Could you have avoided this?

[Katman]

I did not answer "no". But i'm a god on a bike remember.

My faith in you is restored.

[Drew]

My faith in you is restored.

Always just refer to this in future.

[DEATH_INC.]

Those of you who have answered 'no' should probably consider another form of transport.

Woohoo! I get Katman's approval!

[Katman]

Woohoo! I get Katman's approval!

Don't get too excited.

I'm not quite at the stage yet of offering everlasting life.

[James Deuce]

I didn't answer. The only variable considered was the truck.

[Drew]

Woohoo! I get Katman's approval!

Don't get too excited.

I'm not quite at the stage yet of offering everlasting life.

I think we had it by default bro. We neither of us, have started a thread blaming a miriade of outside influences for an accident we had.

[BigAl]

Those of you who have answered 'no' should probably consider another form of transport.

Yeah thanks I'm definitely considering a faster bike.

The rider was already going fairly slowly at the time, perhaps he should have stopped and pushed the bike across the intersection

[BoristheBiter]

Those of you who have answered 'no' should probably consider another form of transport.

So what? he should have stopped looked both ways looked again then walked his bike through the intersection even though he was going straight ahead and the trucked had stopped for quite some time?

What a Muppet.

[caseye]

Nup, this rider didn't slow down enough to make sure he was not involved in an accident. It being his "right of way" is NOT the POINT, his life preservation instincts being off is! the point.
Nett result. One broken rider and bike, people standing about, going, oh the poor wee thing.
Proper result, seen it coming, slowed enough to stop if necessary,Wait till you are safe before proceeding.
For fucks sake what is so hard to understand about looking after yourself on a bike.
The alternative is certain death at the hands of other motorists who don't want to be involved in an accident either, it';s just that they don't see us.

[haydes55]

Two heavy arsed trucks at one intersection, and both turning!....damn straight "I" would slow the hell down and ENSURE they can see me(flick the highbeem a few times).

No no no no. Stupid move flashing your lights at someone waiting at an intersection. Every day I see cars and bikes and truck all flashing their lights as a sort of
message to pull in front of them (i.e. let them through the gap in front of your vehicle).

If you ride towards a truck trying to turn in front of you and you flash your lights, the truckie will say "shit where did that bike come from? Sweet he's flashed his lights to tell me he is stopping to let me through".

If he did see you and then you flashed your lights that's even worse, he will definitely presume you are letting him through.

[ducatilover]

I'd have to answer no and yes, there are two outcomes possible for me

1: I'd try be God like Drew, clutch it up and flip the cunt the...bike.
2: I'd be in my garage having an anxiety attack and not riding (more likely)

I tried to think of a third, but I can't.

He could have avoided it by slowing down lots more and ideally, not hitting the truck.

[Matariki]

Oh man, I've experienced this before on the road. It reminds me of what to me last year when a mobility van pulled out in front of me (ended up smashing my left leg up, contracting necrotizing fasciitis and now I'm living with permanent nerve damage).

If I were in the same situation, I probably would of done he had done (slow down). Although with the knowledge I have now, the second I feel something isn't right or not sure about something; I slow down, indicate, pull over, assess the situation and then wait until I feel its safe to continue riding.

I did notice that he was distracted. His attention wasn't on the road when it should of been, instead he was more focused on talking about a topic that wasn't relevant to the current situation he was in.

@0:21 He states that he saw the lorry through the trees, that should of been his cue to slow down and prepare to stop if necessary.
@0:26 You can see the two lorries, by this stage he should of pulled over. It was clear from the positioning of the lorries that if something wrong did happen (which it did) it wouldn't leave a rider much room for a route out.
@0:28 By this stage it was too late for the rider to respond adequately.

[BoristheBiter]

Don't get too excited.

I'm not quite at the stage yet of offering everlasting life.

So come on then dick what would the mighty Katman have done in this situation?
Oh that's right you are the riding god and would have never been here in the first place.

Thanks for the red and the horse you rode in on.

You are so far into "the rider should have been able to avoid this" that to actually admit that shit happens would make you even stupider than you do now so you just drivel on.

[Drew]

So come on then dick what would the mighty Katman have done in this situation?
Oh that's right you are the riding god and would have never been here in the first place.

Thanks for the red and the horse you rode in on.

You are so far into "the rider should have been able to avoid this" that to actually admit that shit happens would make you even stupider than you do now so you just drivel on.

I'm the biker god...Cunt.

[Woodman]

The guy never shut up the whole time, even when those little popups stated that he had seen the hazard well before the collision. If i was yakking on a ride (which wouldn't happen) I would have gone all quiet when I first saw the trucks.

Just wondering whether he paid as much attention to the trucks as he leads us to believe?