ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to a collision between a motorcycle and a car on Wednesday evening (August 24) on Canberra Avenue, Fyshwick.
About 5.30pm, the motorcyclist, a 43-year-old Flynn man, was travelling along Canberra Avenue (towards Kingston), near the Monaro Highway overpass, when a car changed into his lane and collided with him. The motorcyclist was knocked onto the median strip, losing control and flipping over the bike, injuring his shoulder.
The other vehicle has driven off without stopping.
Police are appealing for any witnesses who were driving along Canberra Avenue about 5.30pm on Wednesday and may have witnessed the collision between a black Suzuki Bandit motorcycle with ACT registration and the unknown car, possibly a sedan or station wagon.
Witnesses are urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000, or via the Crime Stoppers website on www.act.crimestoppers.com.au. Information may be provided anonymously.
[Courtesy ACT Policing]
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Absolutely disgusting behaviour from the driver. Hope theyre caught and dragged through the street.
Open your eyes people and actually have a look before moving your 1.5 tonnes of steel around.
That is pretty poor. And you’d think that, anyone witnessing a car wipe out a motorbike and then drive off, would have contacted police pronto.
What are the chances that the driver didn’t want anyone to smell his foul breath?
With the roadworks going on there at the moment there is usually heaps of traffic at that time as well; surely someone must have witnessed this?
This makes me sick. I can understand that accidents like this happen, but for someone to knowingly drive off, leaving behind a someone with potentially life threatening injuries really shocks me.
Hope they catch the bastard, lock him up and throw away the key. The stocks are too good for that kind.
From a person on site shortly afterwards: “So pissed even under arrest he couldn’t stop giggling about it.”
I always try to ride alongside cars when I’m in the lane beside them, so that there is no way they cannot see me. Noisy pipes also help.
But there is no avoiding some of the idiots on the road.
The worst?
4WDs, every time. Driven by a woman on the school run? Sheer hell. Asian woman? May as well just crash youself, save them the trouble of doing it for you.
I’m not pointing the finger at the rider here, not witnessing it myself I couldn’t judge, but I ride and there are some dumbass riders on the road.
Rule #1 is be seen, so I was astounded one day when tootling (in the cage) along the Parkway I spotted a bike doing about 120-130 coming up behind me in the other lane. Just as I expected him to pass, suddenly there was nothing, he was gone. I know not why but the rider had decided suddenly it was time to do the speed limit and had parked himself smack-bang in my blind-spot.
For my first bike I couldn’t justify the cost of pipes. I’m bike-less at the moment but next time around they’ll be on the must haves list. Be seen / be heard!
People who love to have “noisy pipes” on their bikes are selfish wankers and I’m eternally disappointed at how our police, the law enforcers, ignore it.
EvanJames said :
I agree, I have never had loud pipes on any of my road bikes. It just screams look at me & I didnt want that attention from the police, my bike had 133hp in 230kg anyway, its plenty fast enough.
You are wong on the second point to a degree, I used to work up at Dickson & we used to knock all the loud bikes back same when I was on the road as an or road inspector. It takes 10 minutes on most bikes to change the pipes so as soon as it cleared, within 1/2 an hour of leaving the test station they can be loud again.
EvanJames said :
Well, I tend to agree. There are some fools out there with ridiculously loud “look-at-me” pipes, and they sure don’t fit them for safety reasons. Audible, but not antisocially loud would be the best way to go. My daily ride, on the other hand, is a bit too quiet. It is bright yellow though…
EvanJames said :
I’ll use my noisy pipes until you learn to drive.
The number of instances where a car has not done a headcheck and moved over to either nearly hit me, or cut me off has reduced significantly since riding a louder bike.
Rider safety >>>>> Your 5 second ‘discomfort’ as we ride by. Who’s the selfish wanker?
Eppo said :
Were you on the green Kawasaki on the Parkway this morning that came up that quickly behind me that you would have been missed if I had not been more aware of my surroundings?
Think people might be deluding themselves about the effectiveness of noisy pipes. Can’t recall a time when I’ve ever noted a noisy pipe within a car cabin, and I don’t play music when I drive. Mind you, some people even have trouble registering emergency services in their vehicles.
Drivers are insulated from their surroundings and you have to treat them as such.
Personally I’d rely on defensive riding any day over ‘noisy pipes’.
“possibly a sedan or station wagon.”
Well that narrows it down!!!
Postalgeek said :
Absoloutely. Riding defensively is far more effective than anything else. I definitely notice noisy bikes when driving, but that may also be because as a rider, I’m more aware of motorcycles to begin with. As I said above, I’ve noticed a difference, but you could also argue that I’ve just been a bit lucky or I’ve become a better rider over time & don’t get caught in those situations any more. Without definite proof either way, I’ll keep the pipes for now.
And no, I don’t ride a green Kawasaki. I ride a red Ducati and save any speeding for open roads, away from other people. Wouldn’t be caught dead on a Kawasaki…
Eppo said :
Too busy getting the broken down Duc onto a trailer?
EvanJames said :
Oh boo hoo! Bit of noise, big deal. I’ll do anything to make sure car drivers know exactly were I am. If noisy pipes are heard by a single driver and they stop them changing lanes over the top of me then they have been well worth it. I think your the selfish wanker here, typical bloody selfish car driver.
People always notice the Harley, but never the Norton. Both have loud pipes.
I hope the rider is ok. I make a point of never sitting anywhere near a cager’s blindpsot. Most drivers are pretty reasonable, but there are far too many incompetent drivers out there to take any risks. I hope they catch the a-hole responsible.
Eppo said :
+1.
Eppo said :
Fair enough
He popped out of the busy traffic, I had not noticed him before this & his light caught my attention in the mirror, not his pipes. At 100km/h on the Parkway & the radio on & could not hear his exahst until he was in front of me 
johnboy said :
Hahahahaha, “makinf mechanics out of motorcyclists for 100 years……”
johnboy said :
Hah – certainly not the first to make that joke.
And for the record, it has only broken down once in 6 months of ownership! *touchwood*
aceofspades said :
I think EvanJames is speaking as a resident of a house within a block of said noisy pipes, rather than as a car driver.
The loudest I hear in our suburb is a trail bike. Occasionally zooms past after midnight on nearby main road. Wakes up my toddler. Rattles windows and drowns out any TV or music with windows and shutters closed. Got to be many dB over the pollution limit.
molongloid said :
Yeah, one of these people that spends their life trying to find something to winge about…”You had a loud party”, “Your dog barks to much”, “Don’t mow your lawn then”, “Your light is too bright shining in my window”, “Your bike is too loud”, bla bla bla. You and your toddler are not the most important things on the planet and if you believe they are then move out to a farm away from anyone else. I have never in my life found anything to complain about with any of my neighbours and I suspect that most of this persons neighbours find the most annoying noise to be the sound of their constant winging.
Eppo said :
What an ignorant comment. You have no idea how I, or anyone here, drives.
There are laws against excessive noise for a reason. Riders who choose to inflict illegal noise on everyone else are displaying their disproportionate sense of self-importance and I don’t think it has anything to do with safety.
EvanJames said :
Or maybe they just think it sounds good.
But, I do sympathise a little. I could look at a Harley all day long and admire it as a piece of sculpture, almost. But geez I hate the sound of the bloody things!
A Ducati, on the other hand, can never be too loud.
Holden Caulfield said :
Yes there were a lot of people who witnessed the accident, and the fact that they didn’t stop to see if the motorcyclist was ok is disgusting. I hope their consciences get the better of them and they come forward with any information they can remember. The car driver needs to be caught, to hit someone and then drive off is supremely cowardly behaviour.
54-11 said :
With an attitude like yours, I’m tempted to line you up in my sights as well but I’d object to your DNA plastered all over my nice clean bumper.