Insane Motorbike crash

[benoo123]

Bikers might think again when they are ducking and diving through traffic

http://www.fleetpoint.org/video-post/watch-dare-am...

[marshalla]

Which part of America, exactly ? Accents sound a bit "Eastern" to me.

[Rawwr]

benoo123 said:

Bikers might think again when they are ducking and diving through traffic

And car drivers might want to do mirror-signal-mirror-manoeuvre rather than embracing the paradigm of signouvring - which is mildly more insulting that just manoeuvring - whilst plodding through traffic.

Nice landing, though.

[creativecontrol]

Bloody hell, epic Bruce Lee move! The confusion as he lands is priceless

[ikarl]

benoo123 said:

Bikers might think again when they are ducking and diving through traffic

[thatdude]

benoo123 said:

Bikers might think again when they are ducking and diving through traffic

http://www.fleetpoint.org/video-post/watch-dare-am...

Should I give filtering up?

because then I might as well give motorcycling up.

[Fartgalen]

Whoah ! Wasn't expecting that.

[monthefish]

Doesn't look real:

Possibly partly because of the unliklihood of the events, but partly because the graphics don't look real either.

[Charlie Michael]

Rawwr said:

And car drivers might want to do mirror-signal-mirror-manoeuvre rather than embracing the paradigm of signouvring - which is mildly more insulting that just manoeuvring - whilst plodding through traffic.

Nice landing, though.

I would agree with you, it needs to work both ways, everyone should let everyone else know what they're doing, however, that particular biker was obviously travelling much faster than the rest of the traffic, therefore, it's very possible that the car driver simply didn't appreciate the closing speed.

Filtering is fine, but the biker in that situation should take the majority of the blame.

[Swanny87]

Charlie Michael said:

Rawwr said:

And car drivers might want to do mirror-signal-mirror-manoeuvre rather than embracing the paradigm of signouvring - which is mildly more insulting that just manoeuvring - whilst plodding through traffic.

Nice landing, though.

I would agree with you, it needs to work both ways, everyone should let everyone else know what they're doing, however, that particular biker was obviously travelling much faster than the rest of the traffic, therefore, it's very possible that the car driver simply didn't appreciate the closing speed.

Filtering is fine, but the biker in that situation should take the majority of the blame.

I agree with Charlie. Most normal drivers aren't expecting a vehicle to be closing at that speed differential. So to drive at those speeds even in light traffic is absurd. The biker should be observing closing gaps if he wants to try and drive that fast.

I do agree with more regular scanning of mirrors and being aware of whats around you more (which doesn't happen very often) which might have mitigated what happened in this instance.

[mwstewart]

Incredible!

50/50: Car drivers' lack of observation, and motorcyclists inappropriate speed differential in close quarters.

[sjwb]

I cannot see the video (policy) but if it is the Eastern States, then filtering on a bike is illegal certainly in NC.

[Amateurish]

Motorcyclist going too fast - you've got to be able slow down quickly enough to avoid colliding with cars changing lanes without signalling (which in any event this car briefly did). Anyway, it looks fake.

[haggishunter]

The bike hit the car so it's the bikers fault. I don't think it's real though cause the car that he landed on would've slammed on the brakes and he would've fired off down the road.

[giger]

As previously mentioned - nice landing! I am watching with the sound off, but the description states that this was filmed in Belarus - not the US

[98elise]

thatdude said:

benoo123 said:

Bikers might think again when they are ducking and diving through traffic

http://www.fleetpoint.org/video-post/watch-dare-am...

Should I give filtering up?

because then I might as well give motorcycling up.

I've never been a biker so I have very little knowledge, but isn't filtering passing traffic when its when its slow moving or stationary?

That seemed to be way more than just passing slow traffic.

[AA999]

mwstewart said:

Incredible!

50/50: Car drivers' lack of observation, and motorcyclists inappropriate speed differential in close quarters.

eh?

50/50 ?

You're a biker right?

In Belarus I'm sure the driving laws are not exactly the same as UK's highway code, but to anyone watching that vid I'm fairly sure that its plain to see that the biker is at fault 100% for trying to go for a gap diagonally between cars from lane 1 at that speed differential. In anybody's book that should be clear to see.

[marshalla]

giger said:

As previously mentioned - nice landing! I am watching with the sound off, but the description states that this was filmed in Belarus - not the US

It originally said America.

Interesting that it changed after the error was mentioned on PH.

[mwstewart]

AA999 said:

eh?

50/50 ?

You're a biker right?

In Belarus I'm sure the driving laws are not exactly the same as UK's highway code, but to anyone watching that vid I'm fairly sure that its plain to see that the biker is at fault 100% for trying to go for a gap diagonally between cars from lane 1 at that speed differential. In anybody's book that should be clear to see.

No, I'm not a biker. I just wouldn't feel comfortable or consider it safe to appraoch a line of traffic and attempt to go for a small gap at that closing speed; there didn't appear to be even two car lengths between the vehcile filming and the black car which eventually pulled out - without indication and seemingly without any prior observation either.

[toerag]