Gareth wrote:drivingschoolnewbury wrote:My argument was if a trained police motorbike rider can get it wrong what chance do the rest of us have?!?!?
Your argument was that if a trained police motorbike rider was willing to take risks then nobody should attempt to overtake. I didn't see how the two were linked.
From reading the full post, I think DSN is just acknowledging how risky overtaking is, and that if someone who 'ought to know better' can get caught out it shows the lengths the rest of us should go to to be sure the overtake is actually a good idea before we commit to it.
Many people, both drivers and riders, look for
opportuities to overtake. IMHO they'd be better off looking for reasons
not to overtake, rather than looking to see if theycan
For motorcylists, they're usual blessed with machines that have considerable power:weight ratios, allowing overtaking in a way car drivers rarely comprehend. And that leads to an attitude of 'because I can, I will' - it's only a recent phenomenon because of the bikes, 'people' have always pushed things to (and beyond) the limits . . .
There are three main types of crashes riders have:
Junctions, with right of way violation by the other driver; usually urban, slower, injuries
Cornering loss of control, usually rural, and rider error ('too fast for owner'), higher speed, often fatal
Overtaking, rural, often fatal
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