Why is a quad bike called a quad bike

[LondonManc]

Quad bikes are great to ride, as a one-person, off-road machine. You do have to treat them with respect though - you're still as unprotected as you are on a motorbike, arguably more so with the back wheels happy to run you over if you come off sideways.

Kids being dicks would hopefully lead to a verdict of misadventure.

If it's not a four-seater quad (which would make it more like the vehicle the Banana Splits used to zoom around in) then logic dictates that they were on the road illegally.

[DodgyAgent]

Well, that's not what I said, and I rather suspect you know that.

[NotAllThere]

So the riders even if they were pootling along at 5 miles an hour deserved to die?

It's not about deserving. But stupidity is often fatal.

[LondonManc]

It's not about deserving. But stupidity is often fatal.

Could merit a mention in the Darwin Awards, no question about that.

[northernladuk]

TBH I'd be questioning the actions of a 21 and 22 year old in a 350Z. That's a lot of car for that age. They can be bought so cheaply now. Mine must be worth 6k tops now.

I'd be interested to see where a 22 year old got insurance for it though. Mine isn't cheap and I had to hunt around for a decent one.

I can't believe for one minute their driving wasn't the major cause of the accident however many people were on the quad.

[SlipTheJab]

TBH I'd be questioning the actions of a 21 and 22 year old in a 350Z. That's a lot of car for that age. They can be bought so cheaply now. Mine must be worth 6k tops now.

I'd be interested to see where a 22 year old got insurance for it though. Mine isn't cheap and I had to hunt around for a decent one.

I can't believe for one minute their driving wasn't the major cause of the accident however many people were on the quad.

350Z!, And here's me thinking you were a Jag Man

[OwlHoot]

I think that there was a strong hint that the car may have been racing with the Quad bike, which may change things slightly.

My impression was that the car had been haring up and down the road, and smashed into the back of the quadbike, whose riders (young farm workers I believe) were unknown to the car occupants and had been just tootling along minding their own business.

A local farmer said he had heard loud car revving and tyre squealing noises for an hour or two before the incident, louder he said than the typical noise made by boy racers that regularly used that stretch of road.

[Intel]

Could merit a mention in the Darwin Awards, no question about that.

Technically only three of them are eligible....one has already reproduced.....

[BrilloPad]

It's not about deserving. But stupidity is often fatal.

Everything happens for a reason.

And sometimes that reason is stupidity.

But it is still a huge shame.

And the families of those left behind will do a lot of suffering.

[Martin Scroatman]

+1 Quad bikes are a dangerous nuisance and should be banned from public roads.

Bansturbator!

I think they look rather good fun as a matter of fact.

Very useful for farmers too.