Subaru vs bike head on collision.
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Police recently released this video. Ouch
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=301569...
Hadn't realised that subarus had such chronic understeer! Nasty crash which left the biker with life changing injuries. Probably my biggest fear when out riding country roads.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=301569...
Hadn't realised that subarus had such chronic understeer! Nasty crash which left the biker with life changing injuries. Probably my biggest fear when out riding country roads.
That car washed out horribly, 4wd road cars are prone to doing that, especially with an unskilled driver at the wheel. Biker's worst nightmare that, he had absolutely nowhere to go and no time to react even if he did.
One thing that is a problem these days is some drivers drive on the centre line or other side of the road to carry more speed through corners or to avoid potholes. Fair enough with decent visibilty but lethal if not. I nearly had a similar accident last year on my bike with an articulated lorry occupying most of my lane. Nerve shaking at best.
One thing that is a problem these days is some drivers drive on the centre line or other side of the road to carry more speed through corners or to avoid potholes. Fair enough with decent visibilty but lethal if not. I nearly had a similar accident last year on my bike with an articulated lorry occupying most of my lane. Nerve shaking at best.
Horrible to see, there really was no time for avoidance reaction hope the biker makes a decent recovery lucky to be alive.
For all those who go out in convoy for a blast just keep this accident in the back of your mind one slip up where you push too hard and run wide could kill someone, save it for the track.
For all those who go out in convoy for a blast just keep this accident in the back of your mind one slip up where you push too hard and run wide could kill someone, save it for the track.
I'm not sure why the driver didn't steer more into the corner, it looks like he went round it wide and then just stayed out in the wrong lane rather than head back to the correct side asap.
Subaru's with factory geometry and ARB's understeer horribly, I thought I'd be better able to make progress in my WRX with it having much more power and 4WD but on undulating B roads my RX8 feels much more planted (both are on decent coilovers).
Subaru's with factory geometry and ARB's understeer horribly, I thought I'd be better able to make progress in my WRX with it having much more power and 4WD but on undulating B roads my RX8 feels much more planted (both are on decent coilovers).
The corner does seem to catch him by surprise but it doesn’t look like he’s going that fast tbh, I had a hawk sti and it handled brilliantly never washed out like that and the following car made it ok was very close the biker on the ground though! If it was me I think I would have gone for the grass seeing that biker heading directly at me, easier said after and watching a video of course.
The car could have easily made that corner, it was the driver that didn't. In the right gear, steering on when needed, he could have pulled that back. It was the corner that took the driver by surprise and he was fixated on the bike at the critical moment. Unfortunately the driver gets just about everything wrong and the biker paid the price. The car, it's setup and driven wheels aren't to blame.
My guess would be too busy looking at his mate behind and the corner crept up on him. It’s not a huge bend that (the camera makes it look worse) but it is undulating like the rest of the strines road. If you wanted to take it at speed you would want to take some of the opposite carriageway before the bend, visibility is good. I ran a 300bhp WRX for three years and know the road well.
Up until now we had actually thought he’d been overtaking the legacy and hit the biker because we couldn’t work out why the Impreza was on the wrong side of the road!
Up until now we had actually thought he’d been overtaking the legacy and hit the biker because we couldn’t work out why the Impreza was on the wrong side of the road!
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