bank holiday carnage

[slparry]

Not sure there's been a Bank Holiday weekend like it, in north Wales, for a long time, 5 serious or fatal motorcycle accidents since Friday

NW Police are going to be on a mission

[dave the german]

Carnage on M62 as well which is why I’m sitting in a layby having to have a break

[slparry]

Carnage on M62 as well which is why I’m sitting in a layby having to have a break

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk ... g-14627686

[dave the german]

Suspected it was a bad one. Took the East Lancs and part of it is closed so ran over my 4.5 hours driving time. Nearly time to go.

[boxerscott]

Gosh that is remarkable! For sure the Police will be on one and for good reason. It is really hard to get your head round this, 5 geezers say there see you later`s to loved ones, get on their pride and joy and exit stage left. I was down in Wales a couple of weeks ago and witnessed a bunch of middle to old age mcyclists behaving like they were on crack or something. Is it something they are putting in the fuel?

sad.

[Ekimyrf]

Wow we were out that weekend got to Bala and decided to sack Snowdonia off because there were tons of bikes heading that way, we went to Vernwy saw about 5 bikes and clear roads.

They head for North Wales and go nuts worst offenders seem to be older blokes on Hinkley Triples.

[slparry]

as an update it appears not as straight forward as it initially looks

Fatality one near Wrexham was a guy who apparently went flat out through a red light and a car turned in front of him.

Fatality two near Bala was a guy who stopped to alleviate cramp and lost his balance falling into the path of a car

Fatality three was from a collision with two bikes, one died the other walked away

Serious incident one was a fluke from a Triumph TR7 overshooting a bend on a b road and colliding with a bike leaving two seriously injured.

Not found details of the 5th one yet

Just hoping that with the weather again being awesome this weekend it can be incident free

[ianbcr]

If anyone is traveling up the A5 this weekend beware I drove up to Ruabon for work and saw numerous plain cars parked up along the route with a plain police bike sitting in a side road.

[PaulDavies]

I suppose if bikers are going to keep crashing on welsh roads the local 5 o will have to put in a presence ( big presence )
it does seem to be a thing with the triumph triples.. I'm lucky enough to own two bikes..( no kids ) the f 800 gt and a street triple, the thing is that one seems to make one grow horns ... mmmmmm must behave. Happy, safe riding everyone.