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Here's a story of a mother who has released footage from her sons cam to be used for road safety purposes:
Video: Mother allows release of hard-hitting footage of her son
Be warned the footage is shocking, although you can't see the aftermath.
I think the Mum is couragous to allow this, especially with it showing her sons death. And I respect that she hopes that this might make other road users think about what they are doing.
Having said this IMHO I find this a bad example to be used as a safety campaign as I found the biker to have an agressive riding style, and was speeding at the time of the accident. Don't get me wrong of course the car driver had partial blame, but generally riders are extra vigilant at junctions (well I know I am).
I think that most car drivers will see the video and outright blame the rider, and so doing miss the point. We all know that drivers often don't see us riders but I've seen better video's that show this.
Video: Mother allows release of hard-hitting footage of her son
Be warned the footage is shocking, although you can't see the aftermath.
I think the Mum is couragous to allow this, especially with it showing her sons death. And I respect that she hopes that this might make other road users think about what they are doing.
Having said this IMHO I find this a bad example to be used as a safety campaign as I found the biker to have an agressive riding style, and was speeding at the time of the accident. Don't get me wrong of course the car driver had partial blame, but generally riders are extra vigilant at junctions (well I know I am).
I think that most car drivers will see the video and outright blame the rider, and so doing miss the point. We all know that drivers often don't see us riders but I've seen better video's that show this.