Chinman3000
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- Sep 28, 2011
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I found myself unusually annoyed about this story when I saw the video this morning and then later hearing how BBC Radio 1 reported it really got to me. (I’m not going to post the video but you can easily find it yourself on google).
The news presenter said like ‘Video released of motorcyclist who was killed while travelling at 97 mph’
That statement automatically makes people think it was the bikers own fault and he shouldn’t have been going so fast. What people who watch the video will see however is an experienced capable motorcyclist travelling along a clear straight open road in good conditions and a speed he was comfortable with before a driver of a small car turns directly across his path leaving him no chance whatsoever.
I am a motorcyclist. I drive a car. I am firmly of the opinion here that the driver is at fault although I recognise that it could be argued that it may have been harder to see him due to his speed.
The car driver has ultimately been prosecuted for this and banned from driving for 18 months and given a community order, and rightly so IMO.
Therefore the news headline should be ‘Video released of motorcyclist who was killed after a diver turned into his path without looking’
The news presenter said like ‘Video released of motorcyclist who was killed while travelling at 97 mph’
That statement automatically makes people think it was the bikers own fault and he shouldn’t have been going so fast. What people who watch the video will see however is an experienced capable motorcyclist travelling along a clear straight open road in good conditions and a speed he was comfortable with before a driver of a small car turns directly across his path leaving him no chance whatsoever.
I am a motorcyclist. I drive a car. I am firmly of the opinion here that the driver is at fault although I recognise that it could be argued that it may have been harder to see him due to his speed.
The car driver has ultimately been prosecuted for this and banned from driving for 18 months and given a community order, and rightly so IMO.
Therefore the news headline should be ‘Video released of motorcyclist who was killed after a diver turned into his path without looking’