Bad day in Cumbria yesterday

[Irn-Bru]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-26815265

4 people died within 3 hours, 3 of which were bikers. The articles doesn't mention it for some reason but the fog was extremely bad yesterday. Me and a mate were intending on going as far as the Lake District via Hartside pass (of course) but there's no point when you can't see a thing so we turned back early.
____________________
KTM 990 SMT & Suzuki DR-Z 400 SM

[James83]

I wonder what the ratio of these deaths are is of "Car drivers doing SMIDSYs" to "Summer only riders overdoing it on their first ride in 6 months" (Or both). I actually kind of hope its the later - if I ever went out like one of these guys, I'd somehow rather it was my own mistake than a SMIDSY that did for me - not sure why though.
____________________
Jonathan A wrote: tart.

[Rogerborg]

Eh, it's the same every spring. No doubt some new speed limits and "safety" cameras will be thrown up.
____________________
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

[Snorty]

I went yesterday. It was a nice day. Little misty but nothing terrible...

The ride back was worse, dark, with a dark visor, and fog on the return into Leeds. Nothing drastic though I just altered my riding to suit.

Too many speed camera vans, cameras, etc out that way.
____________________
Current: Yamaha FZ1 '07 | GSXR 750 SRAD

Past: CB125TDC | TZR125 | GPZ500 | CBR600F3 | ZX9-R | GSXR1000 K4

[thomp1983]

National statistics show 75% of bike accidents are rider error whilst smidsy drivers are generally halfwits that shouldn't be allowed to live there not the main cause of rider deaths we generally do it to ourselves