insurance firm casts doubt over BBC claim

[crackfinder]

https://www.fastbikesmag.com/2013/03/25/insurance-firm-casts-doubt-over-bbc-claim/

Nice to see it in black and white, even though it's something we already knew.
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[Hetzer]

Suprise, BBC in piss-poor journalistic standards shocker. Or just straight-forward outright lies and bullshit anti-biker agenda.

If you want real news the BBC is the last fucking place you go for it.
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[herulach]

[Efes123]

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[J.M.]

My accident was loss of control on a bend
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[Rogerborg]

Depends how they define "loss of control". Running wide might be listed as "excess speed" or "spacking out" for all we know.

Insurers versus Pravda, they could both be lying through their teeth parasitical suckers.
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[UrbanRacer]

I dunno about everyone else but i wouldn't claim my insurance if i crashed on a bend and it was my fault. Unless i wrote the bike off of course. Also you'd need FC insurance for that.

[mr jamez]

Aye, they're missing lots of data from many crashes not involving a third party which obviously helps the argument. However Its nice to see cagers in the wrong for once
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Let's face it, most "Loss of control on a bend" claims will be recorded as "Avoided cat/dog/pheasant" claims anyway.
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[Dave_R]

This report on motorcycle accidents commissioned by the DFT is worth a read;

https://speedcamerareport.co.uk/dft_motorcycle_accidents.pdf

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[uberkron]

For your motorcycle crashes on bends, most motorcycle crash vids i have watched is the rider forgetting (or at least appearing to) how to go round a curve that has different camber to the road leading into it.

A good reference for this is a youtube vid compilation titled "2012 NO PRISONERS"
There are a half dozen or so videos of people at normal speeds just failing a corner in amongst some other crashes.

When i crash on a bend ill give a detailed analysis if able.
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[Nick_Giles]

[c_dug]

Off the top of my head I've been in 4 accidents.

Two accidents involving cars:
one SMIDSY-esque accident on the approach to a roundabout. Non fault. (2010)
chav in a corsa trying to undertake on a slip road. Non fault. (2007)

Two accidents caused by me.
low sided on a roundabout with a friend on the back, trying to show off and failing. (2008)
dead straight road in freezing conditions, unsure of the cause but can only be myself to blame! (2008/9)

So I guess judging just by me, half of all accidents are caused by other road users but only those involving other road users are reported to the authorities. Shows why figures get skewed so much.

These days I get too much pleasure from pushing the limits in the rain so if I was to guess I would say if anything "gets" me it will be my own fault. That said I have way more miles under my belt since my last crash so I think I'm far more aware of my own limits, plus it is much easier to find the limits of my divvy which brings it's own pleasure.
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