Two bikes down near Akaroa 27/12 (fatality)

**thommo77** · 28th December 2008, 21:18

Sad as.
However, I was taking the car over to Blenheim today and was dismayed to see this clown on a Triumph (with a pillion) overtake a line of cars by crossing a yellow centre line towards us and on our side of the road. If I hadn't moved to the left, the road toll may have been higher tonight.........
It's dicks like him/her giving bike-haters more ammo!

**monkey99** · 28th December 2008, 22:16

Condolences to al the family and friends of these victims

..Such a terrible waste

I hope that the KB'ers down south are able where possible to show respect (if allowed) at the funerals.

**Kittyhawk** · 28th December 2008, 22:25

RIP to those lost doing what they loved, now riding high in the sky forever and beyond, looking down upon us.

My heart goes out to friends and families.

**trump-lady** · 29th December 2008, 06:58

My dad was 1 minute behind this crash and very well could have been him. Im angry......160 passing on blind corner 5 cars. Result is children fatherless and possibly motherless.

It appears we have to now prepare for riders coming towards us on blind corners at high speeds.

**dipshit** · 29th December 2008, 07:06

Originally Posted by trump-lady

My dad was 1 minute behind this crash and very well could have been him. Im angry......160 passing on blind corner 5 cars. Result is children fatherless and possibly motherless.

Just say "RIP rider, our thoughts are with the families" and like a magic spell everything will be okay again and back to business as usual.

If fact copy-and-paste this somewhere handy so you can use it next weekend without having to go to the trouble of typing it out again.

**Fatt Max** · 29th December 2008, 07:07

Originally Posted by AllanB

Weird thing about the written reports is the specifics of the offender riding a Triumph and the poor buggers who got hit riding Japanese bikes. Weird, WTF does it matter what they were riding?

Dead right mate, who had the gaul to write that?

Bike type dont matter, this is a tragedy plain and simple.

My family and I send our deepest condolences, jeez, take care out there everyone.

**blairh** · 29th December 2008, 08:00

Originally Posted by fireliv

No point focusing on who was at fault, cant take back time. All we can do is remember and learn.
RIP

I think learning is the key here. If reading about this makes one person out there think twice before pulling out on a dodgy pass, then it's saved lives.

Originally Posted by dipshit

If fact copy-and-paste this somewhere handy so you can use it next weekend without having to go to the trouble of typing it out again.

You've hit the nail on the head. I don't see why people here are too PC to just sit back and say, wait a minute, this should never have happened, there's absolutely no excuse for it and innocent lives were lost. All it takes is for us all to just breath a few more times before passing...

**Tank** · 29th December 2008, 08:09

Originally Posted by Butch

One of the oncomming bikes was a Suzuki Boulivard which, no offence intended, dont really do a great rate of knots...

yeah - because if you get hit by a Jap bike weighing 200 kg doing 80km head on you are going to just get up and walk away?

Using that logic - you wont get hurt by riding into a tree - after all thats stationary.

**denill** · 29th December 2008, 08:58

Originally Posted by trump-lady

It appears we have to now prepare for riders coming towards us on blind corners at high speeds.

It is timely to comment - you always have needed to prepare for riders (and cars and trucks etc.) coming towards us on blind corners at high speeds........

**Big Dave** · 29th December 2008, 09:07

Originally Posted by Butch

One of the oncomming bikes was a Suzuki Boulivard which, no offence intended, dont really do a great rate of knots...

They haven't got great cornering clearance - but the 109s are wicked fast.

**fatbikez** · 29th December 2008, 09:09

RIP To them. What kind of bikes were they riding?

**Beemer** · 29th December 2008, 09:19

Originally Posted by Titanium

Double solid yellow lines mean something ......

That is exactly what I thought when I saw the crash site on the news last night. Regardless of whether he had enough visibility and thought the overtaking manoeuvre was safe, he obviously crossed into the oncoming lane at some point. Double yellow lines ARE there for a reason and it's a real tragedy that this was not taken into account by this rider.

Someone said something about the speed of the oncoming riders - which I feel is totally irrelevant. If they were replaced with a truck and trailer unit doing 80kph the overtaking rider would still have been killed. It would not have been easy for the riders he hit to avoid something in THEIR lane that was probably going faster than them in any case.

I don't want to get into the blame game either, but the facts appear to support one rider overtaking in a spot he shouldn't have been overtaking in and unfortunately taking out innocent riders at the same time.

**mdnzz** · 29th December 2008, 09:42

RIP to those lost, ride forever in the wind

**Paulus** · 29th December 2008, 10:23

Originally Posted by Beemer

Double yellow lines ARE there for a reason and it's a real tragedy that this was not taken into account by this rider.

Guys, there are no double yellow lines there. If you want to see the crash location point Google Earth to 43 deg 41 min 49 sec South and 172 deg 33 min 54 sec East.