Sheppey bridge crash.

[nighthawk250]

From what I can gather no bikers were involved, thankfully.
A lot of bikers live over the island and use their bikes everyday, because before the new bridge was built the traffic would back up, so you could filter through to the front when the Kingsferry bridge opens, I still use the old bridge, because of some go for it roads, now little used.

[goto10]

[Rogerborg]

BIKING NEWS: VERY FEW BIKERS INJURED IN CRASH.

May our fallen brother's wounds be salved by the healing tongues of angelic kittens.
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[Walloper]

[Rogerborg]

UPDATE: FEW, SOME, OR NO BIKERS MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE BEEN INJURED.

130 vehicles and 35 hospitalised. Statistically there should be 1.3 bikers involved (1% of traffic), hogging 7 casualty beds (20% of KSIs).
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Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
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[Walloper]

Natural Selection at its best.

Fannies should not get insurance again.
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[Walloper]

Fuck here we go.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-23984059
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[DrSnoosnoo]

Oh no!

Because people can't drive to the conditions we should put a limit on everything to look after people ... how about make people learn how to drive responsibly?!
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[woodall57]

Compulsory driving lessons in hazardous conditions in 5...4...3...
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[WindyMiller]

I think we shouold have cameras to catch people driving without lights in fog.


Mornings have been a bit foggy round my way this week and I'd say only about half of cars have any lights on at all. The silver / light grey ones are especially hard to spot. Don't know if that was a factor in the Sheppey pile up.
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[Walloper]

[BTTD]

Read on article that quoted a witness saying that cars were travelling into the fog without any lights on and weren't slowing down.

Seems like some people just have no sense.

[Rank Bajin]

I'm just glad they were all driving according to the conditions. It was clear from the news that the fog was totally to blame for the pile up. Fog's a sneaky bastard - surrounding all those drivers without warning. Should be banned.

[doggone]

[Walloper]

[nighthawk250]

Thanks for the update, I wish him well, I give up on all the other dimwits, I slowed down cos I saw someone waving, Did she think she was a wag.

[nighthawk250]

Thanks for the update, I wish him well, I give up on all the other dimwits, I slowed down cos I saw someone waving, Did she think she was a wag.

[Rogerborg]

The only action that needs taking is for everyone with front end damage on their vehicle to be prosecuted for careless driving.
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Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike

[Chalky.]

[doggone]

[Rogerborg]

[misscrabstick]

On the sky news footage I viewed I did see one bike sort of under some car partially, I live on the Isle of Sheppey!

[Vracktal]

This isn't from the Sheppy pileup, but I thought i'd post it anyway to give an idea of how shitgarglingly retarded some drivers can be in fog...

>>Clicky
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[G]

Perhaps the suggested matrix sign should read "slow down if you can't read this"?

[Nemo]