Why we need to slow down

**Cary** · 1st May 2006, 11:52

Originally Posted by swanny

3rd time I've seen someone post this.

Lucky you, seen it all know it all HUH!!

**T.W.R** · 1st May 2006, 11:54

Yep been up before a few times. still a nasty one to see

, and an unfortunate demise of an RC45.

**SwanTiger** · 1st May 2006, 11:55

Originally Posted by Cary

Lucky you, seen it all know it all HUH!!

YEP

Nah, that particular set of images and caption(s) to follow is widely spread around the internet. Hard to miss on biking sites.

**babyB** · 1st May 2006, 12:04

bloody hell

**GR81** · 1st May 2006, 12:11

who throws a shoe.... honestly?

**onearmedbandit** · 1st May 2006, 12:42

Thread locked as of now.

**SpankMe** · 1st May 2006, 13:11

Originally Posted by Cary

Don't know if this has done the rounds already so I take no blame!

Full blame and red rep given for not evening bothering to do a search first.

**MazTLR** · 20th May 2007, 00:03

Not sure if this has been upped before.

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 (155 mph) 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.