Cheeecutter saves motorcyclist's life - 2 April 2011

[Virago]

Nothing, except hitting and getting run over by oncoming vehicles.

Mindless speculation. It is equally possible that if the median barrier had been armco or concrete, he may have bounced off, with only minor injuries.

Your claim that the WRB "saved his life" is at best tenuous.

If you're going to jump to conclusions, get a bigger run-up...

[Mekk]

In the space of a heading and four sentences they mentioned 'motorcycle' 3 times and 'rider' twice.

I think the public can add simple sums.

Only exacerbated by the length of the article. I think you're being a little paranoid.

[Katman]

I think you're being a little paranoid.

I think the guy just behind me read the article.

[Tony W]

and was that a certainty in this case?

....err....pass.

[bogan]

C'mon with the trolling already.

The frikkin WRB (or whatever you prefer to call it) didn't exactly leap out and attack the dude, did it??

So how did he end up wrapped around it?

Obviously he fucked up and rode into it, but the only fact is, he hit a safety device and got injured. It's pure speculation to say he would have been fucked, or fine, if the device hadn't been there. And as Virago said, if they used concrete, he would likely have been better off.

[scumdog]

Mindless speculation. It is equally possible that if the median barrier had been armco or concrete, he may have bounced off, with only minor injuries.
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Or equally into the path of any possible following vehicle...just saying...

[Tony W]

Mindless speculation. It is equally possible that if the median barrier had been armco or concrete, he may have bounced off, with only minor injuries.

Your claim that the WRB "saved his life" is at best tenuous.

If you're going to jump to conclusions, get a bigger run-up...

This is KB fgs !!
....of course I'm jumping to conclusions which fit my agenda.
I want this to be small on facts, BIG on emotion. (something the safety Nazis LOVE)

[Mekk]

I think the guy just behind me read the article.

He knows bro...he knows...

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So the cheesecutter only grated. Is the issue here that this undermines the much hyped call that these things would always slice and dice? Would the campaigners have been happier with a decapitation?

[Tony W]

So, dear readers...are we all agreed then, that wire rope barriers are our friends !

[Kickaha]

So, dear readers...are we all agreed then, that wire rope barriers are our friends !

Fuck yes, hope to see some up down here soon

[Mekk]

So, dear readers...are we all agreed then, that wire rope barriers are our friends !

hey man it's only 1-1, wouldn't be cheering yet. this aint' the all whites...

[bogan]

So the cheesecutter only grated. Is the issue here that this undermines the much hyped call that these things would always slice and dice? Would the campaigners have been happier with a decapitation?

From the limited info in the story, he could have hit it round a right hander, or at very low speed.
The whole point of the campaign is to avoid severed limbs, so you should be able to figure out the answer there.

I do find it strange that people are so defensive about them, when there are clearly better options out there, or is it that the pro-WRB bikers see the WRBs as the best solution? Or just trolling?

[Katman]

I do find it strange that people are so defensive about them, when there are clearly better options out there, or is it that the pro-WRB bikers see the WRBs as the best solution? Or just trolling?

I find it strange that so many people fail to see the bigger picture here.

[Madness]

It was probably a Harley. You're asking for death riding one of those!

/Pisstake

[Mekk]

Or just trolling?

well, regardless, it's important to have debate. blindly following a campaign without asking questions and challenging conventionally accepted ideas is bad for any process.