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Title: Rear ended by an inattentive driver
Post by: Laconian on November 05, 2016, 11:58:24 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vu4SIhXA_1k
Title: Re: Rear ended by an inattentive driver
Post by: Eye of the Tiger on November 06, 2016, 01:31:28 AM
That is my biggest fear on a motorcycle ... K cars driven by overweight women with broken arms.
Title: Re: Rear ended by an inattentive driver
Post by: 12,000 RPM on November 06, 2016, 05:15:41 AM
30 yr old American mainstreamer.... prob had finished brakes and bald tires

Looked like he was OK though surprisingly
Title: Re: Rear ended by an inattentive driver
Post by: CaminoRacer on November 06, 2016, 09:24:18 AM
Quote from: 12,000 RPM on November 06, 2016, 05:15:41 AM
30 yr old American mainstreamer.... prob had finished brakes and bald tires

Looked like he was OK though surprisingly

His back is gonna feel that tomorrow though! Ouch.
Title: Re: Rear ended by an inattentive driver
Post by: Cookie Monster on November 06, 2016, 09:53:17 AM
This is why lane splitting needs to be legal everywhere.
Title: Re: Rear ended by an inattentive driver
Post by: Eye of the Tiger on November 06, 2016, 10:00:20 AM
Quote from: Cookie Monster on November 06, 2016, 09:53:17 AM
This is why lane splitting needs to be legal everywhere.

Indeed. I find it very difficult not to lane split - it is like a survival/efficiency instinct that forces me to do so, despite its legal status. The prospect of a road rager trying to squeeze me between two cars or opening their door in my path (both have happened) is far less deadly than getting rear ended.
Title: Re: Rear ended by an inattentive driver
Post by: CaminoRacer on November 06, 2016, 10:20:55 AM
Quote from: Cookie Monster on November 06, 2016, 09:53:17 AM
This is why lane splitting needs to be legal everywhere.

This is why I don't ride in the rain or freeway. :lol:
Title: Re: Rear ended by an inattentive driver
Post by: 12,000 RPM on November 06, 2016, 10:44:41 AM
Quote from: CaminoRacer on November 06, 2016, 10:20:55 AM
This is why I don't ride in the rain or freeway. :lol:
Freeway is OK, but yea no go on rain. This is also why I wear a highlighter yellow helmet.
Title: Re: Rear ended by an inattentive driver
Post by: Soup DeVille on November 06, 2016, 12:21:42 PM
Dude was calm as fuck. I can think of a lot of thinks to say after being rear ended like that, and none of them are "yeah, I'm OK."
Title: Re: Rear ended by an inattentive driver
Post by: AutobahnSHO on November 06, 2016, 08:12:51 PM
Dude is lucky to be alive....
Title: Re: Rear ended by an inattentive driver
Post by: giant_mtb on November 07, 2016, 09:34:39 PM
Quote from: Soup DeVille on November 06, 2016, 12:21:42 PM
Dude was calm as fuck. I can think of a lot of thinks to say after being rear ended like that, and none of them are "yeah, I'm OK."

Right?  Can't imagine the adrenaline pump from that. 
Title: Re: Rear ended by an inattentive driver
Post by: Laconian on November 26, 2016, 08:03:16 PM
You can see a hubcap roll past from the initial accident before the dude gets creamed.