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Levenvale

From the ITV News in the UK

"Take more care when riding off road!"

No sh1t Sherlock









[ This message was edited by: Levenvale on 2007-04-18 13:06 ]

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Zenistar

Ouch, reminds me of the a**holes who used to string piano wire between trees in an area that I used to offroad.

Tbirdnz

I hope they have charged the idiot who did that. Utter stupidity, that wouldn't have kept any stock from escaping if that was the original intention.

I recently saw a 4WD take out two gate posts of a supermarket carpark which wasn't actually open because of a single chain across the posts that didn't have a sign hanging from it. Driver claimed he didn't see it because of the sun until the last moment.

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Nochicanes

he must have said somethin bad about Steve Mcqueen...

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Sprint1050DA

That happens with regularity with snowmobiles where I'm originally from. We had to hang all kinds of signs from our high-tension electric fence to make sure that it was perfectly visible in case someone tried to ride through what used to be an open area.

My only questions is:
His private land, or someone else' private land?

[ This message was edited by: Sprint1050DA on 2007-04-18 16:43 ]

Levenvale

Link to article with photograph

lucky guy.

I see he claims he had sought and received permission from the landowner to ride there. Just wait and see, he will end up suing the landowner next.

[ This message was edited by: Levenvale on 2007-04-21 13:10 ]

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Tbirdnz

Certainly a very lucky escape, most landowners have insurance to cover for accidents on their land by third parties. Here is it part of farm insurance.

However the rider's 'stressing just how motorcycles can be dangerous' is a bit of an over reaction to how the incident was caused. The wire could have been walked into at night or a by a farm quad, land buggy or any open topped vehicle.
Just absolute stupidity that such a wire was strung between two gate posts like that, a definite trap.

Here barbed wire is very little used if atall on farms, I've got none on mine, everyone uses electric fences, that can give a nice zap.

I have a small moto-x track in one of my paddocks at the moment used by my sons but come winter it will be rolled up and left to recover.

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bovefrankj

My god, fishing. The poor man must be traumatised.