Too Close for Comfort

[CA G-Man]

It's just too bad aboot the guy reinforcing the corny canuckistan accent, eh?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-motorcyclist-s-close-call-with-car-caught-on-video-1.2998031

Looks to me like the cager might very well have seen the rider and just figured there was plenty of room!

 

[jayke]

Sucks...had that happen to me about 10 years ago. Fortunately, I had a wide paved shoulder to move over to. Passed me about 70 MPH on a two lane highway. I don't know if he ever saw me.

 

[Fred W]

But being a fine upstanding Canuck, the driver did say "excuse me, please" as he nearly creamed the bike.

 

[bluesdog]

I think nearly every rider with a few years experience has had this kind of close call at least once.

No excuse, but human vision is poor at perception of oncoming motion, which is exacerbated by the motorcycle's small visual 'footprint', so it's possible the cager didn't see the motorcycle until it was too late to pull back behind the truck. Regardless, the driver should be penalized for driving without care & attention.

In that situation, there appeared to be very little traffic, so I do believe I would have pulled a U-turn and caught up with the cage in order to obtain the plate number

I may not have been a typically polite Canuck if a confrontation ensued...

 

[Fred W]

So what should the penalty be for: "driving without care & attention" in Canada?

Five apologies and a hail Mary?

 

[08FJR4ME]

Definitely a suck situation for sure, Eh!

Looked to be enough room though.

Dave

 

[RossKean]

Fred, just a little thick with the Canadian humour...

The driver was an ***** and the biker may have been lucky. Or like any good rider, he made his own luck by remaining vigilant and reacting to a bad situation in an appropriate manner. The sad fact is that this is far from an unusual occurrence! I doubt that I go a year (probably not much more than a month) between such "Holy ****" moments on the bike. Usually someone else's fault but I admit to having screwed up at one time or another; usually due to momentary lack of care and attention. They're out to get you!

 

[Fly Bye]

The motorcyclist was a lot more calm and forgiving than I would have been.

A U turn and some *** kicking would be in order, Eh.

 

[SacramentoMike]

I know, driver total jackwad, but really, I'm with Dave. Bet we've all had tighter squeezes--freeze the vid just before the pass at about 29 seconds in (sorry, you'll have to watch the mattress ad again first). He had at least a full car width. Good to catch one of those on camera though. Nice if they can ID the guy.

Now run out and get yourself some nice bright aux lights, Ryan. I recommend Clearwaters.

 

[dcarver]

mike, was thinking the same thing.. more front lumens might have helped.

 

[fjrob1300]

Nobody was hurt ...no harm done... move on.

 

[HotRodZilla]

I may have turned around and broke a mirror off a car once; when I was younger and more hot headed.

 

[stealth1]

I'm afraid my first thought was, "Does that guy ever lube his chain?"

 

[Bokerfork]

Seriously!

What's the issue here? Cars pull out and do strange stuff all the time.

Somehow, here on this Forum, we(meaning y'all) act like it's an issue.

Sorry, I just don't get it.

BTW, all the Clearwaters in the world wouldn't have prevented this. What this guy needed was some really loud horns.

JSNS

You betcha!

 

[Fred W]

BTW, all the Clearwaters in the world wouldn't have prevented this. What this guy needed was some really loud horns.

... or maybe a rocket launcher?

 

[RossKean]

BTW, all the Clearwaters in the world wouldn't have prevented this. What this guy needed was some really loud horns.

... or maybe a rocket launcher?

 

[SacramentoMike]

BTW, all the Clearwaters in the world wouldn't have prevented this. What this guy needed was some really loud horns.

... or maybe a rocket launcher?

I hope he doesn't ride around California this summer, Mark.

 

[bluesdog]

So what should the penalty be for: "driving without care & attention" in Canada?
Five apologies and a hail Mary?

Lol!

It's actually called dangerous or careless driving, and carries a mandatory one year prohibition from driving, plus a criminal record in some provinces.

 

[NightShine]

Fred, just a little thick with the Canadian humour...

Sorry...