Sorry Mate I Didn't See You

[MattJ]

Well that's because he didn't look.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D-79rhWS44

Best line was:

"My brother died on a bike, I know all about it."

[goto10]

At least you kept calm.
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[MattJ]

I was absolutely fuming but that situation definitely warranted it!

[Irn-Bru]

It's funny how annoyed you were in that but in your crash video you barely speak:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZYARK9c03U


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[MattJ]

That's because in the crash video is was my fault. No point shouting at myself .

However somebody nearly rolling over me and not stopping even after making a lot of noise, then yes I'm gonna get fucking angry.

[yaigi]

[moppy]

Jeesus, what a twat. Nice rage though, didn't expect it from you if I'm honest

Can't believe your crash vid though, did you fall asleep or something? Your bike slides so far!

[RhynoCZ]

I don't want to get you upset, but maybe he couldn't see you, it's a quite long vehicle. Anyway, worse things happened to me, so any time I see a situation, like this I stand on the center line, or close to the line, so driver can see me and I can easily take off if he can't. I rather just take off, then using the horn, it's no use, most of car/truck drivers have the radio on and don't give a damn. Keep it safe
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[MattJ]

[treeno]

[MattJ]

I was looking round the lorry but it wasn't like it was just my helmet poking around, theres the entire front of my bike with 2 headlights in front of me. I was watching him in the mirror and he wasn't looking in his mirror at all. It's a pretty narrow road and I was near the white line, if I was any further over to the right I would have been on the white line which I didn't think necessary as I just thought he was letting somebody through as he did a few metres before. There was no indication or reverse lights which made me think he was just waiting for someone because, as I said, it's a narrow road. I stayed well back though just in case.

If I had seen his reverse lights come on I would have gone around him quickly but because they didn't come on I didn't think he was reversing, just rolling backwards a little as if he was holding it on the clutch. So obviously to see him keep coming took me by surprise and I think I did pretty well to get out of there in time because he started coming back at a fair pace!

I was definitely not in his blind spot, unless his blind spot means clearly view of his mirror

[Knightsy]

Dayum

for not getting squashed.
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[.Bishbash.]

Why is it everyone who crashes into you or nearly has a family member who has been killed on a bike. Makes what he did OK I suppose.
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[MattJ]

[Bubbs]

Loved the rage!! Ha ha.. there were plenty of moments where he would have seen you had he looked in the mirror while driving. Fucking knob head!
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[Howling TerrorOutOfOffice]

I saw the potato lorry and.........



Voilà. A potato event happened.


Nice revving Matt...and well done for not losing your temper.

Glad you didn't get killed...Although I do still owe you for a cuppa.

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[Easter Bunny]

The perception is always slightly different on a camera but you could see his mirrors so he should have seen you (if he'd been looking in them) and you didn't appear too close so another notch of experience and wisdom.......lorry drivers stop for no apparent reason & don't always look in their mirrors what a dick!
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[haroman666]

I know he might have had the radio on but even then I'd have thought he or his goon in the passenger seat should have heard all that revving and beeping.

And aren't you meant to have person guiding from behind for vehicles reversing over a certain size? Or is that just discretion of landowners/company policies and the like?

I know at the events I worked at over the summer and during the Olympics, anybody reversing anything bigger than a Transit Box-van had to have a guide (There's a proper word for it i think)
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[trisers]

From my relatively inexperienced point of view i have to say well done on leaving such a good and safe gap in the first place...definitely saved the day

[Clutchy]

[soforene]

[haroman666]

[Vracktal]

I thought lorries that size had to have mandatory backup cameras as well? I swear I remember reading that but can't find any mention of it anywhere. Either way, guy's a tit for not looking behind him.
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[Fifteen15]

Just to play devils advocate, those saying he's a dick for not checking his mirrors, how many people here can say they've glanced in their mirrors but missed something because they've not properly looked, or started riding from a stand still without doing lifesavers to check they're not going to clip a cyclist. Every single person here will have made a mistake to put someone else's life in danger, whether it be a pedestrian, or a passenger. So that makes us all dicks?

I would have overtook and shrugged it off. Not worth a full on rage, definitely not worth stopping. Maybe a quick beep and 'eyes on the road' gesture. Then again I wasn't there so it's easy for me to sit here and bash some keys
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[haroman666]

Thing is it wasn't that he just missed seeing MattJ in the mirror as they were driving along the road. The lorry driver stopped and then started reversing. Now I dunno about anyone else but isn't it a general intention to check both mirrors prior to reversing?? The fact that Matt was there, in view, when the lorry driver SHOULD have looked in his mirrors kind of speaks for the lorry drivers' stupidity.
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