biker down

kenny · Nearly there... Joined: 04 Jan 2005 Karma :

dont know the actual outcome i.e if he is ok etc but the road near where i work (Elland Rd, Elland, Halifax, WestYorkshire) has been closed off today due to a biker colliding with a fork lift truck

Hopefully he is ok but what i can tell from the road being shut all day i does not seem good
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EUMP · Spanner Monkey Joined: 17 Dec 2007 Karma :

Roads are normally closed because of a fatally and investigations are then needed to be made to find the cause of the collision.
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Dr. DaveJPS · World Chat Champion Joined: 24 May 2008 Karma :

Edited: sorry didn't phrase that well.

i've just had an email from the Yorkshire NOC that one of the members was killed this morning riding to work. So it is probably the same event unfortuntely
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uniuk2000 · Borekit Bruiser Joined: 11 Jun 2008 Karma :

https://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/Death-with-a-forklift-Rider.5639524.jp

RIP buddy

Dr. DaveJPS · World Chat Champion Joined: 24 May 2008 Karma :

having read that news story, yeah it was the same person. fucking forklift.
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kenny · Nearly there... Joined: 04 Jan 2005 Karma :

it not like he could have been doin much speed either as the pipe works are straight after a corner and he was on a 1970s norton, i reckon the forklift is at fault prob no mot, tax, license for road etc and with them using it to cross over the road the are not very fast for getting out of the way
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bikedemon99 · Spanner Monkey Joined: 24 Nov 2008 Karma :

There should be a warning sign ' plant crossing' so I suggest you guys in that area make sure a sign gets put up before another of us gets it, if it was in my area I most certainly would and now the company are feeling guilty they would go for the sign without quibble, good luck with it guys
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tshort2007 · Scooby Slapper Joined: 07 Jun 2009 Karma :

Thats just an accident waiting to happen. Forklift truck crossing the road on SWL, after a blind bend? The backend of that truck must weight about 2tonne. The MD of the pipe company should be charged with corperate manslaughter.

RIP Buddy

kawakid · World Chat Champion Joined: 15 Mar 2005 Karma :

Gosh I know that road so well, it is an open limit bit of road in-between 2 urban areas. (Elland & Brighouse).

Poor fella, lets wait for the facts to come, before we judge what has happened though.
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MattHirst · World Chat Champion Joined: 25 Jun 2006 Karma :

RIP to the guy on the bike.

I work at the top of brookfoot (well, on west lane t'other side of southowram) and the traffic was madness.

The road isn't 'open limit', it used to be NSL but is now 50mph. There is very often cops with hair driers out in force and i believe they are thinking of putting cameras up.

Kenny - You can have a forklift truck on the road, it has to be road legal obviously but you can do upto (iirc) 4 'industrial' miles on the road without needing tax etc. The companies liability insurance will cover the forklift i would assume.

Our forklift at work has is a counter balance type and weighs nearer 5 tonne Shocked

Also, if its the corner that i think, it isn't exactly dangerous even if you are doing the speed limit. You have quite a lot of visiblity aswell.
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