Post by johnc on Jul 30, 2021 9:42:42 GMT
Last night, i got a sense of why some drivers might pull out and get T boned by a motor-bike.
I came to a junction to turn right on to the main road. I looked right and saw a motorbike coming towards me but he was a good distance away and had it been a car I would probably have pulled out with no drama at all. What stopped me pulling out was that I thought the bike had his full beam on, so I waited.
I am very glad I did because the reason his headlight looked so bright was that the nose of the bike was up and he had the throttle nailed. I reckon he passed me at somewhere between 120 and 150mph but what is scary is that from first glance and the head on perspective there was no way to judge the speed he was going.
Life could so easily be turned upside down by the smallest of decisions. Drive safely guys.
I came to a junction to turn right on to the main road. I looked right and saw a motorbike coming towards me but he was a good distance away and had it been a car I would probably have pulled out with no drama at all. What stopped me pulling out was that I thought the bike had his full beam on, so I waited.
I am very glad I did because the reason his headlight looked so bright was that the nose of the bike was up and he had the throttle nailed. I reckon he passed me at somewhere between 120 and 150mph but what is scary is that from first glance and the head on perspective there was no way to judge the speed he was going.
Life could so easily be turned upside down by the smallest of decisions. Drive safely guys.
