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It looks to me like the car was passing another car.....somebody from Britan know if the lines painted were a passing lane?
Everyone that rides a superbike knows the rate of acceleration is tremendous. Looking at the time sequence of events, I doubt the driver of the car realized a collision was about to occur. The driver probably never saw the motorcycle. His attention was on the car he was going to pass and the oncoming traffic. It is the responsibility of the person passing to do it safely. You have to ask, had the rider been driving the speed limit, would the collision have occurred. Do the math on the time sequence and think about how often people check their rear mirrors.
Pic 1 he cuts in front of his buddy.
Pic 2 If car driver checks his mirrors, there are two cars between him and the bike.
Pic 3 One car between him and the bike.
Pic 4 Still one car and his buddy is at 100mph trying to keep up. Driver has started to over take car.
Pic 5 Impact
entire time elapsed from pic one to pic 5 = 6 seconds.
How often do you check your mirrors?
Makes me sigh... I have to strongly agree with the majority of responses here, the folks at the .org are awesome and it makes me proud to have the opportunity of association, even if only electronic for the most part. This morning during our commute my fiancé and I were passed by a squid on a cruiser, loud pipes, blasting in and out of traffic, deliberately rapping the pipes, feet on his crash bar pegs, marginally in control of his bike with his dreadlocks flying out of a beanie helmet. This guy is a statistic waiting to happen - his riding scared everyone around him; it’s not an if in this case, it’s a when... Makes me sad to witness. Thanks to all who responded to this, your collective spirit of responsibility is inspiring.
-Jim
I would say speed is one the primary factors ..The speedo on the camera bike is in KPH not MPH...read the article thoroughly...at first it mentions speeds of 170 MPH, but that was wrong and it confuses the issue. Through out the the article it mentions MPH and it should be KPH...look at the speed of the cars...especially in the slower segments.
170 KPH = 106 MPH
100 KPH = 63 MPH
Speed is not the cause for this tragic accident...the car never saw the bike and the biker made a bad choice
I would say speed is one the primary factors ..
had he been just going with the flow, the crash would have never happened.. he had a need to get out front of everyone for what possible reason? speed?
He was going to knock off 2 cars in one pass (and this certainly is not the first video showing this to be a really dumb idea that caused a crash)
he then hit the car with enough closing speed to be thrown more than a few feet...
Slow down, wait for the right time and place, then motor on...
I would say speed is one the primary factors ..
had he been just going with the flow, the crash would have never happened.. he had a need to get out front of everyone for what possible reason? speed?
He was going to knock off 2 cars in one pass (and this certainly is not the first video showing this to be a really dumb idea that caused a crash)
he then hit the car with enough closing speed to be thrown more than a few feet...
Slow down, wait for the right time and place, then motor on...
Swap the bike and the car in this situation, if the bike had pulled out to pass and the car driving at 100 plus ran him over, would it be the bike's fault. Would you want charges brought on the bike rider cause he pulled out to pass and was run over?
Plain fact of this type of riding is a wreck was inevitable. Sad for all.
He chose to pass at a BAD time...that was the cause of the accident
Everyone that rides a superbike knows the rate of acceleration is tremendous. Looking at the time sequence of events, I doubt the driver of the car realized a collision was about to occur. The driver probably never saw the motorcycle. His attention was on the car he was going to pass and the oncoming traffic. It is the responsibility of the person passing to do it safely. You have to ask, had the rider been driving the speed limit, would the collision have occurred. Do the math on the time sequence and think about how often people check their rear mirrors.
Pic 1 he cuts in front of his buddy.
Pic 2 If car driver checks his mirrors, there are two cars between him and the bike.
Pic 3 One car between him and the bike.
Pic 4 Still one car and his buddy is at 100mph trying to keep up. Driver has started to over take car.
Pic 5 Impact
entire time elapsed from pic one to pic 5 = 6 seconds.
How often do you check your mirrors?