your headlight on full?

Glad your ok, I would of been going for the brake rather than the horn though.

Totally flippant remark yes. Lights were on dip, and I didn't have time to hit anything, horn or brakes (except the other car of course...)

[Luckylegs]

...and horn going.

Totally flippant remark yes. Lights were on dip, and I didn't have time to hit anything, horn or brakes (except the other car of course...)

Question Mark (suck on that 10 char limit)

[maggot]

Question Mark (suck on that 10 char limit)

The first post was a dig at Katman, not reality

[Maha]

PS: if Katman gives ya shit...ask for the video footage of him doing everything perfectly! lol : <(Lets see if the guy can actualy ride a bike....as well as his keyboard!)

You wont see him in here, of late he has been trying to help not hinder.
Probably best suited to post in the 'One Hit Wonder' thread..

i stand to be corrected in 5...4...3...

[Ender EnZed]

You wont see him in here

Who on earth could you be talking about?

Oh wait...

I'm sure katman...

PS: Katman

Katman

[Katman]

First big accident, not one I'd like to repeat.

Try harder then.

[Maha]

Who on earth could you be talking about?

Oh wait...

My countdown was close..well two hours but...you know what I mean.

[DrunkenMistake]

Try harder then.

Expected more from you to be honest, im highly disappointed .

[maggot]

Try harder then.

Could you be more specific? I'm genuinely not sure what I should be trying harder to do.

[chasio]

Glad to hear you have survived it and congratulations on your very decent response to the driver's distress. I'm impressed by that.

Assuming that it's not an experience that you'd want to repeat, what would you do differently next time you were approaching the same or a similar junction?

I'll try to offer a constructive example. If I can see someone waiting to turn out of a side road, I usually do a 'please notice me' swerve out of line and back again so as to make my headlight "pop out" in their line of vision. I also cover the front brake and think about my road position i.e. am I visible from the driver's perspective? Am I in the best position to evade impact if necessary? And then assume that I may be about to test my braking or evasion skills.

If the scenario is an oncoming vehicle waiting to turn right across in front of my path into a side road (or for any vehicle that is giving off "I'm in a hurry" signs like wheels edging forward, driver looking stressed out, etc.) it's all of the above plus ease off & probably drop a gear. In daylight I may even stand up on the pegs (for helmet "pop out", provided there is time to do it and sit down again well before any braking may be required.

Now one day I may do my little dance and still get SMIDSY'd to smithereens. Meanwhile I am trying hard to avoid it.

And you may have done all of this and more. If not, it may be worth thinking about. HTH.

Chasio

[maggot]

Glad to hear you have survived it and congratulations on your very decent response to the driver's distress. I'm impressed by that.

Assuming that it's not an experience that you'd want to repeat, what would you do differently next time you were approaching the same or a similar junction?

I'll try to offer a constructive example. If I can see someone waiting to turn out of a side road, I usually do a 'please notice me' swerve out of line and back again so as to make my headlight "pop out" in their line of vision. I also cover the front brake and think about my road position i.e. am I visible from the driver's perspective? Am I in the best position to evade impact if necessary? And then assume that I may be about to test my braking or evasion skills.

If the scenario is an oncoming vehicle waiting to turn right across in front of my path into a side road (or for any vehicle that is giving off "I'm in a hurry" signs like wheels edging forward, driver looking stressed out, etc.) it's all of the above plus ease off & probably drop a gear. In daylight I may even stand up on the pegs (for helmet "pop out", provided there is time to do it and sit down again well before any braking may be required.

Now one day I may do my little dance and still get SMIDSY'd to smithereens. Meanwhile I am trying hard to avoid it.

And you may have done all of this and more. If not, it may be worth thinking about. HTH.

Chasio

Cheers for the response, I appreciate the feedback.
As the other driver told me, he was wondering what the guy in the Holden ahead of me was doing, in regards to the side road, and was focussed on him. When the Holden gave way he just assumed all was clear without checking the other lane, which I was in. He was preoccupied with the bigger issue on the road I guess.
To clarify, it was a four-laned main road, with a median strip in the middle. Car was waiting on the median to turn into the side street that the Holden was heading into also.
I fully expected him to give way, but as he said, he just didn't see me.
As I said to him, these things happen, they're called accidents for a reason, and he won't make that same mistake again (hopefully)

[Mom]

Good to hear ur safe, poor fxr that would have being guttering. Oh well you can look forward to a new bike and gear. Awesome. Thank god ur alive tho.

Apologies in advance but there is something really wrong with what you just said. It is not guttering at all. There is no guttering. There is a gutter, either along the edges of your roof, or the side of the road, and then there is gutted. The word you want to use here is GUTTED!

Personal, pet hate word of mine.

To the OP, sorry to hear of your bin. Glad you are not too badly banged up, bikes are replaceable. For the future try to find somewhere else to go if something happens like this again. Always have a plan B in mind, be scanning for an escape route at all times.

[Chancebmx25]

Apologies in advance but there is something really wrong with what you just said. It is not guttering at all. There is no guttering. There is a gutter, either along the edges of your roof, or the side of the road, and then there is gutted. The word you want to use here is GUTTED!

Personal, pet hate word of mine.

To the OP, sorry to hear of your bin. Glad you are not too badly banged up, bikes are replaceable. For the future try to find somewhere else to go if something happens like this again. Always have a plan B in mind, be scanning for an escape route at all times.

wat the hell are you on about lol?

[unstuck]

wat the hell are you on about lol?

She,s not keen on guttering,unless its on the house dude.

[Mom]

wat the hell are you on about lol?

I fear I am banging my head on a brick wall...

You said...

poor fxr that would have being guttering

I just pointed out to you there is no such thing as guttering, you are using the wrong word. It is GUTTING, you would be GUTTED.

Still, if you prefer to come across as completely ignorant, forgive me for pointing it out to you.

EDIT: Oh and it is What, not wat