Motorcycle crash (in stop motion)

[Renault78law]

Originally Posted by A Y

Or this lucky guy:


The fun starts about 0:11 in.

--Andre

Wow, just wow. Inches from becoming roadkill.

 

[DNW]

Originally Posted by j

This is the "Tail of the Dragon", a famous motorcycling road in Georgia, and there's a guy who sits there all the time taking pictures of riders. I can't remember his name, but if you look him up you'll find the site. I think he sells the pics to the riders as souvenirs or something, as it's kind of a destination for motorcyclists.

I thought Tail of the Dragon is in NC?

 

[BDC2823]

Originally Posted by sho'nuff

the occurrences of these kinds of accidents in remote areas like the windy mountain road above is what scares me.

let say, my wife or mom is driving that road, a motorbike slams into her side like that above, and the friend (up ahead) is the only accomplice witness.

who's to say they cannot victimize my mom or wife in a false claim that it was her fault? so lucky there was a camera here.
but i cant imagine how these kind of things may not occur more and people getting away with maliciousness.

i dont know just venting since that video made me think.

The owner of the company I work for is an expert witness for cases such as these. I haven't spoken with him much about his cases as what I do is different than what he does, but he can go to the scene and look at tread marks and other things and recreate the scene of the crime to figure out what speeds both cars were going, their driving path, how they collided, etc... to determine who was at fault.

 

[Reborn]

Both the .gif and video seem like classic panic and target fixation to me. I'm going to run out of lean before I ever cross the double yellow standing straight up like that.

 

[j]

Originally Posted by DarkNWorn

I thought Tail of the Dragon is in NC?
Oh, you're right. For some reason I thought it was Georgia. Anyway, one of those states I'll probably never go to. http://www.tailofthedragon.com/

 

[Reborn]

Originally Posted by j

Oh, you're right. For some reason I thought it was Georgia. Anyway, one of those states I'll probably never go to.

http://www.tailofthedragon.com/

The photos are here at killboy:

http://killboy.blogspot.com/

 

[j]

That's the guy!

 

[A Y]

Originally Posted by Reborn

Both the .gif and video seem like classic panic and target fixation to me.

The last thing I saw was the tree! You go where you look.

--Andre

 

[emptym]

Originally Posted by Reborn

Both the .gif and video seem like classic panic and target fixation to me. I'm going to run out of lean before I ever cross the double yellow standing straight up like that.
Well said. Although, in my case, I just go really slowly on curves. I credit my continued living to sissy stripes, or my own personal sissiness.

 

[odoreater]

Originally Posted by BDC2823

The owner of the company I work for is an expert witness for cases such as these. I haven't spoken with him much about his cases as what I do is different than what he does, but he can go to the scene and look at tread marks and other things and recreate the scene of the crime to figure out what speeds both cars were going, their driving path, how they collided, etc... to determine who was at fault.

The catch is, both sides will hire expert acciddent reconstructions, who will both have a slightly different version of how the accident happened.

The best solution to not having to worry about a problem like this is buying enough insurance.

 

[Reborn]

Originally Posted by emptym

Well said. Although, in my case, I just go really slowly on curves. I credit my continued living to sissy stripes, or my own personal sissiness.

I didn't really get that attitude until I started riding on tracks with guardrails on the outside of turns. You learn fast that giving up halfway through a corner isn't an option. Track riding in the North East is ******* brutal

 

[Tck13]

Originally Posted by Reborn

Both the .gif and video seem like classic panic and target fixation to me. I'm going to run out of lean before I ever cross the double yellow standing straight up like that.

+1fukkingmillion11!!!!1!!!!1!

I heard an interesting statement in my first time through the MSF course (10 years ago?).

The instructor said exactly what you said. If you ever start to get in trouble in a curve just keep pushing / leaning. People on the street don't realize how far you can push the limits of a motorcycle.