Crash!
Posted: 26 Jan 2017, 21:59
No, not me, but right in front of me.
Riding home on a dual carriageway with a central reservation. I'm in lane 2 of 2 but I'm to the left. Traffic is heavy but moving at about 50mph. There's an HGV to my left and just in front of me, so I'm close to it's rear offside.
I can see the traffic slowing in my lane but not in lane one so I'm preparing to brake whilst planning my move to the left behind the HGV.
All of a sudden the car 2 ahead of me switches lanes in front of the HGV, causing the HGV to brake hard enough for me to hear the load inside it shifting
The car directly in front of me is distracted by the car switching lanes.
At this point the HGV has released his brakes and carries on, I had started braking. There's a gap to my left so I swing across. As I do so the car in front of me ploughs into the now stationary car he's not seen. I shoot past the crashing car, seeing the air bag go off in his car as me and my bike are showered with debris. It was an almighty bang.
Unfortunately I didn't stop. Because of the way it played out I had to stop braking then accelerate to get up to speed with the HGV and the traffic in that lane. I also wanted to make sure II shot past the car in front of me in case it tried to avoid the car in front by switching lanes.
Enough excitement for one night? Nah. Almost home and I filter to the front of some traffic lights. I'm there for about a minute when the lights change. Matey in a small white van opposite me decides to chance his luck and turns right across me. I start to lock the front but steered round the front of him. Those tyres are excellent.
Riding home on a dual carriageway with a central reservation. I'm in lane 2 of 2 but I'm to the left. Traffic is heavy but moving at about 50mph. There's an HGV to my left and just in front of me, so I'm close to it's rear offside.
I can see the traffic slowing in my lane but not in lane one so I'm preparing to brake whilst planning my move to the left behind the HGV.
All of a sudden the car 2 ahead of me switches lanes in front of the HGV, causing the HGV to brake hard enough for me to hear the load inside it shifting
The car directly in front of me is distracted by the car switching lanes.
At this point the HGV has released his brakes and carries on, I had started braking. There's a gap to my left so I swing across. As I do so the car in front of me ploughs into the now stationary car he's not seen. I shoot past the crashing car, seeing the air bag go off in his car as me and my bike are showered with debris. It was an almighty bang.
Unfortunately I didn't stop. Because of the way it played out I had to stop braking then accelerate to get up to speed with the HGV and the traffic in that lane. I also wanted to make sure II shot past the car in front of me in case it tried to avoid the car in front by switching lanes.
Enough excitement for one night? Nah. Almost home and I filter to the front of some traffic lights. I'm there for about a minute when the lights change. Matey in a small white van opposite me decides to chance his luck and turns right across me. I start to lock the front but steered round the front of him. Those tyres are excellent.