Unusual: Motorcyclist Arrested

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/gloucestershire/3252810.stm
Motorcyclist arrested after three people were killed in a pile-up on a
country road in Gloucestershire

You don't see that every day. Wonder how he managed this one? it doesn't
mention a bike being part of the pile up.

 

He must have been on his mobile phone at the time.

 

So? he would have been hands free and that's ok....apparently. I often
rode the K1100 with a handsfree connected up on autoanswer.

 

Quite possible that he either filtered, or overtook one of the other
vehicles, freaking out the driver - thus causing them to swerve or
something?

 

Was wind noise a problem?

 

Well not with the 'leccy screen on max and below 70mph. This was an Everoak
mind, very quiet helmet.

 

Sounds plausible. I ride that stretch of road every day, and there 100m
stretch of dual carriageway that funnels into a slower single lane road.
It's a sort of GLF-last-chance-for-overtake before you get into Cambridge
(which is 40mph). I would hazard a guess that the accident was caused by
the 'funnel effect', and overreaction/tailgating on the part of the car
drivers.