pedestrian hit and run

[The Beard]

Bugger, that didn't come up as a link.

Anyway, basically what happened was that after some time riding a Yamaha moto-cross bike around the area, these people decided to ride through a busy shopping area with delivery vans and other vehicles parked up obstructing the views of drivers and pedestrians alike at about 11:30 am, the bike, three-up drove at "high speed" along the A57 Manchester Rd., near to a busy crossroads with the usual banks and shops all around.

At some point, they approached a junction where a Focus was emerging. The bike struck the front off-side corner and they were all thrown off, one of them ending up under a bus and was killed shortly after arriving in hospital. A second land died a few days later.

I'vr ridden my own bike through that, and other similar areas many times and you adjust your speed in order to deal with the surroundings. In an area like that you look for gaps in parked cars that might mean there is a junciton there and for pedestrians walking out between the cars, and for many other hazards. No production bike is designed for 3 passengers and moto-x machines are only built for one.

I think the clue is; the number of footpegs should equal the number of feet. 2!

http://www.tamesideadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1191149_man_dies_following_crash

Huzzah! That would have saved me a shedload of typing.

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

Bugger, that didn't come up as a link.

Cos theres a 'T' at the beginning

 

[The Beard]

Cos theres a 'T' at the beginning

I noticed that, but only after I'd written and posted the 2nd one. I edited it and tried to cut and paste the article; and it worked.

 

[The Beard]

In about 1980 some mates and I were involved in a bit of a fracas outside a pub. Basically, as we drove away we saw 2 lads of about 15 getting a bit of kicking from a group of about 6 others.

We stopped and the magnificent Dave Bird, who was well known to stop fights with his nose intervened. He was punched, on the nose, and after getting one in quickly that decked his assailant, got the two young lads into my Chevette and as another mate who'd got out to help was getting in the back, (2 door), someone kicked the door shut on his head and knocked him out. We dragged him into the back seat across the laps of the two young lads and Dave got in the front. As I drove quickly away, I looked in the rear view mirror and noticed that one of the thugs was running closely behind us with a bottle in his hand.

I did what any right thinking motorist would have done in that situation. I stamped on the brakes and the bottle carrier ran straight into the back, hitting his face on the steeply raked rear screen.

I stuck it in first and drove off quickly. As I put it in 2nd, I looked in the mirror again and saw that a) the guy was now lying face down on the road, and 2) there was a tooth sliding down the rear screen leaving a wavy blood trail.

As we drove quickly down Bird Hall Lane in Cheadle a Traffic car saw us and before he could put on his blues, I flagged him down and asked for an escort to Stockport Infirmary.

As we screeched to a halt outside Casualty, the unconscious man came round which could have dropped me right in it. Luckily, Tim made a complete recovery and lived to fight (and get knocked out again) another day and the two young lads told the Copper what happened and got a lift home in a 3 litre Capri which made their night.

Tim did indeed get knocked out again, more than once, but that's another story.

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

Loved that story!

I remember when a lad at college decided to pull a moonie at me, by running into the road and trousers down.

Now, it was abut -4C outside, and I'd just got into the car, and it was covered in ice.

I didn't stop when he done this, resulting in him having to jump up onto the bonnet with his bear buttocks.

I then proceeded to slam the brakes on, causing him to go fly off onto the road, leaving a nice layer of skin on the bonnet.

He couldn't sit down for days! :devil:

 

[udtrev]

Loved that story!

I remember when a lad at college decided to pull a moonie at me, by running into the road and trousers down.

Now, it was abut -4C outside, and I'd just got into the car, and it was covered in ice.

I didn't stop when he done this, resulting in him having to jump up onto the bonnet with his bear buttocks.

I then proceeded to slam the brakes on, causing him to go fly off onto the road, leaving a nice layer of skin on the bonnet.

He couldn't sit down for days! :devil:

Now why does come to mind ?

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

Now why does come to mind ?

He was even more shocked when I got out the car F'ing and Blim'ing at him advising he removes what were left of he buttocks from my bonnet.

Needless to say no-one has set foot infront of my car as a joke around college since :devil:

 

[MissR]

Signature anyone?

Whatever floats your boat I say

Stop picking on me you lot lol

 

[306maxi]

Stop picking on me you lot lol

Nah, pick on her all you want, she loves it