Why we need to slow down

[gav]

Exactly......Jeez 27, dunno where you pull these random "facts" from sometimes....must be uncomfortable sitting?

[Stealth]

Body dent in roof. Force of impact would have easily rolled car crushing deformed roof. Pillar cut it get meat out. Rear end damage, possibly shunted into path of bike. Why would you leave an Ohlins shock in a Prop ??

[justsomeguy]

So why doesn't everybody pull out in front of cars in 100 km/h zones?

Well cos they know that the cars are doing 100+................well that's why I'm cautious in that situation.....

As for people losing judgement...... let 27 explain it....... I don't know what he's talking about...

[pritch]

That is either faked, or there is more to it than appears.

Two Wheels 05/05 carries three of these pics.

"Swedish Police showed the results of a horror smash just outside Stockholm last year, at the Stockholm Motorcycle Fair as a warning."

"Rider was travelling at an estimated 250kph when he hit the car"
(Doesn't say who was estimating the speed but does say who wasn't...)

"Both occupants of the car and the rider were killed."

"The rider was newly licenced."

So the "scene" has been recreated and it does beg the question whether the Police could resist the temptation to guild the lilly...

[pyrocam]

> The Honda rider was traveling at such a "very high speed", his reaction
> time was not sufficient enough to avoid this accident. Swedish Police
> estimate a speed of ~250 KM/h (155mph) before the bike hit the slow
> moving car side-on at an intersection. At that speed, they predicted
> that the rider's reaction time (once the vehicle came into view) wasn't
> sufficient enough for him to even apply the brakes. The car had two
> passengers and the bike rider was found INSIDE the car with them. The
> Volkswagen actually flipped over from the force of impact and landed 10
> feet from where the collision took place.
>
> All three involved (two in car and rider) were killed instantly. This
> graphic demonstration was placed at the Stockholm Motorcycle Fair by > the
> Swedish Police and Road Safety Department. The sign above the display
> also noted that the rider had only recently obtained his license.
>
> At 250 KM (155 mph) the operator is traveling at 227 feet per second.
> With normal reaction time to SEE-DECIDE-REACT of 1.6 seconds the above
> operator would have traveled over 363 feet while making a decision on
> what actions to take. In this incident the Swedish police indicate that
> no actions were taken.

[Coyote]

Not bloody again!!! How many times will we see those pics posted on here?!

Pyro, pyro, pyro (pt)

[nudemetalz]

Was an RC-30 by the looks.....nasty !!!!

[phoenixgtr]

Holy crap

[Coyote]

Get it in an email?

[pyrocam]

Not bloody again!!! How many times will we see those pics posted on here?!

Pyro, pyro, pyro (pt)

my bad. havent seen em.
merge pls

Get it in an email?

> course
> the angle brackets
> kinda give it away

[Coyote]

my bad. havent seen em.
merge pls

'Tis all good

[Marmoot]

In this incident the Swedish police indicate that
> no actions were taken.

including driver not looking to the side when at an intersection?

although....good luck seeing a bike approaching at 250kph

[gamgee]

> The Honda rider was traveling at such a "very high speed", his reaction
> time was not sufficient enough to avoid this accident.

so who's trying to scare you out of riding this time?

[pyrocam]

so who's trying to scare you out of riding this time?

my primary supplier. I guess he wants to keep the business

[Damon]

I'm just finding the joys of warp speed travel, might keep it to long roads with no intersections or driveways