bad accident video

[JetSwing]

http://www.cox.si/Blazek_xor/stuff/badr1accident.wmv

please slow down and watch out for the cagers!

warning: possibly dead body seen

[pantablo]

warning: possibly dead body seen

I saw that posted a few weeks back elsewhere...that IS a dead body.

[manofthefield]

That's very sad

[se7enty7]

i wonder who was at fault

[chinox22x]

yeah seen this a few months ago....that's a dead guy

[steve]

im new to riding and that video has definately made me think about slowing down etc....very sad, distressing and shocking

[JetSwing]

stupidity and speed kills

[Jake D]

If I had to bet on it, I'd say that car didn't see him coming, turned left in front of him.   I guess it is best to assume that people in cars are trying to hurt you at all times.  

Yesterday, here in Kansas City, a guy hit the back of an SUV on a bike.  He died.  No helmet was found at the scene.  There are helmet laws in Missouri, but Kansas is a block away from where the accident was.  Sad, sad story.  But people die in car crashes, too.   So WTF.

[weaselnoze]

how come there were no ambulances or cop cars?  they should have been there by then.  i couldnt make out too much of the video cause it was so choppy but it looked like someone got killed in the car too.

[dgyver]

I agree about the car turning left in front of the bike...but...the bike was traveling at a speed faster than the driver realized. Bikes appear to be farther away since they are smaller than cars. A common illusion to cage drivers.

I speak of this with experience since I had a car turn left in front of me and stopped in the road as it turned too soon and missed the road. Yes she was drunk but I was doing about 75mph when I hit the car. Luckily I only broke my arm, severed a ligament in my hand and received a concussion.

Always expect the unexpected.

[Roadstergal]

If there is something stupid that someone on four wheels could possibly do in a given situation, ride as if they're going to do it.  It sucks, but that's the way things are.  At-fault matters not a whit if you're dead.

[mrblink]

Man, I just feel ill after watching that video.  Ya, the guy on the bike was probably going 100+ and had nowhere to go.  Ya, that stupid cager probably turned right in front of the guy on the bike.  Regardless of who's fault it was, it's scary shaZam!, and can happen when nobody's doing anything wrong.  You could be going 65 mph on the freeway, and get run over by a semi.  Seeing stuff like this really puts things into perspective.

[JetSwing]

i can saftely assume that the rider was going well over the speed limit...regardless, as a rider, you have think the worst. if you see a car approaching an intersection, you have to assume that it is going to make a left turn in front of you (without seeing you).

[Dom]

Anyone know where it was?  They looked like Spainards.  Passenger looked dead...must not have been wearing her seat belt because she would have survived getting T-boned like that otherwise...bike didn't even hit her door.  Maybe got hit by debris...  OUCH

[mrblink]

Yup.  Always have a way out, if possible.  It's not always possible, and freaky things happen all the time.  There have been times where I was going 100+ and realized how many things could have gone horribly wrong, then I backed off.

[Dom]

Pretty scarce landscape.  You think the guy would have been alot better off to have bailed at the last second or launch himself over the car.  Tough to mentally orchestrate at 100 mph though.  Coulda, should, woulda.

[JetSwing]

yea, going that fast, he probably only had a split second to bail once he knew he was in trouble. you can try to avoide the car, but doesn't mean the car will try to miss you also...

the faster you go, more control you give up to some "other" factors...

[Blueknyt]

yeah, No way in Hell was he doing 70mph,  more like 130 or better. i blame the bike rider on this one a bike just doesnt do that kind of damage even at avg highway speeds, I would have to be mega freak chance if it did.

[Dima26]

Does anybody know where it happened? That seems like somewhere in Eastern Europe :dunno:

[pantablo]

... a bike just doesnt do that kind of damage even at avg highway speeds...

One thing I noticed is that the impact zone is small. His body, or the bike did not travel far from impact. That would suggest slow speed at first but the damage caused to the car at impact would suggest super high speed. I can only guess that the rider took brunt of impact forces and somehow was slowed down by catching on something, perhaps his handlebars...I dont know.