A very close shave indeed

[Lonewolf]

Just seen this on You Tube from someone I subscribe to. A very lucky & quick thinking individual!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-HAkqw4UcY

And this is from the SUV's point of view, the occupants of whom thought it was    funny.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfKi604_CEE

[pistole]

- the GoPro generation X

- amazing reflexes and control by the motorcyclist.

- and people wonder why we're paranoid.

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[O.C.]

Phew that was tooooo close for comfort 

Drivers like that should be de-bollocked 

[100milesaway]

I find it almost impossible to comprehend that the  in that vehicle actually thought that was funny, I am truly astonished

[Boomer]

So, we have a dick on a bike (too fast round a blind corner) and a dick in a car (wrong side of the road approaching a blind corner).
They are both very lucky. Yes the Biker would probably have died but the bike and/or rider would have injured the SUV occupants.
Ask any of the police on here, When dick meets dick you normally need a sponge to clean up the mess. 

[Winston Smith]

Have to say I don't think the bike did anything wrong - can't even assess the speed and so what, he's on his own side of the road well within the lines.

The SUV driver however wants sorting with a ragmans trumpet.  Had it been a juggernaut would they have been laughing...

[mecki]

I agree with Boomer on this one.
It is because of situations like that why I always ride at speeds that allow me to safely stop within the distance I can see the road in front of me.
And it doesn't have to be idiots that cause 'close shaves' like that.
Could be a rock fall, animals on the road, a broken down car or an accident.
What if the biker had hit that car? The guy following him, who IMHO was also going way to fast, would have piled in as well.
If you want to show off go on a track day but don't do stunts like that on a public road!
Nothing wrong with going round a corner close to the limit if you can see where you are going but not on a blind corner like that? 

[Winston Smith]

Hang on!

Being  able to stop on your own side of the road in the distance you can see to be clear is the mantra to use.

However road craft will also tell you that a hazard to be dealt with is something that can be seen or cannot be seen but reasonably be expected.

A car on a blind bend on your side of a flowing national limit road is not something you could reasonably expect to occur.

I am not a supporter of jock-rocket riders/riding, but that rider is in no way at fault

[Rusty]

I am going to join in on this one ...
The SUV is on the wrong side of the road full stop. He's on the wrong side of the road concentrating on a couple of goons skating down the mountain. He's on the wrong side of the road not paying attention.
The bike is on the right side of the road, yes he's quick but that is in no way an unsafe ride IMHO ....  and to pull it up and not hit the c*** in the SUV is in my book pretty good going.
There you go for what it's worth that's what Mr Rusty thinks !

[100milesaway]

And I fully agree

[Lonewolf]

Mr Rusty & Mr Smith are both of course correct.  The SUV driver and passenger are ACTUALLY LAUGHING about what almost happened!! They are JOKING about putting their clip on You Tube!
I think many people would have turned around, caught up with the SUV & slotted the pair.

[2kwacks]

I would like to add my two penneth worth I can see were mecki and boomer are coming from here only riders who have a death wish take blind bends to fast and I've seen a few do exactly that! nine times out of ten they will get away with it. but to point the obvious out..  it only takes broken down car, animal, pedestrian or the slippy stuff you don't see in time or the miss daisy driver and your in right in the if you can't stop in time or sweive due to on coming vehicles. I can recall a few times I've gone round a blind bend and been met by a slow or broken down vehicle and more recently on the horseshoe pass a few sheep which they are the worst because even if you can slow down enough and go round the buggers they tend to run the way you turn but the biker in the clip wasn't going that fast for the bend or the conditions and was well within the centre lines. I would say he was riding well within his capabilities, he had enough time to see the vehicle and take evasive action initally hard braking, because he was on a lean angle and seen a safe cap to run through, he has released the pressure on the brakes and took the clear exit looks like a very experienced ride to me top marks to the guy the driver and passenger of the vehicle on the wrong side of the road need stringing up from the nearest lampost

[100milesaway]

I cant agree that the bike rider was going too fast, If he had have been he would have hit that  in that car, although we dont know what happened to him after he had avoided the car, for all we know he could have  ed somebody coming the other way, as he must have been completely off line after missing the car, therefore crossing to the other side of the road. And once you do that your fate is in the lap of the gods. My main gripe remains that those  in the car thought that the fact that they had almost killed somebody was somehow funny. And the bloke behind the wheel is obviously a tragedy looking for somewhere to happen.

[Lonewolf]

Geoff I think we can safely assume the bike rider was fine as he posted his video on You Tube! 

[100milesaway]

  ah yes silly me  But he defo was NOT going to fast. And the car cretin wants stringing up.


I have been mixing this clip up with another one that I have been following on you tube, where the rider just disapears down the side of the car.