Accidents

Collins Concise English Dictionary
 1. a happening that is not expected, forseen or intended
 2. unintended happining that results in injury, loss, etc
 3. chance meet by accident
 4. an attribute that is not essential


I believe that whilst motorcyclist do not actively seek physical encounters with other road users, roadside furniture or parts of the scenery they accept them, as integral part of the activity they choose. A close encounter with one of the above is, at some time, an inevitable part of the hobby. I would go further, pain is an intrinsic part of the bikers experience there seems to be a perverse enjoyment of adversity inherent in their activity. Even without an accident the average biker will experience some level of pain on most excursions. Surely then minimum one can expect following a ride is a sore arse. Therfore when an accident comes it is accepted as the motorcyclist's due, the ensuing scars a badge of honour.

Now I must admit that I have had a few unplanned dismounts in my time. I would like it on the record however that none of them, NONE of them, were my fault officer. I high proportion of them were as a pillion, some were due to blind or stupid motorists, others caused by poor road design or maintenance, mechanical failures, acts of god..........the list goes on. In an imperfect world the motorcyclist approaches the perfection of the gods themselves and is therefore blameless. I am not bragging when I say that I am probably the best road user there has ever been and by definition no accident could have ever been my fault.

Sorry got a bit carried away there but you take my point.

So next time you get punted off by some blind octogenarium or a Darwinium obsessed marsupial, or the wrong type of leaves on the road, rise serenely above it in the certain knowledge that your downfall was brought on by a lesser organism. Pick yourself up, dust yourself off an ride on (paramedics permitting).