Steady on KF54 XAW !

[Bman]

Any ideas on how to avoid this situation in future?

Ride further on the right?
Carry a big flag!?


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PYHNdKTSAs

 

[upsidedown]

Not much you can do, he's driving a Mitsubishi 4x4 so technically does own the road.

 

[tightwad]

Any ideas on how to avoid this situation in future?

Ride further on the right?
Carry a big flag!?


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PYHNdKTSAs

Is the correct answer; although the middle of the road there is a shoot heap. Was always part of Advanced Motorcycle training to be on the right going into a bend to increase your visibilty and allowing others to see you soonest.

 

[GrasB]

+1 for move to the right. I'd actually go for around where secondary would be on the `wrong' side of the road. If you have something nice n' powerful like a Hope Vision 1/Exposure Joystick or better turn it on.

 

[Matthames]

+1 also for riding on the right. A blast of something noisy such as an airzound would also help just before you reached the blind bend.

 

[skudupnorth]

Just as well you were not in a wider mode of transport...mirrors at dawn !

 

[mr_cellophane]

Get a John Deere and then see him have to swerve out of your way.

You were both on the wrong side of the road to see properly round that bend. Although in your case you will have to balance being more to the right with the risk of idiots like him on your side on the road.

 

[2Loose]

When travelling these country lanes, people, horses etc can 'pop out at you' half way around a bend. That is the way of these narrow lanes unfortunately. The only way you can defend is to make sure that people can see you from earlier in their cornering...ie. Get out on to the racing line! That way people can see you sooner and vice versa.

 

[ianrauk]

What an arse...

 

[Armegatron]

I just realised that I tend to get up out of the saddle to peer over the hedges if at all possible - perhaps this may be of some use?

 

[Norm]

Is the correct answer; although the middle of the road there is a shoot heap. Was always part of Advanced Motorcycle training to be on the right going into a left hand bend to increase your visibilty and allowing others to see you soonest.

Definitely +1 to that (subject to my amendment for clarification ).

If the road is too tight to "easily" pass an oncoming vehicle, whether I'm on a bike or in a car, I approach left handers with my right hand / mirror in the hedge.

It's a daily think for me, with much of my commute being on roads like this, which are too narrow to easily pass other vehicles, I try to position myself for maximum visibility.

 

[ComedyPilot]

Get out wider, then you have a lot more room to dive into to avoid a collision, plus you'll see them earlier.

 

[bigtrike]

+1 to take left handers from the rh side of the lane, it improves your visablity, enables others to see from further plus they will tend to hit there brakes if you are on there side of the road by instinct. The only other thing is listen as most hazards are noisy except this excludes horses.

 

[661-Pete]

I'm quite familiar with roads of that type - narrow, sharp bends with no visibility. I don't think there's much you can do. I personally would have given that driver only a modest black mark, for not coming to a halt when he/she saw you coming - which they had ample time to do if the positioning I can see in the video is any guide. It's what I would have done if I'd been the motorist in that place - although my car is a lot smaller!

But there have been times when I arrive at a totally blind bend at exactly the same time as a car, with absolutely no visibility beforehand, and I don't always hear the vehicle in time, especially if the weather's bad. Result: we both have to jam on brakes. Not had a crash yet, but there's no easy solution. Vigilance.

 

[on the road]

If it was me then I would have moved over to the right, that would give me a better view of what's coming and the motorist can also see me early, they are more likely to slow down then.