Wreck on tape.........

[Slide Panda]

Was the road wet or did he have the rear locked up? Looked like smoke coming from the back tire.

Looks to me like he locked up a bit.

So that made the local news all the way over here in DC. Rider had to have his spleen removed in addition to his broken bones which included 4 vertebra. 

[kopfjäger]

Looks to me like he locked up a bit.

So that made the local news all the way over here in DC. Rider had to have his spleen removed in addition to his broken bones which included 4 vertebra. 

Definitely locked up the rear. Hard to say, but looks like the left lane was moving fast, cars in front of him checked up he had more stopping power than the car behind him.

[DoubleEagle]

That sucks so bad I can feel it all the way here.

I once again thank my lucky stars that I don't live near a city , nor have to ride in a city.

His situational awareness could have been better, then perhaps he might have had an escape route to his right.

Dolph        

[ab]

That's just awful.  Glad he made it out.  Scary stuff for sure.

I am really trying to always look behind especially at traffic stops for the car behind and make sure it stops.  I try to be a bit on edge so if rear end don't smack in between (God forbid) and be in gear.  The downside being they may not see shit.  I have heard a few stories of being rear ended. 

[Howie]

I wonder what else the driver didn't have.

Perhaps a brain. 

[IZ]

I also believe the driver should have been arrested, as he was driving with no license or insurance. His car should have been impounded and then sold to help pay for the riders medical bills.

agreed

[monster monkey]

Seeing things like this are another reason I'm so glad I can lane split here in LA.  Right or wrong, my instinct is to always get out in front and put distance behind me.

+1
I think he focused so much on stopping that if he saw the car behind him, it was already too late.
He is still alive, which we can all be thankful for

[ducatiz]

This is a job for the TAILBLAZER..

[ab]

Seeing things like this are another reason I'm so glad I can lane split here in LA.  Right or wrong, my instinct is to always get out in front and put distance behind me.

I agree that I always want to be ahead of cagers pack and avoid this but in this situation in a stopped traffic where is he gonna go ahead?  In rush hour type of traffic, a friend of mind witness a car rear-ending another car in the next lane with all the glass shit shatter on her.  How do you avoid that ?  It's a crap shoot.
The bit of defense I try is to be on the outside of the car in front (sides) and so if I am rear ended (God forbid), they won't squeesh me in between.  Like I said, the catch is they may not see me at all if I am stopped on the side as opposed to right behind....

[strat10]

Just another reason for lanesplitting.....

[NorDog]

I agree that I always want to be ahead of cagers pack and avoid this but in this situation in a stopped traffic where is he gonna go ahead?  

Like I said, lanesplitting; he could split the lane ahead instead of trying to slow down behind a car.

In rush hour type of traffic, a friend of mind witness a car rear-ending another car in the next lane with all the glass shit shatter on her.  How do you avoid that ? 

The other thing I said is to always try to get out in front and put distance behind.  Never be in a static position relative to the flow of traffic.

The bit of defense I try is to be on the outside of the car in front (sides) and so if I am rear ended (God forbid), they won't squeesh me in between.  Like I said, the catch is they may not see me at all if I am stopped on the side as opposed to right behind....

The point is, don't stop on the side or right behind.  Keep going and get outta there.

[ab]

Like I said, lanesplitting; he could split the lane ahead instead of trying to slow down behind a car.


The other thing I said is to always try to get out in front and put distance behind.  Never be in a static position relative to the flow of traffic.

The point is, don't stop on the side or right behind.  Keep going and get outta there.

Got you on the lane split.  Unfortunately, illegal lots of places.

But in a stopped situation at a light, there is no place to go.  I was saying that i dont stop right behind the car, rather i am on the outer edge so that if i get hit, I dont smack into the front car rather to the side of it.  (hard to explain).

yes in moving traffic, get as much distance from cagers and packs of cagers.   that's why u zoom past them  :-)

[sejman]

When on busy and fast moving highways like that I try to stay in the right lane so I have an escape to the right - there's usually a breakdown lane or decent shoulder and worst case there's often grass or gravel.  The left lane is often lined with jersey barriers or guardrail - no where to go.

I actually worry more about stop lights on highways (we have many of those here in the Austin area) - you're going 65-70 and then come up on an intersection.  I was almost run over by a big 4X4 pickup recently after stopping at a light - saw him in my rear view (thankfully I was looking) and could see he had not started braking. I was in left lane but this road which had a middle turn lane so I started pulling into turn lane just in time to see him swerve to the right and blow right through the red light - I don't think he touched his brakes. And this was in my cage.

[akmnstr]

This reinforces my rule to never ride the interstate through a city.  If I'm on a long trip I'll take extra hours to do back country roads around a city.  Early on a Sunday morning is the only safe time.