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I'd say it was an unnecessary risk, if he intended to do it at the first place. If he made a mistake prior to that and this was a split second decision, as slamming your brakes on a diesel soaked roundabout could be fatal, then well done. 
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Soo this happened today! Stopped in time, he (surprisingly) looked right at the last second and stopped with minimal contact...
Makes you think though! I appreciate I should have been more prepared for it - complacency is what did it - same road day in day out.
Doesn't change the fact that a single glance to the right would have stopped it.
https://youtu.be/p08xo5T5TcE
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| Hawkeye1250FA wrote: | Ah I remember him. Didn't he say his throttle stuck on or something? I never understood why he didn't just pull the clutch in... |
I thought he claimed brake failure, I just thought it looked like poor obs.
| Quote: | Fair enough. I didn't write mine off - not a scratch  I know how much Brake I can apply on my bike on that road at that speed thanks. |
And had that van been closer to the u-turning car? That's what happened to me, the vehicle was emerging through a queue of traffic. All I'm saying is the one thing I really have learnt is always use caution when you can't fully see what's ahead/around you. How fast were you going anyway? It looks like you took forever to stop (did the ABS kick in?).
| Quote: | It must be amazing to be that switched on and aware of everything, that you never make mistakes, and that nothing in your life goes tits up randomly to play on your mind while riding so you let your concentration lapse for a second... good luck with that btw. |
I never said that, and I know particularly with roads you ride regularly you can start thinking about what normally happens and not always be as alert or cautious as you should be. I also know I can f**k up, as can other people.
| Quote: | I've been riding for 18 years and never had an accident so I must know a thing or two and be doing something right. |
Until that day? A u-turn/filtering crash on a main road, sounds clear-cut, it isn't. That would (probably) be a drawn out claim if it went through insurance. |
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You can't tell me you wouldn't overtake a line of standstill traffic if the road was wide enough?
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I do my utmost not to piss off people I meet during my commute - because I meet them every day. Forcing oncoming traffic to move over because you're in their lane is likely to piss them off. I'll do it, but I wont do it like that, and to be fair to drivers round here they usually pull to the left and let you share the lane.
| Hawkeye1250FA wrote: |
side effect of the winter mitts and gloves
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Then I'd be inclined to remove them. If you can't brake properly with them on then this was a good warning shot. You don't want to be on the motorway at 70 discovering that. Also, it's not even cold yet, WTF.
| M.C wrote: | In your video as soon as I saw the van I knew that's where it would happen. |
^^ This - stands out as exactly the spot something would happen.
| Hawkeye1250FA wrote: | I've been riding for 18 years and never had an accident so I must know a thing or two and be doing something right. |
You've just had an accident. You can no longer say you've been riding for 18 years and never had an accident. How many events like this have taken place that you're pretending didn't happen during those 18 years?
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Fair comments from both, I obviously meant until that day Yes I do class it as an accident I dont live in the same reality as that weird cyclist (wolf) BRilliantly funny thread that btw - kept me entertained all morning!
About 18mph I think, ABS kicked in and it confused me a little - I probably relesed the brake slightly automatically (first time Ive experienced ABS on a bike.)
And in response to the overtaking pissing people off... I dont think it does, but we are each entitled to our opinion.
I dont generally ride in the other lane with oncoming traffic tbh, Id be surprised If I actually did - but if I did then I take it back. I either stay in the same lane as traffic my side, or I use the hatched markings. (But as i say, I may be wrong on this occasion, I havent physically checked the video since you wrote it.)
I was considering it with the mitts, But I leave for work at 6 and its been 3/4 degrees the last 2 weeks here.
And yes I agree - Id imagine the insurance claim would end up 50/50 at best. |
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Wow, remind me not to ride through London! - Not really on my list of places to take the bike tbh! I'll stick with Scottish roads and commuting in the midlands lol
Yeah Ive learned that now (ABS!) I should have just let it do its thing and kept the brake on...
75/25 is a good result really! Wow. Well done you! Ideally I'd like to not have the accident to begin with!
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