On 12.01.09, In Motorcycle Crashes, by Motorcycle Crashes
A motorcyclist traveling at high speed narrowly misses a van who is stopped, trying to make a left hand turn.
You have to be pretty absent minded not to see a white van trying to turn, I mean come on, it’s common sense to slow the motorcycle down considerably when faced with traffic. Or not?
4 Responses
It should also be common sense for a big ass van not to turn right in front of a bike. Especially as slow as the driver was turning. The biker did a good job not to hit the idiot driver, and thus probably saved his life
Agreed with John, the bike had right of way. How can you take the side of the van driver? He just rolled into the lane of the oncoming bike without stopping, i’m sure he would have seen the bike coming had he looked.
Also, agree that the biker did a good job of taking the line that he did, he could have hit the van or the car and ended up in a far worse state. He could have even hit the crowd, the van didn’t give him much choice in routes.
John how can you estimate the speed of a bike going this fast?
I’m a rider myself, for 14 years I ride motorcycles, the fault was from the motorcycle clearly speeding where he shouldn’t, we all do this shit, but we also have to suffer from the consequences when this ends this way. If you decide to go +120mph on a busy road with traffic incoming, it means you are ready to visit the ER. The Van stopped because he saw that the motorcycle was speeding way over, he the rider is living today, it’s because the VAN didn’t made the full turn to left open space for the rider to pass.. The Van saved the rider from a big collision.