Safe Driving Question

[kiwigeo]

Saw an interesting accident the other day while driving down from Melbourne to Sale. Guy on a bike with his daughter in a seat on the back decided to go around the inside of a parked car rather than around the outside. Guess he figured there was less chance of hitting an opening door by avoiding the drivers side.

he didnt notice the car had a passenger and the inevitable happened.....passenger leaps out of the car and the guy ends up in the ditch.

[Iain]

Same thing happened to me years ago when I dropped my wife off at work in the city, bike travelling down the deep gutter at a million miles an hour clocked the door as she opened it and went through the window smashing the mirror on his way through.
Came up full of abuse and ranting about how it was going to cost me.
Insurance company recovered from him for my power mirror, window, panel damage and power window mechanism, cost him about $3000.00.
You just don't expect to see someone coming along the gutter and the police agreed.
I don't know if he was charged with anything but bike riders can be a bit pious at times.

[craigb]

reminds me of that old bumper sticker with Overtaker and an arrow on the right side, Undertaker and an arrow on the left