Re: When a Breakfast ride turned into a nightmare

Thread approved!

This issue has blown up into a political drama and the law shall take its course, but both parties were at fault.
If that deceased child ran across the road or not into the biker's path is immaterial, if the biker/whoever was slow enough (for a village area), he could have braked and swerved at the very least to minimize damages to both sides. Having said that, jaywalking is a problem our country faces as a whole.
I don't expect an 11 year old kid from city outskirts/village to know traffic rules when the educated ones here don't, but it's high time villagers stopped using this as an excuse. There has to be a stringent rule that applies universally to one and all.

In any case, pedestrians always have right of way.

What happened after that, the so called mob fury/justice was uncalled for. All those people belting bikers must be put in jail. But Nandi hills on a Sunday is the worst place to go to. Villagers must have had pent up anger due to the antics of these hooligans and this accident killing a child just was enough for them to (wrongfully) let loose.

I'm glad you made it safe. It's sad that due to a few idiots, the riding gear wearing majority is termed as "RACER" and beaten up.

Re: When a Breakfast ride turned into a nightmare

Sad stuff all around I think. A similar situation prevailed a few years ago near Lavasa here in Pune. Thank goodness these incidents are sporadic and I caution my fellow riders to slow down and be extra vigilant especially in village areas and towns that crop up along the highway. How many times have we come across that shitty moment when some joker suddenly appears from behind a shrub on the median and decides to make his miserable move to cross the seemingly open highway without any care in the world. It is becoming clear that motorists survive on the pure goodwill of the other motorist or pedestrian and this is a recipe for disaster. It is sad that the simplest of education as to how and where one should cross a road cannot be learnt in our country in this modern age.

Re: When a Breakfast ride turned into a nightmare

It wasn't a case of jay walking kid on highway. The girl was riding pillion on another bike to which this KTM went and banged into from the rear, the kid was thrown off and died. Some other Samaritans chased this KTM biker who fled the scene and got to bring him back to the scene. He was tied down till cops arrived. While what people may have done was wrong. I still feel the rider has to be aware of the traffic around him, and slow down near junctions. Accidents happen, if he had stopped and offered to take kid to hospital or surrendered to cops things may have not panned out bad for name of bikers.

Also, India doesn't have special licence norms for higher power vehicles, KTM390 produces almost 226PS/ton and a lot of people really don't know how to handle such bikes.

Re: When a Breakfast ride turned into a nightmare

Now that's a revelation.

Re: When a Breakfast ride turned into a nightmare

A really sad incident!
Wishing your future rides to be uneventful!

Re: When a Breakfast ride turned into a nightmare

The fact that kid was on other bike is a very surprising revelation. If I am not wrong hitting from behind will put rider at fault. As far as my understanding of the law goes rider/driver is responsible for maintaining appropriate distance from the vehicle ahead of them. I could be wrong but that is what my driving school instructor taught me when I was learning to drive.

Re: When a Breakfast ride turned into a nightmare

You are right.. The rider's responsibility should increase proportional to the power of the bike. But, very few people realize this fact.