Near Miss - Motorbike
Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 8:01 pm
I had a near miss with a motorbike not something nice to admit but I hope to learn from it.
I was driving a Minibus along a B road in a village parked car on road on a slight bend to the right was doing no less than 25mph in a 30 limit.
I see a parked car in front of me so I mirror mirror and note a motorcyclist in "Tom" I was preparing for him to overtake (he seemed to have that intention but also afforded him some intelligence) I held back slightly and then indicated mirror, signal and began to move out, motorbike pulled out exactly the same time and overtook so I immediately stopped pulling out any more and emergency stopped, the motorbike passed me and held hand up either to apologize or thank me for letting him passed.
I dont think he would have seen the parked car but perhaps should have paid more attention to the bend.
Vehicle who i was following further up the road was also overtaken by the same m/c who commented on some gestures indicating to that vehicle either to hold back or reduce speed!
What could I have done better is the question in my mind now, perhaps my slight hesitance gave him some chance of overtaking but then again If i didn't give myself a few moments to plan then something else might have happened.
Aside to that the the motorcyclist was wearing a high vis jacket, sensible yes but did it give me a false sense of security?
I was driving a Minibus along a B road in a village parked car on road on a slight bend to the right was doing no less than 25mph in a 30 limit.
I see a parked car in front of me so I mirror mirror and note a motorcyclist in "Tom" I was preparing for him to overtake (he seemed to have that intention but also afforded him some intelligence) I held back slightly and then indicated mirror, signal and began to move out, motorbike pulled out exactly the same time and overtook so I immediately stopped pulling out any more and emergency stopped, the motorbike passed me and held hand up either to apologize or thank me for letting him passed.
I dont think he would have seen the parked car but perhaps should have paid more attention to the bend.
Vehicle who i was following further up the road was also overtaken by the same m/c who commented on some gestures indicating to that vehicle either to hold back or reduce speed!
What could I have done better is the question in my mind now, perhaps my slight hesitance gave him some chance of overtaking but then again If i didn't give myself a few moments to plan then something else might have happened.
Aside to that the the motorcyclist was wearing a high vis jacket, sensible yes but did it give me a false sense of security?