I thought I was missing something when I saw this. Until the last few seconds of the clip, that is – when reality struck back. In summary, Jack Sanderson was nearly killed when his bike almost collided with a car on the notorious Cat & Fiddle Road in Cheshire. Instead, Sanderson rolled down a hill and escaped injury.
The A537 is one of the most dangerous roads in Europe. It also attracts some of the stupidest specimens on the planet – and it is because of those that the road has had reduced speed limits imposed, has double white lines indicating that no overtaking is allowed, and has speed cameras fitted. So, when you look at the video recorded by Sanderson you immediately notice how many rules he was breaking.
To start with, it doesn’t look like he was driving at 50mph (the speed limit which is imposed on that road, I believe). Secondly, he clearly crosses a solid white line – on a bend, with a sign warning of a series of bends, and SLOW marked on the road – to overtake another biker. It is after that when he apparently loses control, veers across the solid white line again on another bend, and almost smashes into a car coming the other way (and note that the two are approaching each other at an combined speed of over 100mph).
He avoids certain death for himself by flinging his bike off the road and down a hill. The text snippet for the report simply says:
A motorcyclist has had a lucky escape on one of Europe’s most notoriously dangerous roads and published the video as a warning to others.
Jack Sanderson from Cheshire crashed on the A537 Cat and Fiddle road, in Cheshire, after his motorbike crossed the white line and he swerved to avoid an oncoming car.
What it should say is that Sanderson was a dickhead who was speeding, overtaking illegally, and behaving in a dangerously immature way because of his almost non-existent riding skills, and who very nearly caused the death of an innocent motorist because of this illegal and incompetent behaviour.
The last words are that Cheshire Police are investigating. Let’s hope they don’t bottle it and let the moron off. He should be banned from riding or driving for a very long time.
Edit: the Police didn’t bottle it, but the courts did. Sanderson escaped jail.