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ShiftQuick
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PostPosted: 16:01 - 08 Jun 2015    Post subject: Some Accidents Simply Can't be Avoided... Reply with quote
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monkeybiker
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PostPosted: 17:14 - 08 Jun 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
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PostPosted: 17:58 - 08 Jun 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Basically This same thing happened to my dad the other week, at a petrol station. Apparently reversing means you don't need to look where your going.
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PostPosted: 18:17 - 08 Jun 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
WTF ...

any like to the story behind that....
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PostPosted: 18:37 - 08 Jun 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
ScaredyCat wrote:
WTF ...

any like to the story behind that....


Here's what I found:

"Ok boys and gals. I am the actual rider in the video and will once and for all dissolve all speculations and such that to my amazement have come up so far.

We both started slowing down when the light turned orange. The red SUV ended up in the middle of the intersection. Cars seen on the right started turning left, one car actually made it in front of the stalled/frozen driver. The car then proceeded to back up - IN THE LEFT LANE - i was aware about its presence all the time. And yes I was in the 1st with the clutch in as can be seen on video (anyone see the Neutral light?). As some have pointed out, only have I noticed it changing directions a couple of seconds before impact. Yes, a rider with tens of years of experience MAY HAVE been able to sprint to the right (risking clipping the car and being at fault for running a red light into potentially left turning traffic, as the light for the oncoming lane was changing to a left turn go), but given the circumstances... the horn wouldn't have done squat. Again, we're talking seconds. Disbelief that the car was going to back into me was up there. I was in the dominant position for my lane (left half of the lane, where cars in the left lane have the best chance of seeing you in their mirror), watching the driver... but again... how often do you guys assume that a car will decide to reverse into your lane from a different one and floor it?

The video ends where it does because there is absolutely nothing exciting happening afterwards. The two occupants get out, we exchange remarks, and then i take the helmet off and turn off the camera. No swearing or yelling. The adrenaline pumping through my system was so high, I was kinda happy to not be under the car. The car was resting on the bike, they had to lift it to get the bike from underneath.

Yes please, all those that could've avoided this - I salute you and your superhuman reactions. I'm just human and did the best I could when I realized what was going to happen to get my sorry ass out of the way.

The aftermath... if I can figure out how to post pictures here I will. The driver got a ticket as it is illegal to back out of an intersection (or something thereof) and yes, because they are on a learner's permit (can only drive supervised), they may have very high insurance premiums. And as far as the bike - it will be looked at by an insurance adjuster on Monday where I will find out what happens next."
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PostPosted: 19:34 - 08 Jun 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thorn wrote:
Ah yes, the superhuman reactions required to avoid that! Rolling Eyes


I've been in that situation twice and neither time did it even occur to me to try CLOSE THE DISTANCE between myself and the reversing vehicle.

First one was a transit van in Soho Square, over-shot a parking space and reversed right into me. Second was a woman in stop-start traffic at Waterloo who was stopped across a pedestrian crossing when the lights went red and panicked because a copper walked up to the crossing so reversed at me to get back behind the line.

At first, you're wondering WTF, then you're thinking uh-oh but still you don't really believe that the person is going to keep reversing without looking where they are going, then all of a sudden it's time to look for an exit route and self-preservation is first priority.

It's easy to look at the video thinking "pfft, just drive around", quite a different thing when it's unravelling in front of you and your brain is in overdrive.
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mailee
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PostPosted: 19:34 - 08 Jun 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
What amazes me is the driver stops as he knocks the bike over and then drives over it! Rolling Eyes Do they give them free licences in packets of Corn flakes over there? Laughing i think you did well to hop off it in time and not end up under there too. Shocked
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PostPosted: 20:10 - 08 Jun 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
mailee wrote:
What amazes me is the driver stops as he knocks the bike over and then drives over it!


Why would you assume it would be any different to what would occur over here? I've been in that situation once and exactly the same thing happened except front wheel of the car rested squared on my bike.
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PostPosted: 20:59 - 08 Jun 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
b422063 wrote:
mailee wrote:
What amazes me is the driver stops as he knocks the bike over and then drives over it!


Why would you assume it would be any different to what would occur over here? I've been in that situation once and exactly the same thing happened except front wheel of the car rested squared on my bike.


Well you would assume the driver felt the bump and anyone with a few brain cells would stop completely......I did say a driver with brain cells though. Laughing
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PostPosted: 22:23 - 08 Jun 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Lets also not forget, he is filming with a GoPro (Or another fish-eye lensed camera) which make things look way further away than they really are (a good 3 times further).




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PostPosted: 15:06 - 09 Jun 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Why the feck did the car driver carry on, even though he must have felt the motorcycle/something under the car? Confused
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PostPosted: 16:09 - 09 Jun 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
mailee wrote:
What amazes me is the driver stops as he knocks the bike over and then drives over it! Rolling Eyes Do they give them free licences in packets of Corn flakes over there? Laughing i think you did well to hop off it in time and not end up under there too. Shocked

RhynoCZ wrote:
Why the feck did the car driver carry on, even though he must have felt the motorcycle/something under the car? Confused



I was under the impression it was a learner driver that panicked but could have been an unsubstantiated comment.
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PostPosted: 16:11 - 09 Jun 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
RhynoCZ wrote:
Why the feck did the car driver carry on, even though he must have felt the motorcycle/something under the car? Confused


Think it was a woman driving, that's why.
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PostPosted: 17:45 - 09 Jun 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
monkeybiker wrote:
RhynoCZ wrote:
Why the feck did the car driver carry on, even though he must have felt the motorcycle/something under the car? Confused


Think it was a woman driving, that's why.


That could have been the rider under her car. I hope she got banned.
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