Motorcylist killed by truck in Sydney

[Tone165]

It's a bit sad. Whenever one of us meets an untimely end as a result of a cage or truck, we end up arguing who might be at fault. The problem is, it's too late. It doesn't really matter. I've been on bikes now for 40 years and the arguments and the accidents are still the same. The only way around this is defensive riding. Just assume the cages and trucks cannot see you, or don't care or are drugged or pissed and will do the thing that can hurt or kill you. You still might get caught out, but the chances are far less.
I also think that MOST drivers are not out there to kill and maim. But it's been proven that the smaller moving targets are less likely to register as threats to our brain, and therefore don't ring alarm bells. Big things are a life threat, so you take notice if you're a smaller target.
None of this justifies what happens at times, and some arseholes do indeed have no regard for other's welfare. You just need to assume the person who can drive over you probably will.
I'll just step off the box now and let someone else talk for a while!

Same system of assumption has kept me alive for 40yrs also!

ALL other road users are incompetent, murderous, idiots. If you give them the opportunity, they will run you down.

I think bike safety is something like 80% attitude and 20% ability. Bikers who ride around as if they were in a car, blithely unaware of what is going on around them are a real worry..go on any kind of club or charity ride, and you will see a few in every group.

I went on a memorial ride on Sat, while I was maintaining a safe distance from the bike ahead, I had several bikes overtake me, some on the left. It gave me a mild case of road rage, and I considered "slamming the door" on a couple of em, but in the end chose to let the "F" wits do their thing, and found a group of competent riders to travel with.

Still dont understand the need to overtake anyone when riding in "formation"