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Author Topic: Near death experience riding today (a friend's video)  (Read 2366 times)
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« on: April 26, 2013, 11:12:41 AM »
Posted by a friend on facebook.  Danger lurks everywhere, stay safe out there!

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151396876272507&set=vb.561952506&type=2&theater
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« Reply #1 on: April 26, 2013, 11:26:54 AM »
Saw that one on YouTube last night... It's lucky (or good planning) that the riders stopped on the shoulder. This is also the type of accident I'm most afraid of while riding in stop and go traffic.
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« Reply #2 on: April 26, 2013, 11:37:55 AM »
ok, so I guess i understand the whole "stop out of respect" (being from jersey, i've never heard of this practice though) but let's be realistic - one person stopped in the middle of an otherwise open road?  i dont get it...

obviously the dude on the bike was very lucky, and the guy in the truck was paying no attention what so ever, but this seems like it could've been avoided quite easily...

may be opening myself up to flames here lol...
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« Reply #3 on: April 26, 2013, 12:15:30 PM »
Quote from: shift1100 on April 26, 2013, 11:37:55 AM
ok, so I guess i understand the whole "stop out of respect" (being from jersey, i've never heard of this practice though) but let's be realistic - one person stopped in the middle of an otherwise open road?  i dont get it...

obviously the dude on the bike was very lucky, and the guy in the truck was paying no attention what so ever, but this seems like it could've been avoided quite easily...

may be opening myself up to flames here lol...


i am not sure there is any legal right to stop in the road except for traffic or danger. 

that being said, the truck is required to maintain a safe lookout.

but the car should have had the hazards on.
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« Reply #4 on: April 26, 2013, 12:46:35 PM »
That car freaking launched forward like 100 ft. A bike would have been launched to the moon.
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« Reply #5 on: April 26, 2013, 12:56:45 PM »
DAMN!!! Didnt see that one comin'.....
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« Reply #6 on: April 26, 2013, 02:55:26 PM »
Don't have the Facebook.  Any link to a youtube version?
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« Reply #7 on: April 26, 2013, 03:02:28 PM »
Quote from: 1.21GW on April 26, 2013, 02:55:26 PM
Don't have the Facebook.  Any link to a youtube version?

Don't think the vid is private... I was able to see it on Facebook (without having to log in)...

Here's the YouTube link...
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« Reply #8 on: April 26, 2013, 01:17:51 PM »
Quote from: Anchorism on April 26, 2013, 12:56:45 PM
DAMN!!! Didnt see that one comin'.....
Been there, got the t-shirt. Inexperienced buddy next to me wasn't so lucky. Leave it in gear and listen up!!!
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« Reply #9 on: April 26, 2013, 01:56:10 PM »
^^^^^^ What he said!

Many years ago I got knocked off my bike (rear ended) as well.  Luckily It was only at 5mph.....  I have been scared and staring at my mirrors (in gear) for the last 30 years.  Lucky to be alive with that pickup going WAY more than 45mph....  Maybe he had to many  drink
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« Reply #10 on: April 26, 2013, 05:33:26 PM »
Is it common to pull in the shoulder like the rider filming this did?  I check my mirrors but don't bother pulling to the side, but now I think that may be a good habit to develop.
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« Reply #11 on: April 26, 2013, 05:34:44 PM »
Quote from: 1.21GW on April 26, 2013, 05:33:26 PM
Is it common to pull in the shoulder like the rider filming this did?  I check my mirrors but don't bother pulling to the side, but now I think that may be a good habit to develop.

Always, even in a car.
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« Reply #12 on: April 26, 2013, 05:47:08 PM »
Quote from: shift1100 on April 26, 2013, 11:37:55 AM
ok, so I guess i understand the whole "stop out of respect" (being from jersey, i've never heard of this practice though) but let's be realistic - one person stopped in the middle of an otherwise open road?  i dont get it...

obviously the dude on the bike was very lucky, and the guy in the truck was paying no attention what so ever, but this seems like it could've been avoided quite easily...

may be opening myself up to flames here lol...





agreed... keep moving jackasses!
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« Reply #13 on: April 26, 2013, 06:46:04 PM »
Quote from: Skybarney on April 26, 2013, 01:56:10 PM
^^^^^^ What he said!

Many years ago I got knocked off my bike (rear ended) as well.  Luckily It was only at 5mph.....  I have been scared and staring at my mirrors (in gear) for the last 30 years.  Lucky to be alive with that pickup going WAY more than 45mph....  Maybe he had to many  drink
Another old geezer who used to ride with me was rear-ended 18 months ago at a light by a dumb broad in an SUV who was texting and "didn't see him" on his Yamaha Voyager! Poor guy comes to bike events but still isn't able to ride. He'd been riding for 40+ years and was even a bike dealer for a while. Not even sure covering his mirrors would have worked for this one though, but I wasn't there. In this video there was brake squeal for 2 - 3 seconds. My incident was similar and I darted to the shoulder in the nick of time!
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« Reply #14 on: April 26, 2013, 06:52:36 PM »
Quote from: 1.21GW on April 26, 2013, 05:33:26 PM
Is it common to pull in the shoulder like the rider filming this did?  I check my mirrors but don't bother pulling to the side, but now I think that may be a good habit to develop.
Watch the video. You'll note he got well off the road without a millisecond hesitation. Cagers are blind to bikes. Even if they see them, it doesn't register.
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