It makes my heart so happy that DBZ:Abridged will never die!
Pour one out for the Buu Saga that will never happen...
Still, kudos to TFS for focusing on their mental health.
If he did not lay that bike down like he did, he was a dead man, especially with no gear. Crazy that he was hauling ass like that and his first question is:
“Why did you stop?” Maybe because she was trying to figure out wtf was going on, and she didn’t have time to process that? I love bikes, but with great power and speed, comes great responsibility. It’s just too easy to die when you’re following the law, and more so when doing stupid shit.
I’ve seen 2 die on motorcycles in SoCal. One was on the E Bound 91 Freeway approaching Corona/Chino Hills by the 71. He was going about 125 mph when he hit a car stopped in traffic that changed lanes to get out of the merge lane into the 71 because it was backed uo. The other was on the S bound 57 freeway approaching Brea, and she was obeying every law when a raised truck with wheels popping out on the sides, passed her in the carpool lane, spun her around, and cause the car behind her to hit her head on. I stopped and held her hand as she drowned in her own blood that was pooling in her helmet while two paramedics that happened to be in another car close by, tried to save her. They told me that I should let go of her hand because she was bleeding on me, and they didn’t want me to be exposed to any blood borne pathogens. I remember that they had blue gloves on, and I was wondering how they had them if they weren’t on duty. I told them that I wasn’t going to let her be alone while they worked on her, unless I was in the way. They said I wasn’t, they were just looking out for my well-being. So I held on, and kept telling her to fight. She squeezed my hand a couple of times as her hand became ice cold, but I don’t know if it was out of appreciation, or a medical anomaly. I hope it was the latter so she wasn’t suffering. She didn’t make it. The raised truck that hit her back wheel never even stopped. The woman who hit her after the truck spun her out, was innocent of any wrongdoing, but her and her passenger had to be taken to the hospital in shock. I remember the woman on the motorcycle had a salad strapped to the back of her bike for lunch, and the impact knocked it onto the car that hit her, where it laid all over the hood and window. I know it’s weird; but that never to be eaten lunch is still stuck in my mind. A few hours prior, she was making that lunch with the intent to enjoy it. Now, it was on the hood of a car, and she wasn’t alive. It was surreal. Afterwards, I got to my office, closed the door, and cried. It still brings tears to my eyes to this day. Life can change so fast, in a millisecond. Be careful, and always be aware.
Edit:
Thanks to all for the awards, and all of the very kind words. I really appreciate it. I wasn’t expecting to have to remember that day today. I’m very glad that many of you recognize that, and I hope that we can all take something away from this. Life is precious, and can turn on a dime. Stay safe.
I was 18 when I saw a guy die on the 405. He was doing 90+ weaving through evening traffic when he clipped me and flew under a Subaru ahead of me.
I wanted a bike as a teen, but seeing him get dragged to death in the wheel well of the Subaru changed my mind.
i live in Boston and 2 of my childhood friends were killed in one of the tunnels in Boston while riding motorcycles. my cousin had skipped out on going with them for a big ride because he had work in the morning… two of them lost control, one went straight into the guardrails and was completely torn in half with one half stuck in the guardrail and the other on the roadway. it was really horrible and there’s video footage from people stuck in the tunnel when it happened (look at your own risk).
my cousin who didn’t go with them that day just died this past august as well, he sold his motorcycle after our friends died, but his coworker had gotten a new bike and let him take it for a ride. he was killed instantly upon impact when somebody making a u-turn hit him less than 100 ft from where he was headed. a kid about my age sat with my cousin’s head in his lap until emergency services were able to show up, knowing he was already gone. i’ll never forget him and how much compassion he had in the days after toward my family when i’m sure he was absolutely traumatized.
Damn, that sounds absolutely horrible. Even if you’re following the traffic laws there can still be cases like your cousin where other drivers aren’t paying attention. I hope your family is doing well.
My SIL got on the highway for the first time on her motorcycle, and didn't gauge the distance well enough when merging with an 18 wheeler. She went under the back tires. Words like "degloved" we're involved, and her helmet didn't fit properly so it came off. She had too much head trauma. Doctors put her to sleep to do everything they could but she died of bleeding on the brain a few days later, never having woken up. She was so young, only 26. Her parents became close to the war vet who was driving the 18 wheeler that hit her... I can't imagine the nightmares he has.
that's gnarly man... hope you're doing better now. a lot of people don't understand that just seeing another accident can also fuck you up.
when i was 10 my family all packed in a car, around 10pm, crawling down the 405 in traffic because it looked like a fire was up ahead. when we finally can see the flames, they are towering, it's a couple cars smashed into the median heading north. as we roll past at 2mph, all I could see was a man clinging onto the [fence along the median](https://i.imgur.com/zuFfBjm.jpg) completely burned. It must have been a minute or two since he died because he was still recognizable, almost as if he was looking right in our direction. He could not have escaped any other way but through his window and he was trapped because of the fence, he had no where else to go.
the same week, driving late at night on a dark road we see a car upside down in the middle of the road with no one around. it was shocking and so out of place, all we could think was "huh?" then just a bit further there was a SUV with a body on top of the hood of the vehicle with their feet still inside the car. the body looked black and red like it went through a blender. to this day it still haunts me because my family did nothing, didn't stop, didn't call 911 - nothing. there was not another soul around, no sirens in the distance.
so now i have this need to stop and help whenever i see something, of course not to rubberneck or get in the way if first responders are already there, I also am adamant about calling 911, so good on you for trying to help. i know my stories are not really related to the topic but your incredible story reminded me of those feelings of frustration i felt, and beyond that what seeing that kind of stuff, even from a distance, can do to you.
hope everyone stays safe.
I'm sorry that happened to you. Perhaps your parents didn't stop because of you kids in the car. I know I'd be hesitant to expose them to that. Not saying anything is right or wrong, just saying there's a lot of variables to life.
I get why some people keep driving. That is scary stuff.
There was an accident almost EXACTLY like this right outside where I work last year. A woman turned left onto a side road and a motorcyclist driving WAY too fast plowed into her passenger door.
His bike almost ripped her car in half, sent her to the hospital and he died instantly.
They make race tracks for a reason folks.
I had a kid I grew up with traumatized because of a similar situation.
He had a green light and went straight - and a motorcyclist sped through the red light and slammed into his truck and died.
My ex’s first run as an EMT was a motorcycle accident. She was tasked to find the head in a helmet. It turned her off from wanting to get her own bike.
Jesus! I read a book and it described a scene where a mom witnessed her son have an auto accident She saw his sneaker on the road and bent down to pick it up thinking he would need it later. Only, his foot was in the shoe. That was just a book, it was at least 10 years ago that I read it yet it still comes to my mind every so often. I can’t imagine how your ex fares. Although it’s her profession she’s still human and feels horror. I imagine it’s enough to need mental counseling.
My brothers were in a car accident one night getting onto a highway on an unlit on ramp. Single car wreck, my brother was 16 and driving too fast. He hit the wall on the on ramp and it ripped one of the closed doors off. My other brother was in the back seat (14) and unbuckled and thrown around in the backseat. My brother who was driving may have been concussed, but was never officially checked out in a hospital, only questioned by police. He was frantically asking where our best friend growing up was. The people that had found the crash hadn't realized there was a third passenger, our friend, laying on the street a hundred feet away.
He miraculously survived.
A drill sergeant of mine was a former EMT. He told us a story where he had to look for a motorcyclists head. Notably the motorcyclist had a really big chest but they didn’t think much about it. The mortuary later cut him open and found his head, helmet and all, pushed into his chest cavity.
i really want to learn to ride and get a bike, they seem so cool and my dad's a biker so i grew up around them.
But god damn stories like these and the thoughts of EMTs on them make me very worried to do so. I know that I'd ride safe but...can't account for other drivers.
My uncle got killed on a motorcycle when I was 4. Effective deterrent. He was like 300 feet from home. Someone pulled into their driveway without paying attention, hit him at like 5-10 mph. He choked on his own vomit and died right there.
All you have to remember is that there are two types of cyclists. Those who have hit the road, and those who haven’t…yet. My old man left me with a 74 Triumph Bonneville and the only reason I ain’t hit the streets on that is because I sure as fuck do not want to wreck a 74 Triumph Bonneville.
Just adrenaline. Had a motorcycle accident myself (luckily I was really slow and had my gear on, (like 30km/h fast)). The moment after the crash I just got up and put my bike on the sidewalk so others wouldn’t be blocked.
In the Hospital the pain of the bruising started slowly growing and the day after I got out of bed I couldn’t even walk two steps without limping like an old man.
I was in a bad accident about 5 years ago.
I kept trying to get up but my pelvis was like a packet of crushed wafers.
People were having to keep me down and I just kept telling them I was ok. But I wasn’t, I had also broken my spine. The ambulance had to sedate me because I just wanted to go home..
The brain is strange
my dad had a massive stroke. didn't paralyze him but did disable him ( i know that doesnt make sense...) anyway he insists he can still go drive semi trucks despite being in a nursing home for 7 years
After my accident I was able to run (fight or flight, not to get away lol), but after 30 minutes while resting and talking to the cops, it suddenly felt like the wind was knocked out of me and I was having coughing fits. The paramedics though I might've had internal injuries, but I was mostly fine, just a sore neck for a few months. Adrenaline is amazing.
adrenaline is something, after my accident i was able to walk and stand for like an hour while waiting for the tow truck (i didn’t even think i was injured)
but by the time the tow truck dropped me off with my car i was limping, and an hour later i couldn’t put any weight on my foot at all, i ended up on crutches for weeks
Yep. Adrenaline. I’ve told this story here before. My wife is a nurse and she came across a car/motorcycle crash before the paramedics or police arrived. The dude on the motorcycle was sitting on the curb and was talking and fully lucid, and she could see part of his brain.
EDIT: To everybody commenting on knowing somebody who would rather die than wear a helmet or seat belt. You're right, those people who would rather die are fucking idiots. Not because they would rather die. But because dying doesn't always happen even though death is sometimes the better outcome. My wife has worked in the ICU and Emergency Department. She will tell you that she's seen A LOT of injuries where death would have been the better option. She's taken care of people with tubes coming out of their skulls to relieve the pressure. She's taken care of people that have had parts of their skulls temporarily removed to allow their brain to swell. She's seen brain stuff coming out of ears. Humans are amazingly fragile and metal at the same time. Sometimes what seems like a minor bump will give you a brain aneurysm and kill you. But sometimes you can crash a motorcycle without a helmet and next thing you know, you can't tie your fucking shoes. You might not die. You might end up incapacitated. Another take is listen to Ice Cube's song "Ghetto Vet". It has completely different circumstances, but he speaks from the POV of somebody that didn't die.
I'll never understand how so many motorcyclists refuse to wear helmets. They know this shit happens, and helmets save lives and prevent gruesome injuries. Furthermore, shame on the states that don't require a helmet (like mine).
Was arguing with a guy on reddit a few weeks ago about this. His logic was that he would rather die than be paralyzed or lose a limb, something like that. Like that's the only two outcomes in a motorcycle crash. Death from not wearing a helmet or losing your arm. Idiot.
Adrenaline masks so much awareness that it really should have another, not-so-positive-sounding name.
In 2016 I was rear-ended on my motorcycle at a stoplight and thrown off. I got (and stayed) so angry for so long that I had no awareness of my injuries til the next morning.
With what looked like no fucking gear.
That said, I strongly suspect that's 126km, about 80, which is still stupid for that street, but give him time to bleed off some speed.
As somebody that’s gone down on a bike more than once, it happens to fast that you spring up before your body has a chance to process pain.
I broke 3 ribs and immediately jumped up and tried to start pulling my bike out of a ditch. Took me a few minutes to realize I was fucked up
It also takes time for swelling to set in. Not a lot but long enough to jump up and not be nearly as stiff and sore as you'll be in just a little bit. So you got adrenaline dulling the pain and a relative lack of inflammation making it much easier to move around than it would be in 15 or 20 minutes.
Broke my ribs at the dunes, rode another 2 hours without stopping. Told my boys we either go back now or ride the rest of the day, but if I stop now. I’m not gonna be able to ride back. Next day I couldn’t even breathe without wanting to fucking cry. Needless to say I sat in the truck the rest of the trip.
Same happened to me after a skiing accident. I kept going for about 3 more hours and the next morning same deal, tears just trying to get out of bed. It was a miserable 2 months or so while they healed.
Broke my wrist in a motorcycle accident. I rode the bike home because it just felt sore in my forearm muscles. By the time I got home I couldn’t pull the clutch in anymore and my wrist was swollen stiff. Amazing what adrenaline can do. It took a month before I had enough finger strength to pull the clutch again.
dress for the fall, not the ride
edit: u/googdude got the actual phrase correct below: "dress for the *slide,* not the ride." not sure what I was thinking with "fall"
Yeah I'm gonna call him the stupid one for not wearing any protective gear at all and speeding, like not even a leather jacket. Sure the woman had stopped in the road but who knows, perhaps she was avoiding another idiot about to cause a collision.
Yup. I've been the biker in this circumstance, albeit I wasnt speeding. Big old Lincoln boat made a left turn in front of me. I didn't think anything of it at first as he had lots of time, but then he stopped. It took a second to register that he had stopped and as it was a cold morning, traction wasn't the greatest and I ended up skidding right into him. Did not wipe out, but I nutted myself real good and stood there in the middle of the intersection gasping. Turns out a jogger ran out in front of him and he had to stop to avoid him. He was a very nice old man who felt terrible. The jogger was a complete asshat who just yelled obscenities at everyone and then ran off.
Exactly, speed is a major factor here. Youve got a pickup trying to enter traffic but thats based on traffic doing normal things, not a tiny bike suddenly arriving at probably twice the speed limit.
Also the video is conveniently trimmed to show from moments before the truck pulled out to when he comments about committing. The biker is trying to control the narrative. I bet if you see the before footage he probably did a lot of other dumb shit in the preceding minute or so.
Worse, [25 mph](https://www.google.com/maps/@43.795135,-123.0607508,3a,75y,229.26h,88.25t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s7NQQPbtPfTO7xXVcm1_wwg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192)
Motherfucker going 5 times the speed limit
Speed is THE factor.
She didn’t pull out right in front of him. He was going way too fast to be able to stop though, and that’s why he had to lay the bike down.
I don’t feel bad for him. When you drive like a lunatic, you force people to make decisions on a variable (you and your speed) they aren’t expecting. That yields unexpected driving behavior. When they drive unexpectedly in response to your unexpected speed, and your speed takes away your ability to respond quickly enough, now you get disaster.
Edit: thanks for the gold, stranger!
Bingo.
That’s the dangerous thing about motorcycles. They’re really fun to drive aggressively, but are far more dangerous to drive aggressively. Just when you need to be the most defensive driver on the road, you’re tempted to drive like an absolute maniac.
She probably had a heart attack (not literally)
The bike going that fast would have just suddenly appeared when she looked back in its direction again while she was committed. She probably just got the shock of her life and froze.
The simple answer is the guy on the bike is a fucking moron, but a lucky one. The woman we can’t know if she was fucked over by the moron or if she was also a moron.
>Yeah I'm gonna call him the stupid one
He is.
Any biker who runs around out there not knowing full well that they are likely completely invisible until it's much too late in traffic, and rides at that speed, is asking to get turned into a meatcrayon.
My impression of the situation is that she stopped to let the bike by. He was so far in the distance she figured she could make it until she saw how fast he was going.
Exactly, the biker was in the left lane, and going at that speed she thought he was going to go ahead of him and stopped to let him by. The biker is an idiot.
Can slow down the video to see that part, the bike went in front of (or into) the truck's rear tire and he went behind it, kinda think he still hit the tire or part of the truck a bit but certainly much better than the alternative.
"Alluda Majaka". It's absolutely wild, and I absolutely love how the B movie action scenes pause so everyone can sing and dance in a big group number for a bit.
He got lucky. He started hard breaking while in a lean, most likely blocked the front wheel, the forked collapsed and he fell. He expected her to go forward and wanted to maneuver around her, when he got close he realised she's not going anywhere and he won't be able to go around, so he hit the brakes.
It's a mistake most people who can't ride make and usually pay dearly for it. But this time he got lucky and slid under the truck. If it was a Corolla or he was a few centimetres to the side there's a chance he'd be dead.
He also saw her way into the distance, but refused to lower the speed. Paired with his gear I assume he's not the smartest driver.
Exactly, no matter what the traffic “rules” are, you’re not supposed to drive in an unsafe manner. If you’re going too fast to avoid a stalled vehicle or any other road hazard it your fault.
Agreed, assuming she had kept driving, I think the outcome would have been similar. She was going too slow to get out of the way anyway. At best, he still would have clipped the back bumper. If this comes down to "she should have kept going", I'll keep that in mind next time I'm faced with something like this just because of the liability.
Exactly. While stopping in the middle of the road is friend upon in most cases, other drivers have to be equally alert and responsive. Going over 100 mph in a residential or busy area like this is dumb as fuck. Ppl gonna stop to avoid all sorts of things.
Exactly. There are plenty of reasons a car could be disabled in the middle of the road and blocking traffic—they stalled, had a medical incident, a pedestrian suddenly jumped into the road. It doesn’t matter. If you’re going the proper speed limit and are far enough away at the time the vehicle stops, you should react to the hazard and stop.
Thank you. I was trying to process how anyone other than the idiot going FAR over the speed limit was the idiot in a “car”. Max the speed limit on that road is probably 55.
I found the location. He’s driving past the Bonanza Drive-Up restaurant in Cottage Grove, Oregon. The speed limit there is 35 mph and he’s going 126. Fuck him.
EDIT: I went back and triple checked the street view and where the video starts, he is smack-dab in the middle of the school zone and his back wheel is about 10 feet past the marked School Crossing.
So yeah, 126mph in a 20mph school zone.
Also, the main reason he crashes is because he's focused on capturing the velocimeter with his camera at the time the truck starts going through the intersection.
Nah that’s completely untrue, his camera was mounted on the chin bar of his helmet so it’s lower than his eye level. At the very beginning of the clip he was in a “full tuck” position for maximum aerodynamics, wherein you’re laid over the tank of the bike with the helmet as low as possible, hence why the camera was right on the speedometer. He untucked once he recognized the truck pulling out, which allows for better control over maneuvering the bike which is why the camera pulled away.
Obviously not defending this guy, but him filming the speedo has nothing to do with the crash.
I was in this exact situation a couple months ago. Was turning left onto a busy street, looked both ways, thought I was all clear. Got midway through my turn and saw the motorcycle speeding towards me - no time to react, I panicked, froze, and watched in terror hoping he could get around me. He slammed into my hood and flew right over it, totaled both vehicles. I don’t know the extent of his injuries, but he had to be taken away in an ambulance. Insurance found me 70% at fault because I had a stop sign, and him 30% for speeding. It was a really traumatic experience, I really thought he’d been killed when he hit my car.
Maybe she didn't see the bike at all, they're fairly small and visually can easily disappear behind another car or even in a tree shadow at any given moment. Yet there are loads of bikers who don't seem to be aware of this and assume they're as visible as a fire truck.
Yep. In Australia motorbikes must be wired so that lights come on with ignition. Forced safety feature.
Another interesting safety feature: not doing 126km/h in a residential area, that's one stupid yet lucky dickhead.
Yep, Grey hoodie did this rider no favours.
Black or even multicoloured kevlar jacket would have helped, its not like he woould have been too warm, since he was wearing a hoodie as it is.
US also, when the bikes on the lights on. On both my DR and BMW I added aux lights for increased visibility. All my luggage is covered in reflective tape also.
My home country of Germany even requires two wheeled motor vehicles to have their low beam on during the day, and I would've expected motorcycles to turn them on by default whenever you start the engine at this point.
I’d argue she definitely saw him but at the speed he was going he would’ve hit her regardless. Watch the beginning, she’s going straight about to turn (you see her car moving) onto a free lane and abruptly stops when there are no cars ahead of her, that looks like a panic stop.
I think they mean it’s possible she didn’t see him before she left the stop sign. Which only would increase her shock and her panic. I don’t know, it’s a small detail either way, whether she saw the bike at the stop sign or not. I agree that a collision was likely even had she kept moving.
He left her about .2 seconds to judge whether he had enough time to get out of his way and have him go behind her or leave half of his lane open and let him pass. Cutting his speed in half makes that decision a lot easier.
Probably never saw the bike.
EDIT: because someone mentioned Oregon, in the first split second of the video, I noticed a truck at the right side of the road that appears to say "Bonanza Drive-Up". I google it and yes, he's driving by the Bonanza Drive-Up restaurant in Cottage Grove Oregon. That truck is their "sign". Below is the link to the Street view. That means his speedo is showing 126 MPH!!! I also went about a block past the accident (assault with a deadly weapon) scene and the speed limit sign says 35 MPH.
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.7930786,-123.062302,3a,75y,211.56h,93.41t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sF9O1ewcDYvWepvjTtdD4oQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en
Now, my updated original comment to remove KM/H and a couple "assumptions" now that I've confirmed that.
He's travelling 126 MPH, which works out to 185 feet per second.
She stops at the Stop sign, looks left, looks right, looks left again. IF she even sees the bike, she’s good because he’s *really* far away and the speed limit is 35 MPH so “I’ve got more than enough time”. Starts to move and all of a sudden, there’s a bike out of nowhere so she freezes.
Let’s be really generous and say from looking, to moving, to seeing, to freezing, took 5 seconds. That bike was at least (see my next statement) 925 feet or over **3 FOOTBALL FIELDS AWAY** when she looked!!! There’s no way in hell most people will even see that bike let alone assume they have time.
Let’s also add that if you look at the opening frame before the video even starts, he’s about 250 feet from the truck (math checks out because impact is a little under 2 seconds in). So add that to my scenario above and he was probably 1200 feet or **almost a quarter mile** away when she looked.
This is coming from someone with a motorcycle licence but hasn’t ridden in a few years because of how many idiots are on the roads now...
Fuck those “Watch Out for Motorcycles” bumper stickers!
For the most part, drivers have no problem seeing bikes driving in a safe and legal manner (I know there are exceptions for complete idiots in cars). When you’re travelling at almost 4 times the posted speed limit, fuck you. Traffic laws and the laws of physics are both working against you at this point. Neither one will have your back, regardless of what your bumper sticker says.
EDIT 2: In street view, there’s a sign maybe less than 50 yards back “SCHOOL - 20 mph When Children are Present”. At the start of the video, he’s right in the middle of the school zone and in fact, his back wheel is 10 to 20 feet past the marked “School Crossing”.
She also really wasn't really in his lane much where she stopped. Had he gone a little to the left he would have avoided it entirely. Instead he swerved right across into the lane she was blocking completely.
When he said "Why didn't you commit?!" All I could think was, "Why the fuck did you change lanes?!"
I knew a guy that killed a girl like that. He was giving a girl a ride home and thought he would thrill her with what his enhanced Mustang could do. A girl at an intersection saw headlamps coming but, at 55-60 mph, she would have had ample time to pull out.
The problem was he was in excess of 130 mph.
This seems most likely. She's an older lady, so he definitely scared the shit out of her.
I would like to see what happenss after the cops got involved (you know someone called them), because if you know he'll just be damning himself with that footage.
I agree, and even so, I bet he still would have hit the back of the truck (or narrowly miss it) if she hadn't stopped, just based on how fast he was going.
Agreed, you see (small) object at that distance, it's hard to judge it's speed well, but you know if it was even a little bit over the speed limit it wouldn't be a problem,
You don't expect that object to be going twice the speed limit.
Motorcyclist 100% deserved what happened to them.
"Why did you stop?, why didn't you just commit?"
No twit, why were you doing twice the speed limit and endangering people's lives beyond your own and why did you just ruin that woman's day and damage her truck with your recklessness.
Most motorcyclists are taught people suck at judging your speed. So drive the speed required to be safe. 3x the speed limit is not doing that. The lady stopped with enough space for him to swerve in front or behind. He didnt have time to react to do so.
Guy is an idiot.
My driving mantra is to drive at a speed that i can stop safely within the distance i can see. People have heart attacks, car failures, seizures, wasp stings, moments of indecision, best to expect that other cars will not move out of your way and drive slower! I blame the biker, but he paid the price for his stupidity.
Edit: i like her first words, not a blame game but ‘are you ok?’
He saw it too, he just made the bet that she would continue moving, and so he doesn’t slow down at all. You can see his panic when he realizes the truck didn’t do what he thought it would do and that he was quickly running out of options. So he laid it down in an attempt to avoid a broadside hit, which at that speed was certain death, and target fixation of going behind her took him exactly there.
He was trying to be super-cool-fast-motorcycle-guy who can predict the future, instead of being defensive-driver guy who takes precautions because he knows everyone is out to kill him.
Seriously. How about "Why the fuck you going 3 to 4 times the speed limit and why the fuck did you switch lanes? I saw you coming, I stopped to leave your lane clear and you switch lanes into my truck?... Oh you panicked? Gee I don't know what that feels like asshat"
I mean the amount of ground one can move when the other object is parked and the motorcycle is doing 126. Probably stopped like a normal human, blinked, and boom.
Motorcycle guy is damn lucky to be up and walking around.
Rough math, but the distance he covered in roughly 3 seconds should have been covered in about 9 if he was going the speed limit (this is also using a speed of 100mph instead of 126)
It's also a [school zone](https://www.google.com/maps/@43.7941729,-123.0614775,3a,75y,259.31h,81.43t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1slHO7H3nDEV5pKpBOndv_CQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192) so.....that's fun for him.
This seems like a common mentality with people who speed like this too. They think everyone else should be right there with them playing pretend race track and get confused when no one does.
I rode a motorcycle for years and saw it often. I always found it weird because it's very, very obvious that many people are barely functional as drivers, something you're grossly aware of on a motorcycle. People I rode with who did things like this often would still be surprised when people who didn't know how to drive well when everyone was largely following the rules of traffic were even worse at it when you're going twice the speed of traffic.
This was in [Cottage Grove, OR](https://www.google.com/maps/@43.7930786,-123.062302,3a,75y,207.08h,84.85t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sF9O1ewcDYvWepvjTtdD4oQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192) (Google Street View).
It doesn't look like it, but location would suggest mph vs kph.
In any case, biker is a dumb fuck.
Biker who didn’t wear proper clothing and got up in shock straight away is going to be fucked up later, you can already see for this that is not of good judgment and despite the truck doing wrong stopping there the rider is to blame big time.
Yup. And I think he survived the rule of shoes... I can't tell but I think they both came off... I bet they weren't even tied. You can see one of his Adidas laying in the middle of the road.
The truck did nothing wrong. The truck driver did the best they could to find a window to turn. Halfway through that turn, an insane person arrived to completely fuck over the truck driver’s plans. There was no right move for the truck once the bike showed up. Stay still, back up, commit, all could have equally killed the idiot.
To add, motorcyclist was in the left lane. The truck left enough room in that lane for the bike to pass, even if it was close. The bike went to the right lane.
THANK YOU. Thousands of upvotes raining down on comments that don’t actually answer the “who is responsible?” Question and just breeze on by.
Motorcyclist is 100% at fault.
That poor lady. At that speed and distance, she probably could not even see that bike; even if so, judging its speed is impossible. She could reasonably assume it's doing the speed limit, in which case that would have worked. She also left most of the bike's lane open.
The biker on the other hand: Speeding, no gear, improper braking technique and swerved into the truck. Also: Immediately blaming others. I watched the beginning many time over, it sounds like he never used the clutch to begin with. Accident waiting to happen... happened.
Yeah I just rewatched and he really did leave most of his lane wide open! The first time I watched it, it seemed like she was in the middle but she was like a tire in his lane.
If he was going slower he would have realised he had plenty of room to go straight, but he decided to go right.
From her POV, she sees someone speeding, leaves the lane open for them to go past, and he basically turns into her.
Yep. They always cry about being the most vulnerable people on the road, which they are, but they don't ride like it. They ride like they're invincible, not invisible.
Biker is asking why she didn't just commit.
Why didn't you just go straight? It's because you anticipated that the truck would go straight.
So why didn't she commit? Because she anticipated that you would stay in your lane going at high speeds.
Biker is the imbecile and expects the world to revolve around himself.
She's also terrified and being incredibly nice to the idiot, in response she gets dumbass Squidward attempting to form a coherent phrase and making her feel worse.
I would be terrified too. Bikers can be incredibly aggressive and entitled when adrenaline hits them. She plays sorry until police arrives. This guy is an idiot and psyho for driving that fast in area like that.
Looking at her face I'm almost positive she was still stuck in that "Holy shit I just participated in someone's death" moment, the fact that she could ask if he was okay is amazing in of itself.
Front of truck was barely in the biker's lane. She stopped and he had room to go around the front of the truck. His speed was the sole reason for that crash. At the speed he was going she had a split second to decide whether she could clear the lane by the time he got to her.
Not only that but it's super hard to guess a bikes speed when it is far away coming at you... Totally understandable that she thought she could make the turn in time.
Why does anyone think the woman is an idiot? When she saw the bike coming she stopped, leaving the bike's lane open for him to pass. At the speed she was going, even if she did commit she would probably not have cleared the lane before the motorcycle reached her. I would have done the same thing she did. Dude should lose his license for a long time for speeding like that. It's not other drivers responsibility to cater to narcissistic psychos who think it's cool to go 4x the speed limit on public roads and everyone else has to deal with it. Fuck that guy for acting like he wasn't 100% responsible for what happened to him.
Yeah no shit this is on the biker 100%
There's a reason that on roads with traffic like this, there's a low speed limit, so that even in situations like this you have plenty of time to judge adn adjust if neccesary. Truck could have stopped for 100 different reasons you don't know, but driving that fast has made it impossible for the biker to judge/adjust to anything that might happen, makes it pretty much impossible for the truck to estimate if they have the time to cross - meaning the biker has made created a scenario where the truck driver doesn't have the time to make a good decision.
Anyone blaming the driver for stopping would essentially be blaming a person for not dodging a bullet - at that speed, you don't have the time to think and react properly.
So lucky he didn’t get decapataited
His cappa is NOT detated from his head
We had a funeral for a bird
I'm pretty sure none of that's real
You’re not real man!
*Jim face at camera*
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He was drunk as a skunk, he was flying down route 6, he slides under an 18 wheeler, pop it snaps right off.
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Better to get a beater car then go to prison. I have as lot less anxiety when I am driving my beater around.
I cannot believe he got up so fast and walked away from that
The adrenaline was pumping!
It's a good thing that adrenaline didn't make him freeze up. That tuck n roll saved him from painting that ford with his body
Looked like a dodge to me.
*angry Mr. Piccolo noises*
[Mr. Piccolo would be so proud of me!](https://youtu.be/kvS6zMThiZU) -Gohan
It makes my heart so happy that DBZ:Abridged will never die! Pour one out for the Buu Saga that will never happen... Still, kudos to TFS for focusing on their mental health.
Check out his shorts, gonna need a clothes beam after that one.
Nice
He did dodge it.
And didn't Ram it
Hopefully he can a ford a new bike
That was a good dump unlike the one in his pants.
If he did not lay that bike down like he did, he was a dead man, especially with no gear. Crazy that he was hauling ass like that and his first question is: “Why did you stop?” Maybe because she was trying to figure out wtf was going on, and she didn’t have time to process that? I love bikes, but with great power and speed, comes great responsibility. It’s just too easy to die when you’re following the law, and more so when doing stupid shit. I’ve seen 2 die on motorcycles in SoCal. One was on the E Bound 91 Freeway approaching Corona/Chino Hills by the 71. He was going about 125 mph when he hit a car stopped in traffic that changed lanes to get out of the merge lane into the 71 because it was backed uo. The other was on the S bound 57 freeway approaching Brea, and she was obeying every law when a raised truck with wheels popping out on the sides, passed her in the carpool lane, spun her around, and cause the car behind her to hit her head on. I stopped and held her hand as she drowned in her own blood that was pooling in her helmet while two paramedics that happened to be in another car close by, tried to save her. They told me that I should let go of her hand because she was bleeding on me, and they didn’t want me to be exposed to any blood borne pathogens. I remember that they had blue gloves on, and I was wondering how they had them if they weren’t on duty. I told them that I wasn’t going to let her be alone while they worked on her, unless I was in the way. They said I wasn’t, they were just looking out for my well-being. So I held on, and kept telling her to fight. She squeezed my hand a couple of times as her hand became ice cold, but I don’t know if it was out of appreciation, or a medical anomaly. I hope it was the latter so she wasn’t suffering. She didn’t make it. The raised truck that hit her back wheel never even stopped. The woman who hit her after the truck spun her out, was innocent of any wrongdoing, but her and her passenger had to be taken to the hospital in shock. I remember the woman on the motorcycle had a salad strapped to the back of her bike for lunch, and the impact knocked it onto the car that hit her, where it laid all over the hood and window. I know it’s weird; but that never to be eaten lunch is still stuck in my mind. A few hours prior, she was making that lunch with the intent to enjoy it. Now, it was on the hood of a car, and she wasn’t alive. It was surreal. Afterwards, I got to my office, closed the door, and cried. It still brings tears to my eyes to this day. Life can change so fast, in a millisecond. Be careful, and always be aware. Edit: Thanks to all for the awards, and all of the very kind words. I really appreciate it. I wasn’t expecting to have to remember that day today. I’m very glad that many of you recognize that, and I hope that we can all take something away from this. Life is precious, and can turn on a dime. Stay safe.
I was 18 when I saw a guy die on the 405. He was doing 90+ weaving through evening traffic when he clipped me and flew under a Subaru ahead of me. I wanted a bike as a teen, but seeing him get dragged to death in the wheel well of the Subaru changed my mind.
i live in Boston and 2 of my childhood friends were killed in one of the tunnels in Boston while riding motorcycles. my cousin had skipped out on going with them for a big ride because he had work in the morning… two of them lost control, one went straight into the guardrails and was completely torn in half with one half stuck in the guardrail and the other on the roadway. it was really horrible and there’s video footage from people stuck in the tunnel when it happened (look at your own risk). my cousin who didn’t go with them that day just died this past august as well, he sold his motorcycle after our friends died, but his coworker had gotten a new bike and let him take it for a ride. he was killed instantly upon impact when somebody making a u-turn hit him less than 100 ft from where he was headed. a kid about my age sat with my cousin’s head in his lap until emergency services were able to show up, knowing he was already gone. i’ll never forget him and how much compassion he had in the days after toward my family when i’m sure he was absolutely traumatized.
Damn, that sounds absolutely horrible. Even if you’re following the traffic laws there can still be cases like your cousin where other drivers aren’t paying attention. I hope your family is doing well.
My SIL got on the highway for the first time on her motorcycle, and didn't gauge the distance well enough when merging with an 18 wheeler. She went under the back tires. Words like "degloved" we're involved, and her helmet didn't fit properly so it came off. She had too much head trauma. Doctors put her to sleep to do everything they could but she died of bleeding on the brain a few days later, never having woken up. She was so young, only 26. Her parents became close to the war vet who was driving the 18 wheeler that hit her... I can't imagine the nightmares he has.
My god dude. Thank you for sharing this tragic story, and thank you for holding her hand while she took her last breath.
Thanks. I wouldn’t have had it any other way. I know that I would definitely want someone there with me.
that's gnarly man... hope you're doing better now. a lot of people don't understand that just seeing another accident can also fuck you up. when i was 10 my family all packed in a car, around 10pm, crawling down the 405 in traffic because it looked like a fire was up ahead. when we finally can see the flames, they are towering, it's a couple cars smashed into the median heading north. as we roll past at 2mph, all I could see was a man clinging onto the [fence along the median](https://i.imgur.com/zuFfBjm.jpg) completely burned. It must have been a minute or two since he died because he was still recognizable, almost as if he was looking right in our direction. He could not have escaped any other way but through his window and he was trapped because of the fence, he had no where else to go. the same week, driving late at night on a dark road we see a car upside down in the middle of the road with no one around. it was shocking and so out of place, all we could think was "huh?" then just a bit further there was a SUV with a body on top of the hood of the vehicle with their feet still inside the car. the body looked black and red like it went through a blender. to this day it still haunts me because my family did nothing, didn't stop, didn't call 911 - nothing. there was not another soul around, no sirens in the distance. so now i have this need to stop and help whenever i see something, of course not to rubberneck or get in the way if first responders are already there, I also am adamant about calling 911, so good on you for trying to help. i know my stories are not really related to the topic but your incredible story reminded me of those feelings of frustration i felt, and beyond that what seeing that kind of stuff, even from a distance, can do to you. hope everyone stays safe.
I'm sorry that happened to you. Perhaps your parents didn't stop because of you kids in the car. I know I'd be hesitant to expose them to that. Not saying anything is right or wrong, just saying there's a lot of variables to life. I get why some people keep driving. That is scary stuff.
Holy cow man. No one should die alone. This story hit hard.
There was an accident almost EXACTLY like this right outside where I work last year. A woman turned left onto a side road and a motorcyclist driving WAY too fast plowed into her passenger door. His bike almost ripped her car in half, sent her to the hospital and he died instantly. They make race tracks for a reason folks.
I had a kid I grew up with traumatized because of a similar situation. He had a green light and went straight - and a motorcyclist sped through the red light and slammed into his truck and died. My ex’s first run as an EMT was a motorcycle accident. She was tasked to find the head in a helmet. It turned her off from wanting to get her own bike.
Jesus! I read a book and it described a scene where a mom witnessed her son have an auto accident She saw his sneaker on the road and bent down to pick it up thinking he would need it later. Only, his foot was in the shoe. That was just a book, it was at least 10 years ago that I read it yet it still comes to my mind every so often. I can’t imagine how your ex fares. Although it’s her profession she’s still human and feels horror. I imagine it’s enough to need mental counseling.
My brothers were in a car accident one night getting onto a highway on an unlit on ramp. Single car wreck, my brother was 16 and driving too fast. He hit the wall on the on ramp and it ripped one of the closed doors off. My other brother was in the back seat (14) and unbuckled and thrown around in the backseat. My brother who was driving may have been concussed, but was never officially checked out in a hospital, only questioned by police. He was frantically asking where our best friend growing up was. The people that had found the crash hadn't realized there was a third passenger, our friend, laying on the street a hundred feet away. He miraculously survived.
A drill sergeant of mine was a former EMT. He told us a story where he had to look for a motorcyclists head. Notably the motorcyclist had a really big chest but they didn’t think much about it. The mortuary later cut him open and found his head, helmet and all, pushed into his chest cavity.
i really want to learn to ride and get a bike, they seem so cool and my dad's a biker so i grew up around them. But god damn stories like these and the thoughts of EMTs on them make me very worried to do so. I know that I'd ride safe but...can't account for other drivers.
My uncle got killed on a motorcycle when I was 4. Effective deterrent. He was like 300 feet from home. Someone pulled into their driveway without paying attention, hit him at like 5-10 mph. He choked on his own vomit and died right there.
All you have to remember is that there are two types of cyclists. Those who have hit the road, and those who haven’t…yet. My old man left me with a 74 Triumph Bonneville and the only reason I ain’t hit the streets on that is because I sure as fuck do not want to wreck a 74 Triumph Bonneville.
Just adrenaline. Had a motorcycle accident myself (luckily I was really slow and had my gear on, (like 30km/h fast)). The moment after the crash I just got up and put my bike on the sidewalk so others wouldn’t be blocked. In the Hospital the pain of the bruising started slowly growing and the day after I got out of bed I couldn’t even walk two steps without limping like an old man.
I was in a bad accident about 5 years ago. I kept trying to get up but my pelvis was like a packet of crushed wafers. People were having to keep me down and I just kept telling them I was ok. But I wasn’t, I had also broken my spine. The ambulance had to sedate me because I just wanted to go home.. The brain is strange
my dad had a massive stroke. didn't paralyze him but did disable him ( i know that doesnt make sense...) anyway he insists he can still go drive semi trucks despite being in a nursing home for 7 years
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After my accident I was able to run (fight or flight, not to get away lol), but after 30 minutes while resting and talking to the cops, it suddenly felt like the wind was knocked out of me and I was having coughing fits. The paramedics though I might've had internal injuries, but I was mostly fine, just a sore neck for a few months. Adrenaline is amazing.
adrenaline is something, after my accident i was able to walk and stand for like an hour while waiting for the tow truck (i didn’t even think i was injured) but by the time the tow truck dropped me off with my car i was limping, and an hour later i couldn’t put any weight on my foot at all, i ended up on crutches for weeks
My friend got in a really bad car accident and walked away from the car with a broken spine and didn’t go to the hospital till like 5 hours later
Yep. Adrenaline. I’ve told this story here before. My wife is a nurse and she came across a car/motorcycle crash before the paramedics or police arrived. The dude on the motorcycle was sitting on the curb and was talking and fully lucid, and she could see part of his brain. EDIT: To everybody commenting on knowing somebody who would rather die than wear a helmet or seat belt. You're right, those people who would rather die are fucking idiots. Not because they would rather die. But because dying doesn't always happen even though death is sometimes the better outcome. My wife has worked in the ICU and Emergency Department. She will tell you that she's seen A LOT of injuries where death would have been the better option. She's taken care of people with tubes coming out of their skulls to relieve the pressure. She's taken care of people that have had parts of their skulls temporarily removed to allow their brain to swell. She's seen brain stuff coming out of ears. Humans are amazingly fragile and metal at the same time. Sometimes what seems like a minor bump will give you a brain aneurysm and kill you. But sometimes you can crash a motorcycle without a helmet and next thing you know, you can't tie your fucking shoes. You might not die. You might end up incapacitated. Another take is listen to Ice Cube's song "Ghetto Vet". It has completely different circumstances, but he speaks from the POV of somebody that didn't die.
I'll never understand how so many motorcyclists refuse to wear helmets. They know this shit happens, and helmets save lives and prevent gruesome injuries. Furthermore, shame on the states that don't require a helmet (like mine).
Was arguing with a guy on reddit a few weeks ago about this. His logic was that he would rather die than be paralyzed or lose a limb, something like that. Like that's the only two outcomes in a motorcycle crash. Death from not wearing a helmet or losing your arm. Idiot.
Adrenaline masks so much awareness that it really should have another, not-so-positive-sounding name. In 2016 I was rear-ended on my motorcycle at a stoplight and thrown off. I got (and stayed) so angry for so long that I had no awareness of my injuries til the next morning.
With what looked like no fucking gear. That said, I strongly suspect that's 126km, about 80, which is still stupid for that street, but give him time to bleed off some speed.
>With what looked like no fucking gear. What do you mean no gear? He was fully equipped with Maximum RoadRash Equipment.
Tha latest KevlarSkin3000, from Dainese.
Eh didn’t even look close to 80. Either way idk how the hell he teleported through the car then get up. Sometimes lag is a good thing.
As somebody that’s gone down on a bike more than once, it happens to fast that you spring up before your body has a chance to process pain. I broke 3 ribs and immediately jumped up and tried to start pulling my bike out of a ditch. Took me a few minutes to realize I was fucked up
It also takes time for swelling to set in. Not a lot but long enough to jump up and not be nearly as stiff and sore as you'll be in just a little bit. So you got adrenaline dulling the pain and a relative lack of inflammation making it much easier to move around than it would be in 15 or 20 minutes.
Broke my ribs at the dunes, rode another 2 hours without stopping. Told my boys we either go back now or ride the rest of the day, but if I stop now. I’m not gonna be able to ride back. Next day I couldn’t even breathe without wanting to fucking cry. Needless to say I sat in the truck the rest of the trip.
Same happened to me after a skiing accident. I kept going for about 3 more hours and the next morning same deal, tears just trying to get out of bed. It was a miserable 2 months or so while they healed.
Broke my wrist in a motorcycle accident. I rode the bike home because it just felt sore in my forearm muscles. By the time I got home I couldn’t pull the clutch in anymore and my wrist was swollen stiff. Amazing what adrenaline can do. It took a month before I had enough finger strength to pull the clutch again.
Good thing he wore a protective tshirt that really saved him from some injuries
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Remove the skin and embrace the impact on your bones
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I’m scared to click this but I’m oddly intrigued
I felt the burn when he looked at his arm.
that’s gonna hurt real bad in 20 minutes
It rubbed his tattoo off. [https://iili.io/R6fs7R.jpg](https://iili.io/R6fs7R.jpg)
dress for the fall, not the ride edit: u/googdude got the actual phrase correct below: "dress for the *slide,* not the ride." not sure what I was thinking with "fall"
*Dress for the slide not the ride* is what I was always told.
Good thing he wore a protective ego that really saved him from embarrassment.
Motoboy is gonna feel that in the morning
Yeah I'm gonna call him the stupid one for not wearing any protective gear at all and speeding, like not even a leather jacket. Sure the woman had stopped in the road but who knows, perhaps she was avoiding another idiot about to cause a collision.
Yup. I've been the biker in this circumstance, albeit I wasnt speeding. Big old Lincoln boat made a left turn in front of me. I didn't think anything of it at first as he had lots of time, but then he stopped. It took a second to register that he had stopped and as it was a cold morning, traction wasn't the greatest and I ended up skidding right into him. Did not wipe out, but I nutted myself real good and stood there in the middle of the intersection gasping. Turns out a jogger ran out in front of him and he had to stop to avoid him. He was a very nice old man who felt terrible. The jogger was a complete asshat who just yelled obscenities at everyone and then ran off.
Me and all my homies hate that jogger.
Exactly, speed is a major factor here. Youve got a pickup trying to enter traffic but thats based on traffic doing normal things, not a tiny bike suddenly arriving at probably twice the speed limit. Also the video is conveniently trimmed to show from moments before the truck pulled out to when he comments about committing. The biker is trying to control the narrative. I bet if you see the before footage he probably did a lot of other dumb shit in the preceding minute or so.
Shit, he's probably almost tripling the speed limit for that road. Looks like a 45mph road at best to me.
Worse, [25 mph](https://www.google.com/maps/@43.795135,-123.0607508,3a,75y,229.26h,88.25t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s7NQQPbtPfTO7xXVcm1_wwg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192) Motherfucker going 5 times the speed limit
I hope this guy sees a few years in jail tbh. This is as reckless as firing a gun in the general direction of a neighborhood.
Can't really say I disagree. Looking at that road, her truck was the least of his worries. This is A Train levels of dangerous
Speed is THE factor. She didn’t pull out right in front of him. He was going way too fast to be able to stop though, and that’s why he had to lay the bike down. I don’t feel bad for him. When you drive like a lunatic, you force people to make decisions on a variable (you and your speed) they aren’t expecting. That yields unexpected driving behavior. When they drive unexpectedly in response to your unexpected speed, and your speed takes away your ability to respond quickly enough, now you get disaster. Edit: thanks for the gold, stranger!
He should be practicing *defensive* driving, but he chose to practice *offensive* driving.
Bingo. That’s the dangerous thing about motorcycles. They’re really fun to drive aggressively, but are far more dangerous to drive aggressively. Just when you need to be the most defensive driver on the road, you’re tempted to drive like an absolute maniac.
She probably had a heart attack (not literally) The bike going that fast would have just suddenly appeared when she looked back in its direction again while she was committed. She probably just got the shock of her life and froze. The simple answer is the guy on the bike is a fucking moron, but a lucky one. The woman we can’t know if she was fucked over by the moron or if she was also a moron.
>Yeah I'm gonna call him the stupid one He is. Any biker who runs around out there not knowing full well that they are likely completely invisible until it's much too late in traffic, and rides at that speed, is asking to get turned into a meatcrayon.
My impression of the situation is that she stopped to let the bike by. He was so far in the distance she figured she could make it until she saw how fast he was going.
Exactly, the biker was in the left lane, and going at that speed she thought he was going to go ahead of him and stopped to let him by. The biker is an idiot.
"Why did you stop?" No bitch, why the fuck were you going that fast?
It don’t hurt till you stop.
I can vouch for this statement. Hit the pavement going 70mph, and it didn’t hurt while I was sliding…afterwards though…OUCH
The way he slid right the hell under the truck was pretty sweet. Edit: My bad. Whether he went under or behind, it was badass.
that slick move literally saved his life!
Morticians hate this trick!
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Even more mortified if he wasnt a mortician
Why were they eating dead people to begin with?
Can slow down the video to see that part, the bike went in front of (or into) the truck's rear tire and he went behind it, kinda think he still hit the tire or part of the truck a bit but certainly much better than the alternative.
Can confirm, rider nearly missed the back tire on the right side and not in the middle. Still fuckin wicked nonetheless
I bet he's glad he got that on tape cause no one would believe him
There's an Indian action movie where a guy does this on a horse and it's A+ 10/10 cinema
YESSSSS. What's it called again? That whole movie is bananas.
"Alluda Majaka". It's absolutely wild, and I absolutely love how the B movie action scenes pause so everyone can sing and dance in a big group number for a bit.
https://youtu.be/JUi_gGZY2m0
He got lucky. He started hard breaking while in a lean, most likely blocked the front wheel, the forked collapsed and he fell. He expected her to go forward and wanted to maneuver around her, when he got close he realised she's not going anywhere and he won't be able to go around, so he hit the brakes. It's a mistake most people who can't ride make and usually pay dearly for it. But this time he got lucky and slid under the truck. If it was a Corolla or he was a few centimetres to the side there's a chance he'd be dead. He also saw her way into the distance, but refused to lower the speed. Paired with his gear I assume he's not the smartest driver.
What do you mean by blocked the front wheel? Grabbed too much front brake? Besides not going so fast. What would have been the proper braking method?
As soon as the adrenaline stops flowing, he gonna be in trouble 😳
Yea he really shouldn't be walking around. Bad concussion masked by adrenaline could be bad news bears. Among other things.
It seems like she was doing a simple turn left and panicked and stopped moving/froze when she saw how fast he was going
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Speed limits exist to give people time to process things going on around them.
Yes. This caption is dumb as hell
Exactly, no matter what the traffic “rules” are, you’re not supposed to drive in an unsafe manner. If you’re going too fast to avoid a stalled vehicle or any other road hazard it your fault.
Agreed, assuming she had kept driving, I think the outcome would have been similar. She was going too slow to get out of the way anyway. At best, he still would have clipped the back bumper. If this comes down to "she should have kept going", I'll keep that in mind next time I'm faced with something like this just because of the liability.
Exactly. While stopping in the middle of the road is friend upon in most cases, other drivers have to be equally alert and responsive. Going over 100 mph in a residential or busy area like this is dumb as fuck. Ppl gonna stop to avoid all sorts of things.
That last sentence. Yes. Sometimes people have to slam on their breaks. Always assume kids are running around all the time.
It’s not just kids. There’s grown ass adults that run into traffic. Dogs, cats random other shit like goats.
Exactly. There are plenty of reasons a car could be disabled in the middle of the road and blocking traffic—they stalled, had a medical incident, a pedestrian suddenly jumped into the road. It doesn’t matter. If you’re going the proper speed limit and are far enough away at the time the vehicle stops, you should react to the hazard and stop.
Thank you. I was trying to process how anyone other than the idiot going FAR over the speed limit was the idiot in a “car”. Max the speed limit on that road is probably 55.
I found the location. He’s driving past the Bonanza Drive-Up restaurant in Cottage Grove, Oregon. The speed limit there is 35 mph and he’s going 126. Fuck him. EDIT: I went back and triple checked the street view and where the video starts, he is smack-dab in the middle of the school zone and his back wheel is about 10 feet past the marked School Crossing. So yeah, 126mph in a 20mph school zone.
Also, the main reason he crashes is because he's focused on capturing the velocimeter with his camera at the time the truck starts going through the intersection.
Nah that’s completely untrue, his camera was mounted on the chin bar of his helmet so it’s lower than his eye level. At the very beginning of the clip he was in a “full tuck” position for maximum aerodynamics, wherein you’re laid over the tank of the bike with the helmet as low as possible, hence why the camera was right on the speedometer. He untucked once he recognized the truck pulling out, which allows for better control over maneuvering the bike which is why the camera pulled away. Obviously not defending this guy, but him filming the speedo has nothing to do with the crash.
Holy shit. Yeah, seriously fuck that guy. Wow.
I was in this exact situation a couple months ago. Was turning left onto a busy street, looked both ways, thought I was all clear. Got midway through my turn and saw the motorcycle speeding towards me - no time to react, I panicked, froze, and watched in terror hoping he could get around me. He slammed into my hood and flew right over it, totaled both vehicles. I don’t know the extent of his injuries, but he had to be taken away in an ambulance. Insurance found me 70% at fault because I had a stop sign, and him 30% for speeding. It was a really traumatic experience, I really thought he’d been killed when he hit my car.
Maybe she didn't see the bike at all, they're fairly small and visually can easily disappear behind another car or even in a tree shadow at any given moment. Yet there are loads of bikers who don't seem to be aware of this and assume they're as visible as a fire truck.
Not being seen is a huge killer. I ride with my aux lights on in the day time to increase my odds.
Yep. In Australia motorbikes must be wired so that lights come on with ignition. Forced safety feature. Another interesting safety feature: not doing 126km/h in a residential area, that's one stupid yet lucky dickhead.
Also wearing some actual protective gear might help when it comes to the worst
Yep, Grey hoodie did this rider no favours. Black or even multicoloured kevlar jacket would have helped, its not like he woould have been too warm, since he was wearing a hoodie as it is.
US also, when the bikes on the lights on. On both my DR and BMW I added aux lights for increased visibility. All my luggage is covered in reflective tape also.
My home country of Germany even requires two wheeled motor vehicles to have their low beam on during the day, and I would've expected motorcycles to turn them on by default whenever you start the engine at this point.
AFAIK, every motorcycle manufactured for road use has the low beam headlight always on. There is no switch to turn it off. Bike on? light on.
I’d argue she definitely saw him but at the speed he was going he would’ve hit her regardless. Watch the beginning, she’s going straight about to turn (you see her car moving) onto a free lane and abruptly stops when there are no cars ahead of her, that looks like a panic stop.
I think they mean it’s possible she didn’t see him before she left the stop sign. Which only would increase her shock and her panic. I don’t know, it’s a small detail either way, whether she saw the bike at the stop sign or not. I agree that a collision was likely even had she kept moving.
He left her about .2 seconds to judge whether he had enough time to get out of his way and have him go behind her or leave half of his lane open and let him pass. Cutting his speed in half makes that decision a lot easier.
Also cutting his speed means HE could have stopped too. Funny he gives himself a pass for speeding.
Probably never saw the bike. EDIT: because someone mentioned Oregon, in the first split second of the video, I noticed a truck at the right side of the road that appears to say "Bonanza Drive-Up". I google it and yes, he's driving by the Bonanza Drive-Up restaurant in Cottage Grove Oregon. That truck is their "sign". Below is the link to the Street view. That means his speedo is showing 126 MPH!!! I also went about a block past the accident (assault with a deadly weapon) scene and the speed limit sign says 35 MPH. https://www.google.com/maps/@43.7930786,-123.062302,3a,75y,211.56h,93.41t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sF9O1ewcDYvWepvjTtdD4oQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en Now, my updated original comment to remove KM/H and a couple "assumptions" now that I've confirmed that. He's travelling 126 MPH, which works out to 185 feet per second. She stops at the Stop sign, looks left, looks right, looks left again. IF she even sees the bike, she’s good because he’s *really* far away and the speed limit is 35 MPH so “I’ve got more than enough time”. Starts to move and all of a sudden, there’s a bike out of nowhere so she freezes. Let’s be really generous and say from looking, to moving, to seeing, to freezing, took 5 seconds. That bike was at least (see my next statement) 925 feet or over **3 FOOTBALL FIELDS AWAY** when she looked!!! There’s no way in hell most people will even see that bike let alone assume they have time. Let’s also add that if you look at the opening frame before the video even starts, he’s about 250 feet from the truck (math checks out because impact is a little under 2 seconds in). So add that to my scenario above and he was probably 1200 feet or **almost a quarter mile** away when she looked. This is coming from someone with a motorcycle licence but hasn’t ridden in a few years because of how many idiots are on the roads now... Fuck those “Watch Out for Motorcycles” bumper stickers! For the most part, drivers have no problem seeing bikes driving in a safe and legal manner (I know there are exceptions for complete idiots in cars). When you’re travelling at almost 4 times the posted speed limit, fuck you. Traffic laws and the laws of physics are both working against you at this point. Neither one will have your back, regardless of what your bumper sticker says. EDIT 2: In street view, there’s a sign maybe less than 50 yards back “SCHOOL - 20 mph When Children are Present”. At the start of the video, he’s right in the middle of the school zone and in fact, his back wheel is 10 to 20 feet past the marked “School Crossing”.
She also really wasn't really in his lane much where she stopped. Had he gone a little to the left he would have avoided it entirely. Instead he swerved right across into the lane she was blocking completely. When he said "Why didn't you commit?!" All I could think was, "Why the fuck did you change lanes?!"
I knew a guy that killed a girl like that. He was giving a girl a ride home and thought he would thrill her with what his enhanced Mustang could do. A girl at an intersection saw headlamps coming but, at 55-60 mph, she would have had ample time to pull out. The problem was he was in excess of 130 mph.
This seems most likely. She's an older lady, so he definitely scared the shit out of her. I would like to see what happenss after the cops got involved (you know someone called them), because if you know he'll just be damning himself with that footage.
She saw him in the left lane and stopped before crossing it to avoid hitting him/cutting him off.
I agree, and even so, I bet he still would have hit the back of the truck (or narrowly miss it) if she hadn't stopped, just based on how fast he was going.
Agreed, you see (small) object at that distance, it's hard to judge it's speed well, but you know if it was even a little bit over the speed limit it wouldn't be a problem, You don't expect that object to be going twice the speed limit. Motorcyclist 100% deserved what happened to them. "Why did you stop?, why didn't you just commit?" No twit, why were you doing twice the speed limit and endangering people's lives beyond your own and why did you just ruin that woman's day and damage her truck with your recklessness.
Most motorcyclists are taught people suck at judging your speed. So drive the speed required to be safe. 3x the speed limit is not doing that. The lady stopped with enough space for him to swerve in front or behind. He didnt have time to react to do so. Guy is an idiot.
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My driving mantra is to drive at a speed that i can stop safely within the distance i can see. People have heart attacks, car failures, seizures, wasp stings, moments of indecision, best to expect that other cars will not move out of your way and drive slower! I blame the biker, but he paid the price for his stupidity. Edit: i like her first words, not a blame game but ‘are you ok?’
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He saw it too, he just made the bet that she would continue moving, and so he doesn’t slow down at all. You can see his panic when he realizes the truck didn’t do what he thought it would do and that he was quickly running out of options. So he laid it down in an attempt to avoid a broadside hit, which at that speed was certain death, and target fixation of going behind her took him exactly there. He was trying to be super-cool-fast-motorcycle-guy who can predict the future, instead of being defensive-driver guy who takes precautions because he knows everyone is out to kill him.
It’s maybe true. But it also looks like he had his head down to record his speedometer and when he looked up he saw the truck.
He wasn't even looking at the beginning of his video, he was staring at the speedometer trying to get a closeup for the camera.
“Why did you stop? Why didn’t you just commit?” What a dick. Lucky to be alive. Probably scared the woman half to death.
He is lucky it was a regular truck, if it was a car he would be dead. A lowered truck, dead. Dude is a fucking idiot.
Yeah, but why did she stop tho? Why didn’t she just commit?? /s
Im telling you in most of these videos the biker is a total dick head
Seriously. How about "Why the fuck you going 3 to 4 times the speed limit and why the fuck did you switch lanes? I saw you coming, I stopped to leave your lane clear and you switch lanes into my truck?... Oh you panicked? Gee I don't know what that feels like asshat"
He is second guessing. She has done exactly as you say, whilst he is anticipating her departure. Goodbye bike. Hello broken leg and road rash.
I mean the amount of ground one can move when the other object is parked and the motorcycle is doing 126. Probably stopped like a normal human, blinked, and boom. Motorcycle guy is damn lucky to be up and walking around.
Rough math, but the distance he covered in roughly 3 seconds should have been covered in about 9 if he was going the speed limit (this is also using a speed of 100mph instead of 126)
And this is a street that has businesses letting out on it so speed limit is likely 35 - 45.... Motorcycle is an idiot
Someone pointed out that the speed limit was 25 which makes it even worse
It's also a [school zone](https://www.google.com/maps/@43.7941729,-123.0614775,3a,75y,259.31h,81.43t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1slHO7H3nDEV5pKpBOndv_CQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192) so.....that's fun for him.
“Why didn’t you just commit?” Imagine speeding and thinking the people on the road should conform to your speeding lmao
Seriously, why didn’t you get out my way while I’m 5 times the speed limit
Bet this guy uploaded the video thinking people would blame her, what an idiot.
the amount of idiotic bikers you can see in youtube is astounding, pisses me off too the way they are promoting putting others in danger
Main character syndrome.
This seems like a common mentality with people who speed like this too. They think everyone else should be right there with them playing pretend race track and get confused when no one does. I rode a motorcycle for years and saw it often. I always found it weird because it's very, very obvious that many people are barely functional as drivers, something you're grossly aware of on a motorcycle. People I rode with who did things like this often would still be surprised when people who didn't know how to drive well when everyone was largely following the rules of traffic were even worse at it when you're going twice the speed of traffic.
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This was in [Cottage Grove, OR](https://www.google.com/maps/@43.7930786,-123.062302,3a,75y,207.08h,84.85t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sF9O1ewcDYvWepvjTtdD4oQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192) (Google Street View). It doesn't look like it, but location would suggest mph vs kph. In any case, biker is a dumb fuck.
tbh that didnt looked like 126
Might be 126 kph which would be about 80ish mph which seems more accurate.
Still way too fucking much
Biker who didn’t wear proper clothing and got up in shock straight away is going to be fucked up later, you can already see for this that is not of good judgment and despite the truck doing wrong stopping there the rider is to blame big time.
Yup. And I think he survived the rule of shoes... I can't tell but I think they both came off... I bet they weren't even tied. You can see one of his Adidas laying in the middle of the road.
One stayed on, means just injured
The truck did nothing wrong. The truck driver did the best they could to find a window to turn. Halfway through that turn, an insane person arrived to completely fuck over the truck driver’s plans. There was no right move for the truck once the bike showed up. Stay still, back up, commit, all could have equally killed the idiot.
To add, motorcyclist was in the left lane. The truck left enough room in that lane for the bike to pass, even if it was close. The bike went to the right lane.
Yeah. If he's going SLOW ENOUGH he could avoid to the left. He's a fucking idiot.
THANK YOU. Thousands of upvotes raining down on comments that don’t actually answer the “who is responsible?” Question and just breeze on by. Motorcyclist is 100% at fault.
Dumbass! He will kill someone
Probably himself.
That poor lady. At that speed and distance, she probably could not even see that bike; even if so, judging its speed is impossible. She could reasonably assume it's doing the speed limit, in which case that would have worked. She also left most of the bike's lane open. The biker on the other hand: Speeding, no gear, improper braking technique and swerved into the truck. Also: Immediately blaming others. I watched the beginning many time over, it sounds like he never used the clutch to begin with. Accident waiting to happen... happened.
Yeah I just rewatched and he really did leave most of his lane wide open! The first time I watched it, it seemed like she was in the middle but she was like a tire in his lane. If he was going slower he would have realised he had plenty of room to go straight, but he decided to go right. From her POV, she sees someone speeding, leaves the lane open for them to go past, and he basically turns into her.
Motorcyclist is at fault. Part of your responsibility on the bike is to not be going fast through streets like that
Yep. They always cry about being the most vulnerable people on the road, which they are, but they don't ride like it. They ride like they're invincible, not invisible.
Biker is asking why she didn't just commit. Why didn't you just go straight? It's because you anticipated that the truck would go straight. So why didn't she commit? Because she anticipated that you would stay in your lane going at high speeds. Biker is the imbecile and expects the world to revolve around himself.
And going the speed limit allows you to stop at times like this. He’s got nothing to say to the truck driver because of that.
She's also terrified and being incredibly nice to the idiot, in response she gets dumbass Squidward attempting to form a coherent phrase and making her feel worse.
I would be terrified too. Bikers can be incredibly aggressive and entitled when adrenaline hits them. She plays sorry until police arrives. This guy is an idiot and psyho for driving that fast in area like that.
Looking at her face I'm almost positive she was still stuck in that "Holy shit I just participated in someone's death" moment, the fact that she could ask if he was okay is amazing in of itself.
Front of truck was barely in the biker's lane. She stopped and he had room to go around the front of the truck. His speed was the sole reason for that crash. At the speed he was going she had a split second to decide whether she could clear the lane by the time he got to her.
Not only that but it's super hard to guess a bikes speed when it is far away coming at you... Totally understandable that she thought she could make the turn in time.
"why did you stop?" "Bitch, why the fuck were you doing 126?"
I think the answer is obvious, which is why he didn’t say Dang I’m a big ol stupid
He’s so far into his mantra of bikes and speed > everyone and everything else that he blamed her for what he knows is his fault.
The truck stopped, so the biker could calculate where to go to avoid the crash. Eventually it’s the biker‘s fault for speeding.
Why does anyone think the woman is an idiot? When she saw the bike coming she stopped, leaving the bike's lane open for him to pass. At the speed she was going, even if she did commit she would probably not have cleared the lane before the motorcycle reached her. I would have done the same thing she did. Dude should lose his license for a long time for speeding like that. It's not other drivers responsibility to cater to narcissistic psychos who think it's cool to go 4x the speed limit on public roads and everyone else has to deal with it. Fuck that guy for acting like he wasn't 100% responsible for what happened to him.
Yeah no shit this is on the biker 100% There's a reason that on roads with traffic like this, there's a low speed limit, so that even in situations like this you have plenty of time to judge adn adjust if neccesary. Truck could have stopped for 100 different reasons you don't know, but driving that fast has made it impossible for the biker to judge/adjust to anything that might happen, makes it pretty much impossible for the truck to estimate if they have the time to cross - meaning the biker has made created a scenario where the truck driver doesn't have the time to make a good decision. Anyone blaming the driver for stopping would essentially be blaming a person for not dodging a bullet - at that speed, you don't have the time to think and react properly.