Bike crash vids

**motorbyclist** · 17th April 2009, 11:11

both twits got what they deserved; the munter cruising up the side, while not going THAT fast, clearly wasn't paying much attention

meanwhile the munter who pulls out really should/could have had a better look, otherwise he wouldn't have pulled out at all

**Ragingrob** · 17th April 2009, 13:04

Originally Posted by Drider87

one of the survival skills of being a motorcyclist is NOT passing stationary/slow moving queues of cars with a high speed differential as that is a recipe for disaster rob.

have a gander at the 50 survival skills thread, lots of common sense in there that I agree with and that is one of them. It is difficult to judge motorcycles speed as most of the time we are just a dot of light in the mirror from a distance.

Read my last sentence.

I still think that if the guy turning had checked his mirrors to gauge what the bike is actually doing he would've easily avoided the accident.

That "nutter" overtaker was only 50m or so away when the turner started turning.

If someone's in the other lane overtaking, they are obviously not pootling along at the same speed as the rest of the group, maybe it'd be a good idea not to pull out!

So in my opinion, the turner did not check his mirror at all. If he had, he would've seen a guy in the overtaking lane and even if you couldn't judge his speed it'd be stupid to turn in front of him without waiting to make sure that you know what he's doing.

When you pass a line of slow cars, don't you do it with a high speed differential if possible?

**motorbyclist** · 17th April 2009, 15:12

right, looking at that again i don't think the guy actually checked his mirrors, and the guy passing up sthe side had enough room to dodge him if he hadn't panicked and locked up the rear

**Milts** · 8th August 2009, 18:36

Found a few from a site other than youtube...

Synchronised riding:

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Dancing Riders:

And a top 5 vid:

**motorbyclist** · 8th August 2009, 19:11

oh i love this thread

**ital916** · 8th August 2009, 20:00

WATCH THIS!

BAM! and biker...I mean dirt is gone.

C'mon people, lets all estimate the speed of collision. Notice the car move a fair chunk sideways.

I give the biker a 6 for his/her triple front sommersault...landing was poor.

http://www.nothingtoxic.com/media/12...By_Turning_Car

**Waihou Thumper** · 9th August 2009, 06:06

Originally Posted by ital916

WATCH THIS!

BAM! and biker...I mean dirt is gone.

C'mon people, lets all estimate the speed of collision. Notice the car move a fair chunk sideways.

I give the biker a 6 for his/her triple front sommersault...landing was poor.

http://www.nothingtoxic.com/media/12...By_Turning_Car

The idiots just standing around looking and doing nothing at all for the guy! WTF, doesn't anyone know first aid anymore?
Those first few seconds might help to save the rider, I mean, not even a check for life signs....Farrk Me...

**mowgli** · 9th August 2009, 06:36

Originally Posted by NZKTM

The idiots just standing around looking and doing nothing at all for the guy! WTF, doesn't anyone know first aid anymore?
Those first few seconds might help to save the rider, I mean, not even a check for life signs....Farrk Me...

Welcome to the land of litigation. ACC ain't so bad in that respect.

**YellowDog** · 9th August 2009, 06:37

I do enjoy these hih speed track ones.

I do feel sorry for the ones taken out by the idiots not looking before they get back on the track or those hitting the 200Kg of debris.

**Waihou Thumper** · 9th August 2009, 06:46

Originally Posted by mowgli

Welcome to the land of litigation. ACC ain't so bad in that respect.

Quite correct there, the taking of all 'practicable steps' probably has saved a few people in past accidents.....Glad I am not in other countries...

**ital916** · 9th August 2009, 08:32

Originally Posted by NZKTM

The idiots just standing around looking and doing nothing at all for the guy! WTF, doesn't anyone know first aid anymore?
Those first few seconds might help to save the rider, I mean, not even a check for life signs....Farrk Me...

Indeed, but in that scenario where the rider has impacted at tremendous speedm the rider and most probably the driver/passenger of the vehicle has suffered extreme injuries/are dead.

Note the rider is lying with his his head close to the vehicle and in a pretty mangled pile....as a pedestrian what should one do? There is probably blood everywhere, an injured, dying or dead person in the car who might have horrific injuries.

Many pedestrians would panic, many would not want to touch anything for fear of cauding further harm.

In this instance what should someone do?

I would have check for signs of life, but after that? The motorcyclist is lying face down, now I've read the "how to remove a helmet" thread, but im sure that was for the possibilty of a lying on his back rider.

**motorbyclist** · 9th August 2009, 15:38

considering the speed that biker was doing i'd say it might not be entirely the cager's fault. In fact, i'd say it was entirely the biker's fault; even if the cager looked the bike would have been "ages" away when they initiated the turn, and at unexpectedly high speed they would have easily (and understandably) misjudged the speed of such a small, distant object.

then again, it always appals me at how cagers fail to guage the incoming speed of vehicles, including that of tucks they are pulling infront of.

**Danae** · 9th August 2009, 19:46

I just read this entire thread lol

**Devil** · 10th August 2009, 18:04

Originally Posted by motorbyclist

considering the speed that biker was doing i'd say it might not be entirely the cager's fault. In fact, i'd say it was entirely the biker's fault; even if the cager looked the bike would have been "ages" away when they initiated the turn, and at unexpectedly high speed they would have easily (and understandably) misjudged the speed of such a small, distant object.

Apart from the bike coming from directly in front of them, if you cant see that...

We're all fucked.