06-04-2016, 08:04 AM
(06-04-2016, 07:08 AM)LongRanger_imp Wrote: I attended a presentation from the CHP several years ago and their underlying message was that all motorcycle accidents are avoidable and are always the fault of the motorcyclist, even when another vehicle violates their right of way. I agree. It's a matter of understanding the risks, even those you can't control, and taking measures to manage or avoid them.
I'm sorry, but I find this to be an utterly ridiculous statement. If that were true for motorcycles, then it would inherently be true for ALL accidents.
You can drive as defensively as humanly possible, but there is no way to account for all of the variables in a way to avoid all of the possible outcomes unless you just avoid driving completely.
Tell me, how could this rider have predicted and avoided this one and how is it his fault?
Yes this is an extreme example, but it proves the point that you just never know what can and will happen out on the roads and that there is no way that you can say that all motorcycle accidents are the fault of the rider.