Adventure Bike Rider Forum

sprintster wrote:

-Ralph- wrote:At some point the A82 will be closed for investigation work and his tragic story will be in the paper along with pictures of him and his kids.

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Maybe I should keep quiet when I've had a drink but even in the cold light of day it still all sounds a bit dramatic.I doubt many, if any head on collisions on the A82 are caused by one bike overtaking another running out of space on the road.

sprintster wrote:

AndyB wrote:It's all down to individual perception and what to one rider was a close thing could have been loads of room to spare to another one. I always think I've got time and space in hand yet if I saw someone else doing the same thing I might think they were cutting it a bit close.

The bottom line as far as I'm concerned is that no crash equals no problem (thumbs)

The worst ones are the oncoming car drivers flashing their lights at you. If it was that close you would be slamming on your brakes not fannying about flashing your lights!

sprintster wrote:

Mike54 wrote:

sprintster wrote:Bloody bikers should be banned from the road! Have you never made an error when you're riding your bike? Either that or the guy knew exactly how much time he had and you're a drama queen! :whistle:

Bit harsh

I'm not going to waste my time getting into an argument about it but how is it a bit harsh? If it was a split second miss the guy obviously made an error in his judgment but can anybody on this forum say they have never cocked up? Or one persons "split second" is another persons "plenty of time"
I had a "near miss" today with a boy racer deciding to overtake after I was a "split second" from his rear bumper but I didn't feel the need to start a thread about it.

Mike54 wrote:

sprintster wrote:

Mike54 wrote:

sprintster wrote:Bloody bikers should be banned from the road! Have you never made an error when you're riding your bike? Either that or the guy knew exactly how much time he had and you're a drama queen! :whistle:

Bit harsh

I'm not going to waste my time getting into an argument about it but how is it a bit harsh? If it was a split second miss the guy obviously made an error in his judgment but can anybody on this forum say they have never cocked up? Or one persons "split second" is another persons "plenty of time"
I had a "near miss" today with a boy racer deciding to overtake after I was a "split second" from his rear bumper but I didn't feel the need to start a thread about it.

You're not going to waste your time getting into an argument, but then you do anyway? You have NO idea what happened here to make ANY kind of judgement. Just let the guy vent FFS and next time you have too much to drink wind your neck in.