Comments on: I ride a motorcycle, and I’m not dead yet http://www.davidhurst.co.uk/2008/08/28/i-ride-a-motorcycle-and-im-not-dead-yet/ PHP/MySQL, REALbasic, Javascript Developer Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:35:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Denver Motorcycle Accident Lawyer http://www.davidhurst.co.uk/2008/08/28/i-ride-a-motorcycle-and-im-not-dead-yet/#comment-18964 Denver Motorcycle Accident Lawyer Mon, 08 Dec 2008 22:01:55 +0000 http://www.davidhurst.co.uk/2008/08/28/i-ride-a-motorcycle-and-im-not-dead-yet/#comment-18964 I really enjoyed your post. I will have to come back again to read some more of them. I really enjoyed your post. I will have to come back again to read some more of them.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.davidhurst.co.uk/2008/08/28/i-ride-a-motorcycle-and-im-not-dead-yet/#comment-18840 Andrew Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:10:28 +0000 http://www.davidhurst.co.uk/2008/08/28/i-ride-a-motorcycle-and-im-not-dead-yet/#comment-18840 What you can never anticipate are other peoples (car drivers) mistakes.. which will surely be the death of any rider; competent or not. The vulnerability of being on a bike makes a minor accident in a car a potential fatality on a bike. For instance, a couple of weeks ago I was passing a T-junction where a car driver was looking to turn right into a slow-moving stream of traffic. I could see what he was doing and slowed down to about 25mph in case he moved out suddenly. He did pull out, but then stopped (presumably on seeing me approach). When I went to pass him he pulled out again and I smacked straight into his rear door. The guy drove then off as if nothing had happened. I don't know where luck comes into this type of incident. It's made me think about giving it all up. What you can never anticipate are other peoples (car drivers) mistakes.. which will surely be the death of any rider; competent or not.

The vulnerability of being on a bike makes a minor accident in a car a potential fatality on a bike. For instance, a couple of weeks ago I was passing a T-junction where a car driver was looking to turn right into a slow-moving stream of traffic. I could see what he was doing and slowed down to about 25mph in case he moved out suddenly. He did pull out, but then stopped (presumably on seeing me approach). When I went to pass him he pulled out again and I smacked straight into his rear door. The guy drove then off as if nothing had happened.

I don’t know where luck comes into this type of incident. It’s made me think about giving it all up.

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