Caused by a speeding motorcyclist..........

[Livefast123]

Far too fast around a blind bend approching a junction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5T4skEAbl0&feature=related
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[The Artist]

I take it you didn't read the description then.

[The Shaggy D.A.]

Can't find the longer version of that video that pans left and shows the blind curve the biker just came out of.
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[Livefast123]

[The Artist]

Detecting sarcasm is harder than in real life.

You made a sarcastic remark in your original post with the rolley eyes thing which made me think you had just read the title of the video and assumed the guy who put it up was a n00b.

Say what you mean without the sarcasm.

[EazyDuz]

You deserve to come flying off your bike going that speed, total disregard for other peoples safety

[Livefast123]

In that case with further evidence of a blind bend then he should never had been going that fast and the van driver probably had no chance.

Just shows how easy it is to jump to an opinion.
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[The Artist]

[andym]

the thing I can't understand is why was the van pulling across the lane at a blind bend? What if it had been a lorry coming round that corner? OK the biker was possibly speeding, but what was the speed limit of the road? What would some of the riders on here do if they were coming along a country road at about 60 only to come face to face with a van on the wrong side of the road pulling into a parking area?

Sorry I think the van was totally at fault there as he was on the wrong side of the road and on a blind bend.... indicating or not

[yuri2085]

Andy, I am legally allowed to lie down on a blind bend and have a nap. If you run over me you are 100% at fault.

[The Artist]

[andym]

it looks like he was pulling into a parking area.... either that or there was some kind of demo going on obstructing the junction.

[Nick__C]

[Rogerborg]

Yup, in the longer versions of this video, bikers are hooning it up and down this road at Epic Speed, and there's a bend off to the left. The van driver did stop when he saw the bike, so he was paying attention. He can't be expected to give way to a potential hazard, or he'll never commence the manoeuvre.
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[DrDonnyBrago]

[Wyldkat]

Watch the vid - the van signals and starts to pull in to the turning, (there is also a car waiting to come out of that same turning), then stops.
He obviously sees the biker at the last possible minute.
Even the biker that was behind the van can be seen to be slowing for, what is given as 'a blind bend'

It could have been much worse, the biker could have gone into the side of the van - at that speed, I doubt he would have been walking again if he had lived to try.

Biker = WAY too fast for the bend if it was indeed a blind bend
Van = pulled over at quite an acute angle, obviously expected to go straight in to turning, should have anticipated traffic coming the other way

Verdict - both equally at fault but biker was speeding....
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[DrDonnyBrago]

[Mord]

Riding like a twat to show off, because your mates are recording. No sympathy for the biker from me in this case.

Lucky the van driver didn't forget his brakes.. It could have been a completely different end.

[Jim Mc]

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