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GearboxGeezer
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PostPosted: 18:06 - 20 Mar 2006    Post subject: A rider has fallen, Any news? Reply with quote
Hello guys,

Just wondering if anyone has heard about the rider who had what sounds like a very nasty accident on the NEW DENOM road which I beleave leads to the A40 ( or the M4... )

My sister said it that from what she could see, a car pulled out of a petrol station, and the biker hit the side of the car.... She said it was like that look, look and look again for bikers advert..

Anyone know anything? Dosnt sound to good for him lough, Its a very tempting road to speed on so It wouldnt surprise me if he was speeding. Bout time they put a speed camera on there instead of just the painted lines on the road and no camera...
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PostPosted: 18:14 - 20 Mar 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
and how Question would a speed camera stop a car pulling out of a garage without looking Shocked
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PostPosted: 18:16 - 20 Mar 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
Mrs Kickstart wrote:
and how Question would a speed camera stop a car pulling out of a garage without looking Shocked


He said the bike may have been speeding. if a camera was installed then the biker may have been going slower and may have been able to stop intime....however, the car driver may not have looked and there was probably nothing the biker could have done.....just a thought...
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PostPosted: 18:21 - 20 Mar 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
It annoys me that people often assume the biker was speeding when they are involved in accidents. I would expect this from Mr and Mrs Tory surburbia but not from people from a bike forum.

Hope the rider is OK Confused
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PostPosted: 18:31 - 20 Mar 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
Joe wrote:
It annoys me that people often assume the biker was speeding when they are involved in accidents. I would expect this from Mr and Mrs Tory surburbia but not from people from a bike forum.

Hope the rider is OK Confused


I new that some1 was gona say this, thats why I said its a road which is VERY tempting to speed on, double lane, very long, looks like you can see for miles if sitting at a junction, not to mention its a bit more easyer to speed on 40mph having just been doing 70mph for a long period of time( coming off the motorway ).

And also a speed camera may not make the driver look properly, but if the guy was speeding then maybe it would of gave him enough time, or atleast not make the accident as serious as it was, but I didnt see it so for all I know he was doing 20mph.
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PostPosted: 13:11 - 22 Mar 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
Was it Oxford road ( from Beaconsfield to Uxbridge )

I don't think there is a New Denham road.

What time of day did it happen?
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PostPosted: 13:15 - 22 Mar 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
TBH it is a blinding bit of road for opening it up, if it is where I think it is.

Filled up at the petrol station there this morning at about 8:00.
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PostPosted: 20:07 - 25 Mar 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
Its got 2 garages, texico and some other one, and theres a McDonalds, it happend in the mourning. I think it is the same road your on about.

There are a few junctions on that road but its long and straight and ive always been tempted to just let it rip there coming back off the motorway
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PostPosted: 21:02 - 25 Mar 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
If you're speeding excessively and hit another road user then you have to take most of the responsibility.
Espeshialy, if you are driving a motorcycle the fundamental safety rule is make sure you drive at a safe speed which allows you to stop safely in an emergency.

Falling off coz of diesel spills, ice etc is excepted. (Almost.)

But it is pointless to speculate that the rider was in fact overspeeding 'you/we' have no accurate means of determining his speed before the incident.

And I agree with Mrs Kickstart.

I also hope everyone involved is not seriously injured.
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PostPosted: 10:46 - 28 Mar 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
Can't find any news on this, he must be OK...

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PostPosted: 09:41 - 31 Mar 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
Harold_Shand wrote:
Can't find any news on this, he must be OK...

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Yea, Hopefully, just that my sister said he was being resusitated, but this may of just been a safety procedure, I know they was doing that on a Formula 1 driver in a big crash and he was perfectly ok.

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PostPosted: 11:36 - 31 Mar 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
GearboxGeezer wrote:
Harold_Shand wrote:
Can't find any news on this, he must be OK...

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Yea, Hopefully, just that my sister said he was being resusitated, but this may of just been a safety procedure, I know they was doing that on a Formula 1 driver in a big crash and he was perfectly ok.

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Roadside resusitation is bad, isn't it?
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PostPosted: 12:09 - 31 Mar 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
Toby R wrote:


Roadside resusitation is bad, isn't it?


its bad that he needs it, but its good cos it may save his life
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COLINWALL wrote:
Toby R wrote:


Roadside resusitation is bad, isn't it?


its bad that he needs it, but its good cos it may save his life


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Ohhh that's a good 'un!

Nice and pink!

Can't see our Col' being so daring with his dress sense though!
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PostPosted: 16:38 - 31 Mar 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
ok it was obvious, but toby asked so i told him.
not my fault he didnt know.
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PostPosted: 09:52 - 01 Apr 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
Joe wrote:
It annoys me that people often assume the biker was speeding when they are involved in accidents. I would expect this from Mr and Mrs Tory surburbia but not from people from a bike forum.

Hope the rider is OK Confused




We all hope that rider is ok, usually the cardriver is most of the time 99.9% at fault, he just musn't have looked properly before pulling out on biker.

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PostPosted: 09:58 - 01 Apr 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
Mrs Kickstart wrote:
and how Question would a speed camera stop a car pulling out of a garage without looking Shocked


I fully agree with you on this, just wasn't looking, He wouldn't pull out on a 40 foot Shell fuel tanker, (maybe that's what we all should be driving instead?) Twisted Evil
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PostPosted: 16:52 - 05 Apr 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
Flying Dutchman wrote:
Mrs Kickstart wrote:
and how Question would a speed camera stop a car pulling out of a garage without looking Shocked


I fully agree with you on this, just wasn't looking, He wouldn't pull out on a 40 foot Shell fuel tanker, (maybe that's what we all should be driving instead?) Twisted Evil


Im not saying that the driver didnt look, im saying that if the biker was going at a safer speed ( but like I said earlyer I dont know anything about his speed ) then maybe he can press the brakes and actually beable to stop in time. Or beable to take avoidence as he has a lil bit more time to think.
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PostPosted: 16:53 - 05 Apr 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
And dont forget the fact that if you do have a crash into the side of a car then if your going slower then normally it wouldnt do as much damage.
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