Taken from another forum but I thought I should share this with you guys as I had a similar incident the other day. Was traffic on the freeway and I braked and slowed down and stopped like usual. Until I heard a screeching noise and wondered what it was and looked in my mirror (while holding in the clutch in first at a stop) and saw a truck slamming on his brakes and screeching his tires. Stupid idiot didn't know that Bikes stop I guess... moral is that I almost got rear ended and as soon as I saw him screeching his tires in my mirrors I bucked it in the emergency lane.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JpoS5OUGdI&feature=player_embedded"]YouTube- motorbike accident caught on police camera[/ame]
Story of this video is
"The rider was not crossing any lanes he was slowing down (and indicating) to pull into the lay by, that is why it appears he moves across,which he does but only within his own lane.
The rider, in his late 30s,had been riding bikes since he was 19 and had never had an accident of any kind.
In an interview,he said he was wearing all the right gear ( fully armoured) and that was what saved his life, but because of this accident he has now given up riding.
The car driver admitted she was not concentrating on the road, instead she was watching what the police were doing in the lay by and had not noticed the bike slowing down."
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JpoS5OUGdI&feature=player_embedded"]YouTube- motorbike accident caught on police camera[/ame]
Story of this video is
"The rider was not crossing any lanes he was slowing down (and indicating) to pull into the lay by, that is why it appears he moves across,which he does but only within his own lane.
The rider, in his late 30s,had been riding bikes since he was 19 and had never had an accident of any kind.
In an interview,he said he was wearing all the right gear ( fully armoured) and that was what saved his life, but because of this accident he has now given up riding.
The car driver admitted she was not concentrating on the road, instead she was watching what the police were doing in the lay by and had not noticed the bike slowing down."