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Three single biker crashes in 8hrs

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    #2
    TallGlass
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,935 ✭✭✭TallGlass


    ED E wrote: »
    http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/terrible-absolutely-shocking-three-men-killed-one-seriously-injured-in-three-separate-motorcyclist-accidents-in-just-eight-hours-35981375.html

    Weather wasn't particularly bad, seems like the reckless minority may be giving you all a bad name again.

    Read that one this morning, along with the others during the week. Wreckless or not I don't think anyone should pay with losing a life to the road. Sadly when things do not go well on the motorbike things can go very wrong very quick.

    Stay safe out on the road folks.


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    #3
    frozenfrozen
    Registered Users Posts: 7,882 ✭✭✭frozenfrozen


    I got caught outside in a shower while bleeding brakes yesterday evening around half 7 and I was absolutely drenched in the minute it took me to get in out of the rain, literally out of nowhere bright skies to torrential rain, I'm 10 mins outside limerick

    could easily have been related to the accident at the roundabout


    the one in south hill... you would just have to wonder if the bike was like most other bikes that end up in south hill


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    #4
    GingerLily
    Registered Users Posts: 4,767 ✭✭✭GingerLily


    ED E wrote: »
    Weather wasn't particularly bad, seems like the reckless minority may be giving you all a bad name again.

    Three men lost their life FFS


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    TheQuietFella
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,857 ✭✭✭TheQuietFella


    I'm not a motorcyclist but when I see how they behave on the open road I'm
    surprised that there are not more fatalities! They have scant regard for their
    own safety thinking that they are untouchable but unfortunately as yesterday
    can evidently show, that is clearly not the case!

    Motorcyclists should be banned from weaving through traffic!
    Treat it like a car, you wait your turn to go just like everyone else!


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    #6
    TheQuietFella
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,857 ✭✭✭TheQuietFella


    GingerLily wrote: »
    Three men lost their life FFS

    And.....


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    frozenfrozen
    Registered Users Posts: 7,882 ✭✭✭frozenfrozen


    nobody reply...


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    [Deleted User]
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    TheQuietFella wrote: »
    I'm not a motorcyclist but when I see how they behave on the open road I'm
    surprised that there are not more fatalities! They have scant regard for their
    own safety thinking that they are untouchable but unfortunately as yesterday
    can evidently show, that is clearly not the case!

    Motorcyclists should be banned from weaving through traffic!
    Treat it like a car, you wait your turn to go just like everyone else!

    I muttered a crude four letter word aloud that starts with C and ends with T when I read your post.

    The wife shot me a filthy dirty look and I showed her your post and she also said the same rotten word, without hesitation.

    I wish you'd live up to your username if that's what you have to say. Why don't you go back to your potting shed and your hornby collectors guide instead of stirring it up in here.


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    GBX
    Registered Users Posts: 11,942 ✭✭✭✭GBX


    TheQuietFella wrote: »
    I'm not a motorcyclist but when I see how they behave on the open road I'm
    surprised that there are not more fatalities! They have scant regard for their
    own safety thinking that they are untouchable but unfortunately as yesterday
    can evidently show, that is clearly not the case!


    Treat it like a car, you wait your turn to go just like everyone else!

    RIP to those that lost their lives.

    You're not a biker but your comments suggest you know f*ck all about bikers either.
    You're generalising and tarring everyone with the same brush .. there are many highly skilled riders who undertake regular training to keep their standard of riding to as high as they can.

    You're entitled to your opinion but suggesting that all on bikes have scant regard to their safety is a very blinkered assumption. Not all that have been killed would have obtained a license or ownership of the bike with the owners consent.

    There are many factors to consider when accidents happen .. not always the riders fault. Yes there have been instances where a rider lost his life when they road above their ability but that wouldn't always be the case.

    If somebody is weaving at high speed fair enough but filtering is not illegal.. don't confuse the two.


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    Lumen
    Registered Users Posts: 31,058 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    TheQuietFella wrote: »
    Motorcyclists should be banned from weaving through traffic!
    In the reporting of the three accidents there is no mention of involvement of other traffic, so your point is both irrelevant and insensitive.


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    Synthol
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    TheQuietFella wrote: »
    I'm not a motorcyclist but when I see how they behave on the open road I'm
    surprised that there are not more fatalities! They have scant regard for their
    own safety thinking that they are untouchable but unfortunately as yesterday
    can evidently show, that is clearly not the case!

    Motorcyclists should be banned from weaving through traffic!
    Treat it like a car, you wait your turn to go just like everyone else!


    Pretty sure that you are raging in your car while motorbikes pass you, while you are sitting in traffic like a sheeplet.


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    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users Posts: 29,293 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    TheQuietFella wrote: »
    I'm not a motorcyclist but when I see how they behave on the open road I'm
    surprised that there are not more fatalities! They have scant regard for their
    own safety thinking that they are untouchable but unfortunately as yesterday
    can evidently show, that is clearly not the case!

    Motorcyclists should be banned from weaving through traffic!
    Treat it like a car, you wait your turn to go just like everyone else!

    I am not a motorcyclist either, but in the last year I can think of only one dope on a bike that stands out. Drivers now, which I am one, well there's plenty of them.

    I personally think that motorcyclists are amoungst the safest, most aware on the roads, and have up most respect for the vast majority of them.

    Hopefully last nights events are a horrible co incidence, and thoughts with them and their friends/families.


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    Pugzilla
    Site Banned Posts: 1,765 ✭✭✭Pugzilla


    TheQuietFella wrote: »
    I'm not a motorcyclist but when I see how they behave on the open road I'm
    surprised that there are not more fatalities! They have scant regard for their
    own safety thinking that they are untouchable but unfortunately as yesterday
    can evidently show, that is clearly not the case!

    Motorcyclists should be banned from weaving through traffic!
    Treat it like a car, you wait your turn to go just like everyone else!

    Get back into your slow as ****e econobox and stay there.


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    Wonda-Boy
    Registered Users Posts: 10,013 ✭✭✭✭Wonda-Boy


    TheQuietFella wrote: »
    I'm not a motorcyclist but when I see how they behave on the open road I'm
    surprised that there are not more fatalities! They have scant regard for their
    own safety thinking that they are untouchable but unfortunately as yesterday
    can evidently show, that is clearly not the case!

    Motorcyclists should be banned from weaving through traffic!
    Treat it like a car, you wait your turn to go just like everyone else!

    Why dont you act like you username mate, and do us all a favour!

    Utterly ridiculous post!.


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    Max Headroom
    Registered Users Posts: 7,101 ✭✭✭Max Headroom


    Wonda-Boy wrote: »
    TheQuietFella wrote: »
    I'm not a motorcyclist but when I see how they behave on the open road I'm
    surprised that there are not more fatalities! They have scant regard for their
    own safety thinking that they are untouchable but unfortunately as yesterday
    can evidently show, that is clearly not the case!

    Motorcyclists should be banned from weaving through traffic!
    Treat it like a car, you wait your turn to go just like everyone else!

    Why dont you act like you username mate, and do us all a favour!

    Utterly ridiculous post!.


    I,d say he had a huge horn on him typing that post...couldnt type it quick enough....probably juiced all over his mouse....


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    TheQuietFella
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,857 ✭✭✭TheQuietFella


    More cases of 'it must have been someone else's fault' so!

    Going by the news reports there was no other involvement in the incidents

    other then those who are now deceased! Tragic!!!

    I have driven many a road to be undertaken by bikes using the cycle lane

    and overtaken using the oncoming lane whilst there was oncoming traffic in it!

    Roll the dice and take your chances!


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    GBX
    Registered Users Posts: 11,942 ✭✭✭✭GBX


    TheQuietFella wrote: »
    More cases of 'it must have been someone else's fault' so!

    Going by the news reports there was no other involvement in the incidents

    other then those who are now deceased! Tragic!!!

    I have driven many a road to be undertaken by bikes using the cycle lane

    and overtaken using the oncoming lane whilst there was oncoming traffic in it!

    Roll the dice and take your chances!

    I'm sure you're a saint too with your driving? You are probably delighted to be reading headlines when it involves a motorbike accident because you obviously have a dislike for us.


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    frozenfrozen
    Registered Users Posts: 7,882 ✭✭✭frozenfrozen


    don't talk to the troll ffs


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    #19
    TheQuietFella
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,857 ✭✭✭TheQuietFella


    GBX wrote: »
    RIP to those that lost their lives.

    You're not a biker but your comments suggest you know f*ck all about bikers either.
    You're generalising and tarring everyone with the same brush .. there are many highly skilled riders who undertake regular training to keep their standard of riding to as high as they can.

    You're entitled to your opinion but suggesting that all on bikes have scant regard to their safety is a very blinkered assumption. Not all that have been killed would have obtained a license or ownership of the bike with the owners consent.

    There are many factors to consider when accidents happen .. not always the riders fault. Yes there have been instances where a rider lost his life when they road above their ability but that wouldn't always be the case.

    If somebody is weaving at high speed fair enough but filtering is not illegal.. don't confuse the two.

    Ok, I accept to a point that I was generalising. A friend of mine has done

    advanced training through the Gardaí and he has been accident free for many

    years but there is always an idiot who thinks that they are above all that!


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    worded
    Registered Users Posts: 4,573 ✭✭✭worded


    RIP


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    #21
    Pugzilla
    Site Banned Posts: 1,765 ✭✭✭Pugzilla


    Do you happen to drive a silver Seat Leon?


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    Max Headroom
    Registered Users Posts: 7,101 ✭✭✭Max Headroom


    TheQuietFella wrote: »
    GBX wrote: »
    RIP to those that lost their lives.

    You're not a biker but your comments suggest you know f*ck all about bikers either.
    You're generalising and tarring everyone with the same brush .. there are many highly skilled riders who undertake regular training to keep their standard of riding to as high as they can.

    You're entitled to your opinion but suggesting that all on bikes have scant regard to their safety is a very blinkered assumption. Not all that have been killed would have obtained a license or ownership of the bike with the owners consent.

    There are many factors to consider when accidents happen .. not always the riders fault. Yes there have been instances where a rider lost his life when they road above their ability but that wouldn't always be the case.

    If somebody is weaving at high speed fair enough but filtering is not illegal.. don't confuse the two.

    Ok, I accept to a point that I was generalising. A friend of mine has done

    advanced training through the Gardaí and he has been accident free for many

    years but there is always an idiot who thinks that they are above all that!


    So now you're calling the deceased "idiots"....


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    #23
    Free-2-Flow
    Registered Users Posts: 442 ✭✭Free-2-Flow


    Us bikers are the most intelligent users on the road, we have to do everyone else's driving for them.
    You see a lot more on a bike than you do in a car, People that drive cars are oblivious to anything around them


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    #24
    Truckermal
    Registered Users Posts: 6,048 ✭✭✭Truckermal


    JayZeus wrote: »
    I muttered a crude four letter word aloud that starts with C and ends with T when I read your post.

    The wife shot me a filthy dirty look and I showed her your post and she also said the same rotten word, without hesitation.

    I wish you'd live up to your username if that's what you have to say. Why don't you go back to your potting shed and your hornby collectors guide instead of stirring it up in here.

    Ya what a fcukin ***** , I very rarely see irresponsible bike riders and I drive for a living! Now if the numpties like oul john Joe above could drive properly I would have more hair!


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    #25
    Max Headroom
    Registered Users Posts: 7,101 ✭✭✭Max Headroom


    Out of respect for the deceased imo this thread should be locked..


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    #26
    Allinall
    Registered Users Posts: 6,618 ✭✭✭Allinall


    Free-2-Flow wrote: »
    Us bikers are the most intelligent users on the road, we have to do everyone else's driving for them.
    You see a lot more on a bike than you do in a car, People that drive cars are oblivious to anything around them

    That's a worse generalization.


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