another idiot in a car

[andyd87]

Don't know if anybody has already seen this. car driver pulls into outside lane for no reason causes an accident which resulted in a girls death and she get a slap on the wrist and a 12 month ban.

https://www.nottinghampost.com/Motorists-caused-death-Abbie-Chambers-walked-free/story-28769521-detail/story.html

[Al]

No never seen it.
The story does mention that she died when the bike she was a passenger on swerved and was hit by another biker following too closely and going too fast though.
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[Rogerborg]

A year of no driving, 4 weeks unpaid litter picking and 4 months custody (suspended) is likely to be career ending or at least limiting.

Before we string up the driver, let's be clear that there were two bikes involved, and that the collision was between them, not with the car. The other biker was held equally culpable. Whether they were really riding "erratically" is neither here nor there: they were demonstrably riding too close to react.

This is why I don't particularly like riding with other bikes. It's far too easy to get caught up in playing chase, or in paying too much attention to what the other chap is doing rather than to your own riding.
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[matto]

I've been following this one and it appears that the female cager was a bit hard done by, she started to change lanes and caused the bike to brake, the bike was then hit from behind by another bike travelling at much higher speed than the front bike causing the girl's death.

It doesn't really detail what the female cager did once she realised there was a bike alongside her, although there was a suggestion that she just moved back into the left and was therefore not involved in the collision at all.

There was also a third bike involved but for some reason despite being in someway linked to the other bikes they avoided prosecution.

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[Polarbear]

I've missed a car in a blind spot when changing lanes on a motorway so I don't doubt it's easy to miss a bike.

When I'm on my bike on a dual carriage way I always make sure I have a escape route from my position whether it be accelerating or braking. On anything 600 and over you have the necessary performance to do it.

The case in point to me is the second riders fault more than the car drivers but then I don't know the full facts.
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[matto]

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[Al]

True but the incident with the car was a close call, the bike had time to avoid an accident. It would have probably only resulting in a bit of name calling and finger waving if the other bike hadn't of taken them out.

Both at fault which is why they've both been sentenced, the bike in front could have slammed on its brakes for any number of reasons and it would have still resulted in the same outcome of being hit by the other bike. Just as easily the car could have actually hit the bike when changing lanes and been solely at fault.
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