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Originally Posted by Jack91
As riders, we know that its a dangerous game. The fun outweighs the risk, until something happens. And accidents do happen, all the leathers and high vis in the world is no match for a truck tyre or fixed barrier.
I love how you immediately point the blame straight to the other party though, like its never the riders fault. Ive seen riders put themselves in some down right dumb situations on the road. Yeah it sucks, but you full well know the risk when you don the jacket and pants, and if you dont, you're gonna find out really quick.
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Actually true accidents are very rare!
An accident by definition is where the outcome was not reasonably foreseeable by an ordinary person. The greater majority of "accidents" are the result of some degree of negligence, inattention, speeding, failing to keep left, failing to ensure the lane next to you is clear and the list could go on for ever. All of these things, an ordinary person could reasonably foresee the outcome from failing to keep left, inattention, and the endless list above.
An accident would be that you are walking along the footpath minding your own business and the wheel from a truck travelling in the opposite direction 400 meters and 6 lanes away has a wheel that separates from the vehicle just at that time and it just happens to take you out.