Biker down - Auckland (15 July 2011)

[Parlane]

Source: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=10738616

Very little detail in the photo. But one might assume (making an ass out of u and me) that the car turned in front of the bike.

[breakaway]

Drove past this in the morning today.

This intersection is fuckin treacherous at the best of times. People hurrying to get to work, saw near misses almost every day. People just don't pay attention.

I know speculation is bad and all, but from what I saw (with relation to the positioning of the tarp etc), you could clearly see the bike had hit the car in the passenger door / front left mudguard, i.e. car turned across the motorcycle's path, and he had no time to react.

[Parlane]

saw near misses almost every day. People just don't pay attention.

Sounds like an intersection that needs lights then. Especially considering how much of a mess that intersection is with its dedicated left turning bays etc.

[Gone Burger]

Deepest sympathies to the riders family and friends. Tragic news each time we hear it. I sit here thinking of the cruel and harsh road ahead for their loved ones.

RIP rider.

[Banditbandit]

Deepest sympathies to the riders family and friends. Tragic news each time we hear it. I sit here thinking of the cruel and harsh road ahead for their loved ones.

RIP rider.

Yes. Sympathies to the family and friends

[mnkyboy]

Apparently it was a mini chopper. That's from a mate who works on Felix st.

[Beren]

Damn Always sorry to hear.

Very nearly lost the bike this morning, front wheel had WAY less traction than I thought it had.

RIP.

[blue rider]

good grief,

rockfield road -part of my daily commute.

Rest in Peace, and Peace to his family, this is so sad.

[Usarka]

Unfortunately it seems i will be in a position to pass on all your regards to family....

[blackdog]

Unfortunately it seems i will be in a position to pass on all your regards to family....

Sorry to hear man. Please do that though, for us all.

[Oblivion]

Very unfortunate that this has happened. Deepest sympathies to the rider and his family.

[_Shrek_]

Unfortunately it seems i will be in a position to pass on all your regards to family....

cheers

[PrincessBandit]

Apparently it was a mini chopper. That's from a mate who works on Felix st.

Is that one of those miniature bikes you see people riding on the road, sitting barely a few feet high?

[Gone Burger]

Unfortunately it seems i will be in a position to pass on all your regards to family....

Every bikers biggest fear - knowing the one who has fallen. So sorry to hear this. Thoughts are with you, and his / her family.

[MarkH]

One of my flatmates has a workmate that is a volunteer ambo officer - he went to this accident and the rider was alive when he got there, rider died pretty much in his arms. At the end of the day he went home to crawl into a bottle of spirits after being very unhappy all day - I don't think that I could do that job!
This is a tragic event that has an affect on everyone involved - my thoughts go out to those affected, especially the family & friends of the rider.

It certainly looks like a SMIDSY caused fatality from the picture in the paper. It looks like the car made a right turn across the path of the motorcyclist that I would guess that he didn't see. Only a guess, subject to revision upon finding out more facts.