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Bike and Lotus Accident
Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2015 10:31 pm
by 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
Re: Bike and Lotus Accident
Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2015 10:38 pm
by j2 lot
Sad news, an awful thing to happen
Thoughts and condolences to those involved.
Re: Bike and Lotus Accident
Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2015 11:35 pm
by Stu160
Very sad .
Stu
Re: Bike and Lotus Accident
Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2015 11:37 pm
by 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
Re: Bike and Lotus Accident
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 3:55 pm
by jason
Re: Bike and Lotus Accident
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 8:40 pm
by 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.
Re: Bike and Lotus Accident
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 1:07 pm
by 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.
Re: Bike and Lotus Accident
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 7:26 pm
by robin
Yes, they will have enough on their mind without being the subject of forum inquisition.
Re: Bike and Lotus Accident
Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2015 7:48 am
by Dominic
robin wrote: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.
Re: Bike and Lotus Accident
Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2015 11:34 pm
by Rag_It
robin wrote:Yes, they will have enough on their mind without being the subject of forum inquisition.
Certainly not the reason i posted this...
Re: Bike and Lotus Accident
Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2015 11:47 am
by 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.
Re: Bike and Lotus Accident
Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2015 12:36 pm
by robin
Rag_It wrote:robin wrote: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