lucky7! more like unlucky7!

We have a highway code which would say there is a major road and a minor road in this situation

+1

It would be impossible to get anywhere if I had to assume that every driver was a blind idiot who'd never seen the highway code.
Sometimes you just have to hold on tight and hope that they are not (and slow down a bit) :)

If I really felt that I was in serious danger every day on the roads then I would not have got back on my bike. I've seen some pretty crazy things happen on London roads, and probably done some too at times. I like riding. I'll take my chances.

I'm a driver and have ridden motorcycles too. I wouldn't have pulled out of that side road without looking. He did, it's his fault.

I quite like the wise-man statement, it's not true as such, but it's a good mindset to have.

I quite like the wise-man statement, it's not true as such, but it's a good mindset to have.

Agreed, It kinda makes sense unless you happen to be the exception to the rule.

I've had enough of this thread now. I've ranted about this crash waaaay to many times.
Enjoy riding!

They're targetting drivers in NYC with these.
Bad luck lucky7.

I like that campaign very much.

Thats Bad luck lucky7
Hope you are up and riding again soon. I have found in my life that bad events, whether they be accidents or unfortunate circumstances etc seem to happen in groups of threes about every 2-3 years.

Doesn't mean anything I know other than bad luck. As for cycling. Well I just treat all road users as though they are trying to kill me and take measures to avoid. Sometimes this includes extreme anger and abuse. But fuck it. At the end of the day it is all about self preservation

The wise man would argue that you should have seen him and anticipated that he would pull out and formulated a strategy to deal with that eventuality.
As a motorcyclist it becomes second nature to assume that everyone else on the road is an idiot and that if they can do something stupid, its odds-on that they probably will....

this is pretty solid advice IMO. I too rode a motorcycle for several life defying years in London....then I crazily rode a scooter for several more years (an old vespa PX with almost no brakes). I still reckon that my motorcycle training (safety left, safety right etc) saves my life very regularly. Always assume the other roads users around you CANNOT see you.....even when they are looking straight (through) at you. Remember, they're in a very comfortable, luxurious, automatic, powerful machine listening to ColdPlay at level 5, eating an apple while on the mobile and drinking coffee. Not the cab/bus drivers though.

Hope you're on the mend Lucky.