I was involved in a "cyclist vs car" once, I don't ride a bike anymore because of it. Car pulled out on me on a roundabout, I went up the bonnet and bounced off the windscreen, broke my leg and collar bone, so I was very lucky.
Bockers has got it right in the fact you have to treat everybody as if they want to kill you.
Imo both parties are to blame, travelling at that speed through a junction is extremely risky, dangerous and reckless. unfortunately and sadly David paid the price. As far as the driver is concerned and as said the biker would have been a small dot at first glance, now he has to live with the fact that if he would have just taken a few more seconds to take another look he may well have seen him.
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad
In April this year, Benjamin Austin, the driver of the Renault car that struck Mr Holmes, pleaded guilty to causing a death by careless driving.
He was subsequently ordered to perform 130 hours of unpaid work. His driving licence was also suspended for 18 months.
The court heard Austin admitted he had not seen Mr Holmes before making the turn.
In passing sentence, Judge Veits said no one had suggested Austin had been driving dangerously, but he had made a mistake that 'sadly' too many other drivers also make, of 'simply' not seeing the motorcycle.