"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin (1706-90)
"I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending to much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it." - Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
"Motorcycling is not inherently dangerous. It is, however, EXTREMELY unforgiving of inattention, ignorance, incompetence and stupidity!" - Anonymous
"Live to Ride, Ride to Live"
So two incidents then? is that all? do get just as wanky about single bike accidents where the riders are the only ones to blame?
If they were above the law neither of the two police mentioned would have even been charged dickhead
Dunno if you've got a uniform but keyboard hero would equally apply to you
And if the biker had been riding at a speed that allowed them to stop in their visibility how would a "PIG doing a u-turn" have mattered?
Sorry, by definition, driving at a speed that does not allowed you to stop in your visibility means you don't know what's ahead.
I'm not trying to defend the cop, just saying that the rider was not riding in a manner that had their own safety foremost in their mind. I leave it to each individual to make up their minds as to whether this is a problem or not.
I have done so (as I'm sure have many others) more than once.
Anyway, how do you propose to engineer a "surprise reaction"?
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin (1706-90)
"I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending to much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it." - Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
"Motorcycling is not inherently dangerous. It is, however, EXTREMELY unforgiving of inattention, ignorance, incompetence and stupidity!" - Anonymous
"Live to Ride, Ride to Live"
Sadly life is full of decisions that have to be made ... right then/now ... lives (usually our own) depend on it. Time allowed to make them ... makes the difference...
If no time is available ... make a decision. You are either right or wrong. Doing nothing is seldom better than doing something.
Sometimes you get it right ... sometimes ...
When life throws you a curve ... Lean into it ...
a lot less, but if there was no "PIG doing a u-turn" his speed would have been completely irrelevant, the PIG doing a 3-point where he did was dangerous regardles had it been my (road legal) landy at 100km/h (if it could achieve that) instead of the bike the only difference would be justice. The biker would be alive the PIG car would be a write-off & the PIG would be injured, justice would have been served because that landy doesn't stop in any short distance, I put the brakes on at Hamilton I'll be stopped by Auckland2-tonne cage with 4-wheel drum brakes & skinny knobby tyres pure performance on-road
It was a calculated risk most do it, he knew his mate was ahead he had a good view before the dip, theres no driveways along the road, his speed under normal circumstances is a non-issue
thats a good point I guess the only way would be to know of a "cruise" ahead of time & randomly "pop out" somewhere along.
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