'Hero' biker...

[matto]

I'm really sorry if this is a repost but the search function hasn't helped me find anything.

So from what I can make out this is a chap who has been riding inappropriately for the conditions so has crashed and really hurt himself. However because he didn't injure any cyclists, nuns or kittens while crashing he is a 'hero' and is getting an excessive amount of media coverage and general good will from the public, none of which seem to criticise or even really mention his riding on the day of the collision.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-42246312

I recall the Pistonheads thread by the chap, who skidded on a corner in his car and ended up on the wrong side of the road seriously injuring an oncoming biker, as he recounted his time in prison and the effects it has had on his life.

So is the difference between a 'hero' and a 'criminal' just down to pure luck on the road?

[G]

Also everyone 'lays it down' just to 'save' whichever kittens were in the way.

Because the metal on the frame obviously slows them down quicker with better control than the rubber tyres connected to a steering and braking system - obviously some big conspiracy that we don't just run on blocks of metal!

[Polarbear]

Add in the injuries and the fact he isn't a member of BCF, doesn't worship nobcat or want ste for mod?

Of course he's a hero, mumsnet would agree. (and Adam, although if he had been wearing rainpal.....)
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[Rogerborg]

site:www.bikechatforums.com hero biker

"Hero" biker spacks himself, gets kudos


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[Hahadumball]

wrong post what a derp

ignore this
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[Polarbear]

I was never a saxophone/clarinet fan. I don't like Jazz either. Perhaps it's part of a conspiracy to rid the world of wind instrument players....


Although Candy Dulfur could blow my .... anyday

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[Rogerborg]

https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/chris-toon-1

£39,709 donated to date (35,762 + 3,947).

For riding into a ditch.
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[Rogerborg]

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[Freddyfruitba...]

[growler]

Just leave this here

https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=20699

I live just up the road from this site
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[Rogerborg]

[goto10]

[Rogerborg]

[Hong Kong Phooey]

I thought thread title was a stereotypical far Eastern new member's first post greeting to his two wheeled brethren.
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[matto]

[Freddyfruitba...]

[G]

Along these lines - https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/hero-mum-who-died-saving-8741571


Woman kill's herself through incompetence, but avoids a full-Darwin is a 'hero'.

[matto]

Indeed, and that's the thing with both of these stories, the narrative is all fucked up.

If the mother had time to be a 'hero' and save her child, then she had time to move both of them away from the lorry and avoid any contact at all. In reality she's just pushed her kid into the side of a moving lorry and fallen over and been crushed while the pushchair has been tangled up and the child thrown free to safety.

And if the biker had enough time, control and skill to manoeuvre the bike into the ditch to avoid the cyclists then he had enough time and control to stay on the correct side of the road and avoid the cyclists and save himself from injury. In reality he ran out of talent lost rear wheel traction and was a total passenger as he smashed off the road and through the trees narrowly missing the cyclists.

I bet the stories would be different if the ethnicity of either person were different and I know the story would be different if the biker was unemployed or had any criminal history.

[M.C]