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younggun · #11 Unread post by **younggun** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 7:08 am

Yeah 230km/h is abit excessive IMO, I noticed that the tire of the bike was imbedded in the front right quarter panel of the car which I assume the car was turning left in front of the bike. So yes the rider was speeding no doubt about that but wasnt the driver of the car paying attention?

VermilionX · Sat Aug 19, 2006 7:13 am

blues2cruise wrote: Maybe that's the problem. People see so much death, destruction and mayhem everyday, everywhere, in the newspapers, on TV, video games, and videos from the internet, that they get complacent.
They don't take it seriously. They get immune to violence, bloodshed and tragic accidents.
Death isn't a reality to many young people.
We'd like to see you live to be 26, verm,...oops...CR, and I would imagine your family and friends want you around a bit longer....so when you see something like that video, please take a momet and think to yourself.....

That could have been me.

except that the particular video here was in Romania.

hmmm... complacent bec of environment and media. maybe.

and im already 26yo.

and yes, i watched a lot of crash vids on the net hoping to learn from them. i especially like to watch lowside and highside vids since those are the ones i feel like im prone to. i wanna learn from those vids and hopefully avoid it.

regarding stunt gone wrong vids... i don't need to study it since i know how to avoid it. just don't stunt.

but highside and lowside vids are what concerns me since i can make those mistakes in my riding.

Sat Aug 19, 2006 7:14 am

NorthernPete wrote:
The Crimson Rider® wrote:love the new sig blues.
Verm, Outta left field!

Blues, very sobering looking crash. Its too bad we dont know what caused it.

verm has to post lest someone forget how revolting his stupidity is.

spinner · #14 Unread post by **spinner** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 7:19 am

younggun wrote:Yeah 230km/h is abit excessive IMO, I noticed that the tire of the bike was imbedded in the front right quarter panel of the car which I assume the car was turning left in front of the bike. So yes the rider was speeding no doubt about that but wasnt the driver of the car paying attention?

The driver may have cut him off, but could you really blame him? No one expects a missle going 230km/hr to be coming in their direction.

younggun · #15 Unread post by **younggun** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 7:22 am

spinner wrote:
younggun wrote:Yeah 230km/h is abit excessive IMO, I noticed that the tire of the bike was imbedded in the front right quarter panel of the car which I assume the car was turning left in front of the bike. So yes the rider was speeding no doubt about that but wasnt the driver of the car paying attention?
The driver may have cut him off, but could you really blame him? No one expects a missle going 230km/hr to be coming in their direction.

True very true, I was just making an observation, it is obvious the biker was at fault

Sat Aug 19, 2006 7:23 am

The Crimson Rider® wrote:

sorry... it didn't affect me much bec i've seen those vids before.
again, i apologize.

With all due respect if it didn't affect you them maybe silence would have been best.

Thank you for the reminder Blues, I lost a friend on a speed bike a few weeks back and this really hit home for me. Ya'll need to be careful out there.

Sat Aug 19, 2006 8:18 am

My sister-in-law's friend was riding 210 in an 80 zone. He had been lane hopping to get ahead of traffic.
It was a Friday rush hour after work and dark.
Someone in a car changed lanes, because he was nowhere in sight, but because of his erratic lane hopping at twice the legal limit, they crashed.

The driver of the car got charged.

The biker got away with a couple of cracked ribs.

The truth did not come out at the crash site. It was later at home that he confided to the sister-in-law how fast he was going.

IMHO, he should be the one charged, not the car driver...in this case.

So, this is why I'm always spouting off about "excessive" speed.

It is impossible to judge. If someone is waiting to make a turn and they can see that a rider is a couple of blocks away, then at normal/average speeds, it would be safe to make the turn.
But if a ride is traveling at double the speed limit, then the turner can't possible know you will be at that intersection in a split second.

You are unpredictable. Slow down and you will have a better chance of being seen and seeing.

#18 Unread post by **ZooTech** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 8:38 am

blues2cruise wrote:The driver of the car got charged.

Shitty police work. Any accident investigater worth his/her badge could've figured that one out easily.

NorthernPete · Sat Aug 19, 2006 12:27 pm

younggun wrote:Yeah 230km/h is abit excessive IMO, I noticed that the tire of the bike was imbedded in the front right quarter panel of the car which I assume the car was turning left in front of the bike. So yes the rider was speeding no doubt about that but wasnt the driver of the car paying attention?

Dont they drive on the opposite side of the road in Europe? wouldnt the wheel have to be in the front Left quarterpanel then?

jstark47 · #20 Unread post by **jstark47** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 1:13 pm

younggun wrote:
spinner wrote:
younggun wrote:Yeah 230km/h is abit excessive IMO, I noticed that the tire of the bike was imbedded in the front right quarter panel of the car which I assume the car was turning left in front of the bike. So yes the rider was speeding no doubt about that but wasnt the driver of the car paying attention?
The driver may have cut him off, but could you really blame him? No one expects a missle going 230km/hr to be coming in their direction.

True very true, I was just making an observation, it is obvious the biker was at fault

230 kmph comes out to about 210 feet per second. The car driver might have checked ahead 1.5 seconds before commencing the turn -- over 300 feet away, straight on, no lateral motion, they might not have recognized the bike as such. Riding that fast anyplace except the track is flirting with a death wish -- it caught up to this poor bastrd. God help his family.