Could you have avoided this?

[kiwifruit]

As far as potential hazards go that situation is dripping with them.

U r

[Drew]

O go on, you know you're dying to. Maybe have a few beers.

......

[neels]

It looks to have been avoidable, if approached with a bit more caution.

My biggest concerns in that situation would be the red truck pulling out in front of me, or a car appearing from behind the black truck in my lane,the black truck turning into my lane wouldn't be high on the list of possibles.

I'd like to think that whole thing would have me twitching enough that I would have slowed enough to either stop or take evasive action, wouldn't be the first time I'd crawled through an ugly traffic situation just in case someone did something stupid.

[p.dath]

I'd be lying on the road. I doubt I could have avoided it.

[Drew]

It is surprising, how little the rider seemed to slow down. But looking at the damage to the bike, I doubt he'd have been doing 30k's at the point of impact. Didn't even break the headlights.

I think you lot are being overly critical of the guy.

[Paul in NZ]

With 20/20 hindsight of course I could have avoided it...

In the real world - less so.....

Even with him telling me there was a black truck I was focused on the red truck as it looked the bigger threat. Even though I knew an accident was going to happen I was still half expecting it to be the red truck moving again...

Its a very instructive video. Something the riding trainers who frequent this board VERY occasionally could use I suspect.

[onearmedbandit]

On a set of Bridgestone S20's I could've avoided it.

[Phantom Limb]

For me it would depend on what my goals were for going on a ride. If I were on my way to work, I think I would have avoided the collison as my 'going to work' riding mode involves expecting every second Dorkland cager to attempt to kill me.
However if I were on a sunday ride and perhaps not concentrating with the required level of suspicion, then it'd probably be an inevitable bin.

[Lozza2442]

For me it would depend on what my goals were for going on a ride. If I were on my way to work, I think I would have avoided the collison as my 'going to work' riding mode involves expecting every second Dorkland cager to attempt to kill me.
However if I were on a sunday ride and perhaps not concentrating with the required level of suspicion, then it'd probably be an inevitable bin.

Agreed. It all depends on mindset. If it was a weekday I'd assume the truck driver wanted to pull out regardless as they have crazy strict deadlines and slowed down a fuck tonne regardless of what was behind me. Can always speed up after the intersection..
If it was the weekend, or I was distracted (maybe if the Red truck looked like he was gonna move) I prob would've been on the ground.

I think this is a situation where a warning toot on the horn would've helped.

On the plus side, at least the dude hit the truck head on instead of skidding underneath it.

[george formby]

It is surprising, how little the rider seemed to slow down. But looking at the damage to the bike, I doubt he'd have been doing 30k's at the point of impact. Didn't even break the headlights.

I think you lot are being overly critical of the guy.

I agree, it's hard to judge speed, closing distance etc. Just a few metres in it really, but that's more than enough.

[Katman]

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[Madness]

The way the video pauses with the narration boxes makes it hard to gauge exactly how much the rider slowed. With it being a dual carriageway lined with trees and two bif fuck-off trucks there I'd like to think I would have slowed down even more. The commentary certainly didn't help. What is it with people who ride around talking shite into a recording device? I'd rather listen to my engine/exhaust when riding than myself or any other bugger for that matter.

Probably.

[BoristheBiter]

It is surprising, how little the rider seemed to slow down. But looking at the damage to the bike, I doubt he'd have been doing 30k's at the point of impact. Didn't even break the headlights.

I think you lot are being overly critical of the guy.

See doesn't that feel better? just a little more now.....

[Gremlin]

It is surprising, how little the rider seemed to slow down. But looking at the damage to the bike, I doubt he'd have been doing 30k's at the point of impact. Didn't even break the headlights.

I think you lot are being overly critical of the guy.

I'm going through advanced rider training, based off the UK Police Rider training. One of the hardest parts is being able to talk your way through your riding, what you are observing etc. It sounds easy but far harder in practise.

I could not hold any dialogue about something else while going through that scenario other than dialogue related to my observations of the road and hazards. The fact he was means he was not concentrating on the situation at hand. I'm not trying to bash him at all, but it's an excellent learning scenario for riders. Unfortunately, he's had to go through the pain of that, but hopefully for the benefit of others.

[James Deuce]

I would have missed both trucks and hit a cow.