Stephan
Race Dog
Looking at the various threads relating to bike accidents over the past couple of months I started wondering about what could have been done to either avoid the accident or to limit the injuries resulting from the accidents.
Remembered an article I read somewhere, sometime, about the best way to handle a situation where a cage pulls out of a side street into the road in front of you. The analysis of the situation boiled down to 3 reactions.
The first option that riders normally take is to try and serve pass behind the vehicle, usually resulting in the bike hitting the curb, tossing the rider into roadside furniture and causing major injuries, sometimes fatal, the serve tends to be problematic as the serve normally starts close to the middle of the road.
The second one is shock and inability to react, resulting in a T-bone accident with the rider propelled of the bike and hitting the roofline of the cage, mostly fatal as a result of massive trauma to the torso.
The third option is to serve around the front of the cage, this apparently is the best option as the cage driver's reaction tends to be be to stop the moment he becomes aware of the bike approaching, in such a case the serve is a shallow one and normally works, if the cage continues riding, the bike hits the bonnet and the rider flies over the bonnet, rolling/sliding until he comes to a stop.
How about we share our tips and experiences to deal with the situations we deal with on the non-gravel roads we do travel as it seems that most of the really serious accidents tend to occur on them
Remembered an article I read somewhere, sometime, about the best way to handle a situation where a cage pulls out of a side street into the road in front of you. The analysis of the situation boiled down to 3 reactions.
The first option that riders normally take is to try and serve pass behind the vehicle, usually resulting in the bike hitting the curb, tossing the rider into roadside furniture and causing major injuries, sometimes fatal, the serve tends to be problematic as the serve normally starts close to the middle of the road.
The second one is shock and inability to react, resulting in a T-bone accident with the rider propelled of the bike and hitting the roofline of the cage, mostly fatal as a result of massive trauma to the torso.
The third option is to serve around the front of the cage, this apparently is the best option as the cage driver's reaction tends to be be to stop the moment he becomes aware of the bike approaching, in such a case the serve is a shallow one and normally works, if the cage continues riding, the bike hits the bonnet and the rider flies over the bonnet, rolling/sliding until he comes to a stop.
How about we share our tips and experiences to deal with the situations we deal with on the non-gravel roads we do travel as it seems that most of the really serious accidents tend to occur on them
