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Slid out his Bike....then....
Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 7:16 pm
by CentralOzzy
http://www.yourdailymedia.com/media/114 ... ver_By_Car
I like the way the car really tried hard to avoid him....NOT!
Re: Slid out his Bike....then....
Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 1:55 am
by ShawnKing
CentralOzzy wrote:I like the way the car really tried hard to avoid him....NOT!
The cager may not even have seen him until it was too late....Ouch...ouch...Ouch!
Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 1:42 pm
by flynrider
I agree. Assuming the car is a left-hand drive, the driver may not have ever seen the bike at all. The bike and rider sliding are going to have a profile all of two feet high, or less. That would effectively mask them behind the hood and fender of the car, from the driver's perspective.
Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 4:21 pm
by CentralOzzy
Even after the car impacted with the M/C it didn't even try to slow down it just kept on cruisin'
Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 7:06 pm
by HexedWrench
That's even hard just to watch.
Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 10:41 pm
by CentralOzzy
Ya NOT wrong!
One second your Valentino Rossi, the next your Mince Meat....Ouch
Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 5:04 am
by Sev
It's very tough for me to realize that is real. I know it actually happened, but it doesn't seem real to me, thank god.
I guess there's something to be said for not riding at the very limit of your bikes potential on the street.
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 5:47 am
by SuperRookie
That's just effing awful.
wtf
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 2:46 pm
by 1will
ask and ye shall receive...
oh, and that clip reminds me of the chariot scene from ben hur.
Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 5:19 am
by SuperRookie
flynrider wrote:I agree. Assuming the car is a left-hand drive, the driver may not have ever seen the bike at all. The bike and rider sliding are going to have a profile all of two feet high, or less. That would effectively mask them behind the hood and fender of the car, from the driver's perspective.
True...but, I know I'm pretty acutely aware of traffic merging from onramps and such. He should have seen the bike, at least coming around, I think...Even if he did see the bike go down, you're right flynrider that the low profile of a sliding bike would prevent seeing much else...forget about anticipating/calculating the vector of a sliding bike.
WTF was the guy just going too fast? How did he lose it like that?