Rising up, part of me considered being a motorbike cop.
I imply, I wasn’t going to be a racer, and it appeared equally as unlikely that this journalism factor was going to work out. At any time when I noticed bike cops driving round, I might suppose, “You fortunate so and so. You simply get to trip all day and have free coaching.” And the coaching should be first rate in Eire as a result of they all the time appeared so clean and succesful at velocity.
However wherever this video comes from, the riders won’t get such good coaching as a result of the motorcyclist appears to do every part flawed.
The footage is captured from a splash cam and reveals a motorbike cop seemingly gesturing for the motorist to drag over. However earlier than the driving force can, the cop rear-ends the automobile in entrance of them. That is tremendous unlucky and one thing you by no means need to see, however come on—half of this man’s job is actually to trip, so errors like these are fairly unacceptable.
All of it takes place on a comparatively high-congestion, fast-traffic street. And it is positively not the street the place you’d need to trip too near the automobile in entrance, and extra so in the event you plan on taking your eyes off the street.
However the factor that has me feeling much less empathy than I usually would for somebody on this scenario is that the rider takes his proper hand and indicators to the driving force along with his index finger, guaranteeing he has no use of the brake or accelerator in an emergency.
It appears just like the bike is supplied with lights, and subsequently, I assume it has a siren. So, I can not perceive why the rider took this strategy. The cop might have even been making an attempt to alert the driving force to a difficulty and assist them, however the consequence continues to be the identical. The underside line, to me, it was reckless driving.
I could also be being too harsh on the rider, or possibly I simply anticipate extra from the people who find themselves alleged to set the usual for secure driving etiquette. That is one the place I might very a lot recognize your take within the feedback.
It ought to go with out saying that I sincerely hope the rider was capable of stroll away from this crash unhurt.
