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At 20mph you'd have probably been alright either way tbh. Yeah you'd have smashed the bike, broke a bone or two maybe.
But you'd be pretty damned unlucky to have a fatal in those circumstances. There is no excuse for horse shit on
todays roads though. Absolutely none, if you can afford a horse and its upkeep and wish to ride it on public roads, then
you can afford a shit catcher. I clean up after my dog when it craps in a public place but I suppose that's beneath
the typical plummy slightly chubby horse riding bitch waving her arms around at everybody else like they are the
inconsiderate arse. ____________________ Currently enjoying products from Ford, Mazda and Yamaha
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NJD wrote: | Advanced training with a training school since, from what I was told, they focus on gearing and cornering specifically. |
Rated "Funny" because of my experience with the local IAM.
It's not brain science to figure out how to ride at a speed that lets you always stop safely on your own side of the road in the space that you can see to be clear.
The problem is, that speed tends to be a lot, lot lower than most road users are prepared to go in reality. How many of us are actually prepared to stop - I mean, 2nd or 1st gear, covering or even dragging the brakes, keeping as upright as possible - when going round tight or blind bends?
Ah, it's clear the last 20 times I rode it, it'll be right. ____________________ Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
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stinkwheel Bovine Proctologist
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Also worth practicing braking without letting the bike stand up. The main thing for this is to learn to take the decelleration through your knees and the tank, leaving your arms free to steer.
However, braking mid corner isn't ideal and can lead to loss of traction etc. so could your line into the corner have been different? Wider,? Perhaps allowing you to see the horse shite sooner and make a subtle alteration to your line?
Also worth training yourself out of target fixation. Tricky. You need to visualise the line you want to take to avoid the obstruction rather than the obstruction itself. I use road markings to do this and I personally try to visualise a virtual line on the road where I want the bike to go. ____________________ “Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
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Rogerborg wrote: | It's not brain science to figure out how to ride at a speed that lets you always stop safely on your own side of the road in the space that you can see to be clear. |
For those of whom have been riding for a short while, perhaps, but as per original post:
GazTheWaz wrote: | but statistically speaking if I carry on riding the way I do I'll probably have another |
GazTheWaz wrote: | Out and about in the Yorkshire dales round the twisties having lots of fun and learning to ride my bike. |
I've never ridden one but I doubt a GXSR 1000 is a bike to be toying with when experience is lacking.
Beside training I'd say keep riding, mind, given that there's nothing more refreshing than getting miles under the belt.
Rogerborg wrote: | Ah, it's clear the last 20 times I rode it, it'll be right. |
Aye, agree.
Suns out so one might want to venture on a new commute route but for the majority of the rubbish weather ridden year taking the shortest or most ridden route does create the problem of complacency. ____________________ The do it all, T̶h̶e̶ ̶b̶r̶o̶k̶e̶n̶ ̶o̶n̶e̶,̶ ̶T̶h̶e̶ ̶b̶i̶g̶ ̶l̶u̶m̶p̶,̶ ̶C̶h̶o̶n̶g̶ ̶N̶o̶o̶d̶l̶e̶ |
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First I'll start by stating I'm not anti livestock at all and take every precaution when riding near animals.
Freddyfruitbat wrote: | Oh c'mon, around town I totally agree, but out in the sticks? It could just as easily have been the detritus of a flock of sheep - or would you have farmers attaching poop catchers to their entire flock before they let them cross the road? |
No, but I'd have them go back with a shovel and clean up behind them, they may own the land either side but they
own the road as much as I do. They're expected to clean the roads when they make them all muddy using
their farm vehicles. For instance moving repeatedly between two fields linked by some public highway, so what's the
difference? If it's too much trouble for a horse rider riding their beast entirely for leisure to take reasonable
steps ie using a purpose made poo catcher, then it's fine for me to not bother backing off the Akrapovic firework
display or altering my approach speed when I see one ahead? No?
Exactly!! We all have to make allowances for others using the roads. Difference being having passed numerous driving tests
and driven and ridden all classes of vehicles in my time, I'd say I'm a more qualified road user than the majority of teenage
girls I see riding horses round my way. That doesn't stop them flapping their arms around when they see a bike that has
already slowed, already backed off the revs and already moved away from the beast as much as possible, the assumption
is the bike is being ridden by a complete retard and they somehow know better. Given the slightly entitled nature I've observed
in horse riders, they probably expect us peasants on bikes to switch off and walk them past their precious animals.
Truth is, I even slow down and back off the gas for a dog walker should I pass one knowing how much my bike upsets mine.
I live in a semi rural area and horses go right past my house fairly regularly. Usually ridden by children with no appropriate
adult around, which boils my piss no end. I had to wait until I was 16 to use the roads, some of these girls are like 12.
But I digress. In this litigious age, it's only a matter of time until a farmer or stuck up horse owner is in the dock for not
clearing up behind the beasts in their care and the inevitable fatal motorcycle accident their poop has created,
many bikers head into the sticks for a sunny ride, it's only a matter of time when you consider how likely the horsepoo vs
bike scenario is out in the countryside.
If my van leaks diesel or oil all over the road while I go about my business, is that okay too?
Quote: | A range of powers are available to the Police and the Highways Department, primarily the Highways Act 1980; and the Road Traffic Act 1988:
Highways Act 1980 Section 137 states: “If a person, without lawful authority or excuse, in any way wilfully obstructs the free passage along a highway he is guilty of an offence”.
Highways Act 1980 Section 148 states: “If without lawful authority or excuse a person deposits anything whatsoever on a highway to the interruption of any user of the highway he is guilty of an offence.”
Section 149 of the Highways Act 1980 states: “If anything is deposited on the highway so as to constitute a nuisance/danger the Highway Authority can require the person who put it there to remove it forthwith”. Mud causes skidding and is therefore dangerous and a nuisance.
Highways Act 1980 Section 161 states: “If a person, without lawful authority or excuse, deposits anything whatsoever on a highway in consequence of which a user of the highway is injured or endangered, that person is guilty of an offence”.
Furthermore, the Road Traffic Act 1988 covers situations where a mechanically propelled vehicle is driven dangerously on a road. Driving dangerously can include driving a vehicle in a state that could cause danger to others. |
I never made the rules. ____________________ Currently enjoying products from Ford, Mazda and Yamaha
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An UNACCOMPANIED 4 year old riding a bike on a road??? Seems poetic to call horseshit on that one.
You could ride a two wheeler at 4 could you? Competently and with the presence of mind to react appropriately to traffic?
I don't believe you.
You could have blatantly ridden on the pavement until age 10 like I did with absolutely no fear of arrest, caution or fixed
penalty. Besides as I'm sure you already know, Police cannot confiscate a cycle from anybody at all regardless
of age so I can't see how or why your folks pushed you to go on the road at all. I was told to specifically stay OUT of
the road unless I was crossing it by mine. You should ask them why they abused you in this way? Because just the thought
of a 4 year old boy alone wobbling along the high street on a pushbike would have social services involved these days.
Also fluid leaks are now to be considered an MOT failure, for environmental reasons. So leaky vans and lorries should be
impacted significantly within 12 months from May this year. That said, most diesel leaks are caused by overfilling, the buses used to
slosh it about when you took one out from the garage as the engineers would fill them to the brim when they came back in. ____________________ Currently enjoying products from Ford, Mazda and Yamaha
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 6 years, 8 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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