Re: Left turn truck flattens motorbike
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2015 12:45 pm
StressedDave wrote:vonhosen wrote:
If he'd done it on a DVSA test he'd have failed because it fell short of the standard required.
If you are very close to any of the myriad of hazards to be found in a target rich environment you should be slowing to the point that you aren't going to hit it. Him taking the piece of road isn't a problem, failing to ensure it's safe to take it is. The bike wasn't in a position on the road that you wouldn't expect it to be or it didn't move into that space suddenly.
I'm not necessarily disagreeing here, you understand, merely giving the fruits of my experience looking at these things.
As am I.
We can only, of course, judge it on the information before us.
From what we can see in the video there were no extraordinary circumstances that would excuse/mitigate a collision & as such his driving fell short of the standard expected/required IMHO.
Looks like a case of his focus being the person with the pushchair (important of course) but it also looks like he was rushing to make the turn before that person got to the junction. That desire/combo robbed him of the time & presence of mind he needed to check adequately the other places he needed to check before making such a turn. It was his focus on the threat to his desire (getting there before them) that was his problem & he didn't check adequately into the junction he intended to turn because of it. Not the presence of the (the obstacle that is the) A pillar & mirrors, which are there & must be surmounted for every tight left turn.