Glad the rider is ok.
Looked like the Civic driver did apply hand-brake first - was there a passenger? Maybe the passanger pulled it?
Either way, the car is at fault the bike is in the clear.
Now onto the "what did we learn from this" part of the show.
On the bike, you always ride with your front brake covered in traffic - and from the looks of it, there seems to have been enough qwiggle room to have possibly not ended up hitting the car.
Number on practice move I always did during a riding season is thresh-hold panic braking.
Full front tyre impending lockup practices in a car parl.
Anything below about 40 or 50 mph and the bike should be able to stop in a blind panic.
As I say - great the bike has evidence and the car is in the shite - but it's small concellation when you the rider gets hurt - so my strategy is to always have a mental "escape route" when in traffic - and practice, practice, practice... as that accident is one of the few types where a bike can come out tops.
Farging nut job car driver either way.
|
Threaded Mode
