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See the motorcycle?![[Linked Image]](http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r111/handwired/Image1.jpg) How about now?![[Linked Image]](http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r111/handwired/Image2.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r111/handwired/Image3.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r111/handwired/Image4.jpg) The Honda crotch rocket rider was traveling at approximately 85 mph. The VW driver was talking on a cell phone when she pulled out from a side street, apparently not seeing the motorcycle. The riders reaction time was not sufficient enough to avoid this accident. The car had two passengers and the bike rider was found INSIDE the car with them. The Volkswagen actually flipped over from the force of impact and landed 20 feet from where the collision took place. All three involved (two in the car and the bike rider) were killed instantly. This graphic demonstration was placed at the Motorcycle Fair by the Police and Road Safety Department. Pass this on to car drivers or soon to be new drivers, or new motorcycle owners. A picture is worth a thousand words. Wake up people , Stop talking on Cell phones and Texing while trying to drive. Put your Cell phone in the back seat !!!
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Wow. Gruesome. 
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of course, if the motorcycle was going a bit slower as well....
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of course, if the motorcycle was going a bit slower as well.... I thought the same thing, Pete. As a 'crotch rocket' rider myself, I think that you need to ride like you are invisible, basically. Assume people are going to do stupid chit and you won't be taken by surprise.
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Ever see a guy on a motorcycle using a cell phone with his left hand? That makes you think.
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I'm guessing that pics are British and from the mention that the car "pulled out of a side street", the speed limit was more than likely 60mph on lets call them open roads, or 40mph / 30mph in other areas, so the bike was probably doing somewhere between "well" over the speed limit to "stupidly" over it...
Last edited by Pete E; 10/11/09.
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I was wondering the same thing about the roads in question.
People in cars, at least here, don't expect a bike to be moving that fast through an intersection, which is reasonable.
My old Kawasaki ZX-10 would do 100 mph in FIRST GEAR and go from 0-60 mph in under 3 seconds- so it is very easy to get yourself in trouble if you don't keep that throttle in check!!
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I'm guessing that pics are British Steering wheel's on the left. Doesn't mean it wasn't being driven in the UK, though. - Tom
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The motorcycle in question looks like a Honda RC-30 or perhaps NC-30?
Very rare in the United States, I believe.
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I'm guessing that pics are British Steering wheel's on the left. Doesn't mean it wasn't being driven in the UK, though.- Tom Your right...slightly different pics of the same vehicles have appeared in the press over here just recently, so thats why I thought is was on our roads... If it was somewhere in Europe, the speed limits are more or less the same, (except in Km/H equivelents of course) but not I'm not sure about the States though???
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Policemen giving seat belt tickets while people talking and texing on cell phones are driving by, comes to my mind.
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Damn. that gave me goosebumps.
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Like most pictures that bounce around the internet for a while, this set has several different write ups that have appeared with it. Hard to tell which one is correct. It seems that the agenda of the author frequently determines who is at fault. Swedish Motorcycle Crash This one blames the speed of the motorcycle. Jerry
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Watched a Harley rider texting with both hands on the interstate a few weeks ago. Musta had the bike on cruise. I considered lighting him up with the train horns but didn't want to cause a wreck and get other driver's involved. Hopefully the gene pool will be cleansed without him taking other lives.......
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As a 'crotch rocket' rider myself, I think that you need to ride like you are invisible, basically.
Assume people are going to do stupid chit and you won't be taken by surprise.
One of my three work trucks is a bright red F150 Supercrew. You'd think that people would see a BRIGHT RED FULLSIZE CREW CAB, but apparently not.
This is a shooting forum, there is no place here for logic.
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Maybe if the bike had airbags and seat belts they would'a all lived. And if frogs had wings...
I am..........disturbed.
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