Donkey detained after motorcycle crash

[Bob]

Bogota police have released the prime suspect in a motorcycle accident… a donkey named Pacho.

Police said Tuesday they detained the donkey after a motorcycle crashed into it. According to Diana Rojas, spokeswoman for the police department "We had to impound both the donkey and the motorcycle and put them at the disposal of investigators so they can decide what to do with them and whether to release them.''

The donkey’s owner, a Senor Gonzalez, says Pacho is innocent "Neither the donkey nor I were responsible because I was in front and the motorcyclist saw me'.'

[dhunt]

I you have to watch for the old donkey.

I knew a guy that low sided his bike rather than hit a water buffalo at 120K He ended up with his leg in a frame thing for 6 months and couldn't fly for 6 months either But probably took the better of the two options.

[James Deuce]

I knew a guy that low sided his bike rather than hit a water buffalo at 120K He ended up with his leg in a frame thing for 6 months and couldn't fly for 6 months either But probably took the better of the two options.

Please don't take this personally, but I'm always bemused by people who lose control of their vehicle as an "option" in a dangerous situation. Every study I've read, and every motorcycle training facility says that it is better to stay on the bike and reduce your speed as much as possible before impact than it is to "drop the bike" in preference to maintaining control to the very last second. Hanging in there often means you can avoid the problem and avoid an incident altogether. Hitting a water buffalo at 30km/hr is preferable to sliding down the road at 120, particularly if you are prepared.

[dhunt]

Please don't take this personally, but I'm always bemused by people who lose control of their vehicle as an "option" in a dangerous situation. Every study I've read, and every motorcycle training facility says that it is better to stay on the bike and reduce your speed as much as possible before impact than it is to "drop the bike" in preference to maintaining control to the very last second. Hanging in there often means you can avoid the problem and avoid an incident altogether. Hitting a water buffalo at 30km/hr is preferable to sliding down the road at 120, particularly if you are prepared.

Yeah I agree Jim don't know all the details around it but he was going a bit too fast for the roads in the first place and brushing off as much speed as possible would have been good.

[riffer]

Please don't take this personally, but I'm always bemused by people who lose control of their vehicle as an "option" in a dangerous situation. Every study I've read, and every motorcycle training facility says that it is better to stay on the bike and reduce your speed as much as possible before impact than it is to "drop the bike" in preference to maintaining control to the very last second. Hanging in there often means you can avoid the problem and avoid an incident altogether. Hitting a water buffalo at 30km/hr is preferable to sliding down the road at 120, particularly if you are prepared.

This would probably have something to do with tyres having better grip on the road than Cordura, Leather or, god forbid, exposed skin.

Keep the bike up. Forks are meant to flex...

[Jackrat]

Please don't take this personally, but I'm always bemused by people who lose control of their vehicle as an "option" in a dangerous situation. Every study I've read, and every motorcycle training facility says that it is better to stay on the bike and reduce your speed as much as possible before impact than it is to "drop the bike" in preference to maintaining control to the very last second. Hanging in there often means you can avoid the problem and avoid an incident altogether. Hitting a water buffalo at 30km/hr is preferable to sliding down the road at 120, particularly if you are prepared.

So you reckon I should of ridden my Triumph into the hunua gorge instead of dumping it into the wooden barrier.
On second thoughts,don't answer that.

[Ixion]

Please don't take this personally, but I'm always bemused by people who lose control of their vehicle as an "option" in a dangerous situation. Every study I've read, and every motorcycle training facility says that it is better to stay on the bike and reduce your speed as much as possible before impact than it is to "drop the bike" in preference to maintaining control to the very last second.

Hm. I've always wondered about this. Never decided to drop a bike on the road, but i have on occasion off road, and I still think (only think but) that it was the right decision.

Need to bear in mind closing speed (not with a water buffalo obviously). If the choice is between dropping (after some braking) at say 60kph, and sliding (hopefully not hitting anything, but at worst maybe being down to 20 or 30k); and hitting an oncoming cage/truck, when the latter is doing say 100kph. Maybe hanging with the bike gets you down to 30kph. But maybe the cager is still doing 100kph - especially if he freezes at the throttle as Stan is wont to do when confronted by a bike. So total closing speed is 130kph. Head on. Nasty, very nasty

End of the day, every situation is different experience judgement and luck are what make the call,