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Better than wrapping yourself around one though. JD the Guvnor of cool.
Cantab
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Like a VW Beetle
This picture made me queasy. I can only see the aftermath of a crash with the baby there. Regardless of where the car is hit. I worked one where a jar of pickles came from the grocery bag in the back of the SUV. . . . and killed the driver. . . . in an otherwise minor crash. Everything in the car that is not secured becomes a projectile hazard.
I had the same reaction.
I didn't personally work it, but a colleague worked a small airplane accident in which the Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT) wasn't buckled in. The thing that was supposed to save the pilot instead hit him in the back of the head and killed him.
I've got a Ford Transit van and keep seeing all these photos of beautiful upper cabinets made of thin plywood and mounted behind the driver & passenger's heads.
These tests are at only 30 mph:
Start this one at 56 seconds:
Another:
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ballisticexchris
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This was solid built!!
PhilPhilippines
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I do enjoy a good Roadcraft video. Thanks Chris
Cycledude
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Cycledude
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my guess is he was simply going to fast and didn’t notice the curve in the road until it was to late.
yoyo
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Looked like target fixation to me, went in to hot and started to look at the barrier when that happens it's hard to come back from it.
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ballisticexchris
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I hope to never experience target fixation on the street. I'm very fortunate to have more off road experience than paved. Your eyes are constantly looking for the clearest path to get through. On the pavement there is a lot less obstacles to worry about. That video was disturbing.
Also I used to tape the bottom of the kids goggles so they were forced to keep their eyes up when riding. My wife though it was nuts until she saw them riding faster. They were only 8 and 10 at the time and only needed it the first season of riding. By the time they moved into a KX 65 and KX100 they were much faster than most other kids that were still riding the "front fender".
Agree, he wasn't going that much faster than the flow of traffic.
I would guess, sped up to get around the truck, wanted to be in the right lane, and was slowing down (brake light on for whole video), letting the bike drift into the lane, inattention, possibly thinking about the intersection ahead, wet road, looks like he was going to unf**k his mistake in time, but slowing the video down, you can see as he went over the painted line, the rear slid out from him. Loose shoulder, which you can see with debris being kicked up, sure didn't help.
Tenman
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IMO Bottom line. He was going too fast
its never speed that kills, its the sudden stop that'll get ya.
PhilPhilippines
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Drop in this case.
Happened to friend here. Still don't know the full details. Switchback off an expressway, near his house, bike barely marked (if at all), fell to his death...... RIEP
the first and third rider, they have it ..... but the second rider, if only he had released the rear brake a second earlier, it was to applaud him
