Accident avoidance
We had a group ride this weekend. It was a small group of 7. Rider 3 struck the back wheel of rider 2 and went down hard. Rider 4 struck the downed rider and went down. Rider 5 veered left and rider 6, me, veered right. Rider 7 hit the brakes hard but avoided the wreckage. My question is really to those who have been in these type of accidents. Have you found that those who slam on the breaks caused themselves and others to go down as well? I know I was very glad the rider in front of me veered left because if he had hit the brakes it would have taken me and him down. I also was very aware of not veering left as that would have been into the road without looking.Both riders were concussed and carted to the hospital by way of ambulance. Rider 3 was pretty messed up beyond the concussion. Anyway, the incident had me wondering about the instinct to brake hard.