Was seriously thinking of getting a motorbike
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It isn't compulsory to be a moron if you're a biker!
John
John
No, but, as with the similar pedestrian video the other night, difficult to overcome if they are.
Some of the "stars" of the video might just be morons now though.....It isn't compulsory to be a moron if you're a biker!
John
Dead ones at that!
John
John
Many of those videos seem to come from Russia, where aggression and vodka undoubtedly make for thrills and spills on the highways.
The same can be said here in the States, to a certain extent. The rules for pedestrians in 'The Highway Code' here say:
Pedestrians must yield to vehicles before entering the roadway.
Motorists must yield to pedestrians in the crosswalk only if in their half of the roadway.
The former sounds reasonable, but the latter is confusing for everyone because pedestrians can seemingly step into the road once the nearest lane traffic has stopped but then have to effectively wait in the middle of the road until the furthest lane stops. The rule works fine if there is a central median, but it's not so safe if there is a standard two lane carriageway.
Also, in the theory exam, the answer to a question on crosswalks is:
'If a pedestrian steps into a marked or unmarked crosswalk, you must stop and yield to them.'
That's all well and good if you have time to see them but not if they just decide to wander into one, believing they have the automatic right of way!
Another freaky crossing issue I have encountered since being here is that, you can get a green light to turn right at an intersection but, at the same time, the adjacent road you are turning into gives a 'walk' light for pedestrians to cross. This means that although you get the go ahead to proceed, you have to stop until the pedestrians have proceeded to cross.
Although the pedestrians often look to be at fault, maybe sometime it's not all their fault after all and it's the rules for the roads in various countries need to be addressed.
I don't think it's so much the act of jaywalking (or other minor offences) that causes the problems with police, but more so the lack of cooperation. Police here certainly don't like it if you don't comply with their demands immediately, which isn't necessarily a bad thing because you know where you stand, but it certainly isn't an excuse to lavish beatings on relatively innocent people. It's a sad situation but police know that anyone they encounter could be carrying a weapon so they often, unjustly, use that as their excuse for aggression.
Which just goes to show that rules, however explicit and all-encompassing, will never replace common sense.
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I watched the compilation all the way through and although there are various reasons for the accidents, in almost all the incidents, the motorcyclist was simply going too fast.
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While for some of those in the vid are clearly the other vehicle at fault a grat many are because the biker is not driving with due care, not slowing down when approaching a junction or even getting into the correct lane.
If they didn't try riding up the middle of stopped traffic as if it was an open road then they would not meet the crossing vehicle that the cars atthe front have let pass in front of them.
There are morons that drive truck, cars and bikes, there are morons that simply walk.
Morons everywhere.
If you want a bike, get a bike.
Write a will first.
If they didn't try riding up the middle of stopped traffic as if it was an open road then they would not meet the crossing vehicle that the cars atthe front have let pass in front of them.
There are morons that drive truck, cars and bikes, there are morons that simply walk.
Morons everywhere.
If you want a bike, get a bike.
Write a will first.
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I stopped riding a while back because of the terrible standard of driving down here. Narrow lanes with nowhere to go when some tw@t comes belting around the blind bends, and half blind octagenarians who probably can't see the road, let alone a motorbike, finally put me off.
Seemed to me that after 20+ years of riding without a serious accident I was having a "close one" every time I went out due to someone else's bad driving.
The riders in the video are mostly going too fast, and/or not riding "defensively" but lets admit it, they come off worse than the tin boxes nearly every time.
Seemed to me that after 20+ years of riding without a serious accident I was having a "close one" every time I went out due to someone else's bad driving.
The riders in the video are mostly going too fast, and/or not riding "defensively" but lets admit it, they come off worse than the tin boxes nearly every time.
