Bike and Lotus Accident

[Rag_It]

I genuinely hope this was no-one on here, but my thoughts and condolences go out to all involved.

Biker killed in crash with car near Aberlady
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-e ... e-34264295

Dave

[j2 lot]

Sad news, an awful thing to happen Thoughts and condolences to those involved.

[Stu160]

Very sad .

Stu

[steve_weegie]

That's such a bad section of road for a biker to have a crash. It's a huge straight, but densely lined with trees and very tall walls.

Tragic

[jason]

http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/news/ ... _in_crash/

[Stevoraith]

A colleague is from the area and reckoned it was 'a red one'.

I thought he'd heard some Chinese whispers when he said the car burst into flames but that article suggests he was correct.

[romtootes]

No shortages of Lotus round here. It wasn't me, logged in to see if anyone knew who it was. I think there might be a red one in Aberlady though. Gullane facebook page doesn't know who it was.

Sounds like a Graigielaw GC member, if so My dad will know who it was so I will ask later.

I'll not publish the name though if I do happen to find out, not sure that would be the done thing.

[robin]

Yes, they will have enough on their mind without being the subject of forum inquisition.

[Dominic]

Yes, they will have enough on their mind without being the subject of forum inquisition.

Was thinking the same.

Terrible accident, thoughts are with all affected by it.

[Rag_It]

Yes, they will have enough on their mind without being the subject of forum inquisition.

Certainly not the reason i posted this...

[Ferg]

I think awareness of accidents like this is a good thing for the forum. Obviously without any inquisition as Robin rightly suggests.

I live close enough to this location to go through the area on an evening run or choose to go through on a day outing. Knowing about the incident meant I chose a different route. Out of respect, politeness, not wanting to upset anyone or not wanting hassle from plod, doesn't matter what the reason. Avoidance of such a horrible recent incident site with a related vehicle felt appropriate.

[robin]

Yes, they will have enough on their mind without being the subject of forum inquisition.

Certainly not the reason i posted this...

Sorry Dave - that wasn't what I meant - I am quite happy for this thread to be here; there is no reason not to discuss the fact that it happened - in fact we should discuss that it happened - we all know bikers and how vulnerable they can be and anything that makes people "think bike" is a good thing, even this tragedy, and we all know how easy it is to have an accident in an Elise (I do, anyway ).

You know how it goes though - people start to analyse what happened and speculate on mistakes made by the parties involved - that can be very painful for those involved and thus best avoided IMHO.

Cheers,
Robin