I wish I could understand what this guy was saying.
He rides like he has 2 kegs for nuts!
:icon_eek: Holy crap!
Very mesmerizing video I must say.
There are CRAZY people and then there is this guy.
He will come to a VERY painful end eventually.
Does anyone know what language he is prattling on in?
Not only does he have a death wish but he has verbal diarrhea. :dunno_black:
Macka
IIRC it's Portuguese. I think I saw something that said it was in Brazil...
Insane video. At one point you can see his speedo at 150+kmh! He's often around 100-120kmh.
Yes, he WILL die soon, and he SHOULD die soon, because he could EASILY KILL MY KID riding like that.
Good riddance you little tosser!
Yes, he WILL die soon, and he SHOULD die soon, because he could EASILY KILL MY KID riding like that.
Good riddance you little tosser!
i can support splitting IF DONE SAFELY ! definatelybnot like this. ive splitted before here in tn. its always a risk. when you endanger someones life whether its your own, or someone elses my support stops. splitting even done safely is always a risk. beware Eh?. yours truly,
Aaron
Quote from: Joolstacho on September 04, 2015, 12:46:31 AM
Yes, he WILL die soon, and he SHOULD die soon, because he could EASILY KILL MY KID riding like that.
Good riddance you little tosser!
How's his driving going to kill your kid :icon_rolleyes:
You live on different continents!
He does ride like a total A-Hat. But does he deserve a painful and quick death for it?
So you support Australia imposing the death penalty for certain traffic violations? :bs:
Quote from: Slack on September 04, 2015, 04:28:47 PM
Quote from: Joolstacho on September 04, 2015, 12:46:31 AM
Yes, he WILL die soon, and he SHOULD die soon, because he could EASILY KILL MY KID riding like that.
Good riddance you little tosser!
How's his driving going to kill your kid :icon_rolleyes:
You live on different continents!
He does ride like a total A-Hat. But does he deserve a painful and quick death for it?
So you support Australia imposing the death penalty for certain traffic violations? :bs:
Pardon me for jumping in here BUT, if some idiot should kill someone as a result of driving/riding like that he deserves to pay the ultimate price. He/she knows the extreme risks involved in these actions and has no regard for the safety of anyone.
I see it as little different to spraying bullets around with your eyes closed. There is a very strong chance that you will hit someone. You MAY get away with it once or twice but eventually you will kill someone.
These people are completely capable of various other careless and/or extreme actions. This is just one example of his personality. NO, I am not a psychologist, but it is not possible to believe that this behaviour is his ONLY personality defect. :nono:
Macka
Quote from: Slack on September 04, 2015, 04:28:47 PM
Quote from: Joolstacho on September 04, 2015, 12:46:31 AM
Yes, he WILL die soon, and he SHOULD die soon, because he could EASILY KILL MY KID riding like that.
Good riddance you little tosser!
How's his driving going to kill your kid :icon_rolleyes:
You live on different continents!
He does ride like a total A-Hat. But does he deserve a painful and quick death for it?
So you support Australia imposing the death penalty for certain traffic violations? :bs:
Slack, don't take everything quite so literally. Doesn't matter where I live... It could be an american kid, an aussie or a pommy... no diff. A precious little soul just crossing the road between the stopped cars and this **ckwit comes along SPLAT!
You must be able to see that? Why on earth would you be backing him up?
I don't mind guys riding insanely (in fact I've done that a few times myself) but never in a situation where if it goes wrong it could hurt anyone else but myself. If you feel you can justify what that tosser is doing, then you've got your hand on your duck just like him. He's just a self-indulgent, pumped-up little brainless ego!
And I don't support the death penalty in ANY circumstances. Suicide however is a completely different matter that's a personal choice, totally different to taking other people out with you.
I'll just leave this here.
I am not supporting him.
I think he deserves an arrest and long jail term.
But I don't hope he dies. Even though it is probable.
Quote from: Slack on August 11, 2015, 05:30:03 PM
I wish I could understand what this guy was saying.
He rides like he has 2 kegs for nuts!
I wish I had his skill (& balls).
And the Russian guy in the second video... toward the end of the video where things get tight...
Again; skill, concentration, an ability to handle all those tiny corrections at such high speed.
I'm guessing that when you have that kind of proficiency you dont need big balls cause you know you can handle the course.
BTW: I personally ride like an old hen so I wouldn't know first hand. :dunno_black:
Cool thread.
threads like this seem to never end pleasantly lol. can you imagine the pain OMG if 2 vehicles are closer than the rider judges? that would suck for him
If you read the comments, some people ask what he's talking about and some people loosely translate that he's talking about how to lane split like that, and at more than a few points he says "If you do this you will die" but then does it, haha!
very true. just that it scares me beyond 10 or 15mph. always a chance of vehicles narrowing that gap. i have bumped a car with my leg before. thankfully it was my own car but damned unpleasant. ( trying to get beween stacked vehicles in drive. which turned out to be unsuccesful. so i parked on porch using handicapped ramp here)
My lack of courage keeps me safe. :whisper:
after breaking 2 ankles and 1 sprained wrist in the span of 2 weeks. my days of luck are over . playing it safe if i get back onto motorised transport of anykind. lmfao
Quote from: Electrojake on September 06, 2015, 09:26:26 PM
My lack of courage keeps me safe. :whisper:
More like an abundant amount of Common Sense, Jake. :thumb:
There is NO difference between this guy's "courage" and stupidity. :cookoo:
Macka
agreed.
My luggaged DL1000 handles like a barge.
. . .But if I had a small, fast, KTM and a set of 316-SS balls... :icon_mrgreen:
And those (fog) lines on the road lack grip. They are much more slippery than the blacktop. Wiped out a few times on it...
Title of the tread is "lane splitting" and the first video is some nut?
Lane splitting and filtering (moving between stopped cars/trucks at an intersection) is a safe way to maneuver in traffic if done correctly. While legal only in California in the U.S. both lane splitting and filtering are legal in most of the world. It actually helps keep traffic moving, cuts down on congestion, and when done correctly, safe for the motorcyclist.
A video of how to lane split in a safe manner;
When I lived in California I did it all the time and had fewer "close calls" than when I have lived elsewhere. :dunno_black:
I wish it was legal everywhere.
I really wish motorcycle lane sharing was legal. If it was, I would drive a motorcycle to work instead of an F150, but I hate sitting in bumper to bumper traffic on a motorcycle.
There were lane sharing bills, proposed in Washington and Oregon legislature this year, that looked to have some momentum but ultimately went nowhere (as usual).
It has been shown in studies that lane splitting does not increase the accident rate of motorcycles but does shift many accidents to side impacts instead of rear-endings. Take your pick. Here is my little anecdote as to why I support lane sharing:
While waiting in the back of the line at a red light, I was effectively run over on my Suzuki GS500 when a Jeep Wrangler quickly backed up to let another car into a parallel parking spot. There was absolutely nothing I could do other than get a split second out of my little GS meep meep horn.
If I had been legally allowed to filter to the front it would have saved me a concussion, saved the fire department a call, saved that Jeep's insurance company from having to fix me and my bike, saved the court system and witnesses time and money when the Jeep's driver contested their ticket and saved the driver the money when they ended up paying that ticket. Everyone else would get where they were going a tiny bit faster and maybe more people would be willing to give motorcycles a try when they start noticing the time savings. I also think having motorcycles slide by every few seconds might get a few people off their cell phones as driving will finally require a little bit of attention. Once they start looking up from their phones so as to not kill any motorcyclists, maybe people will stop rear-ending each other in slow moving traffic and even more time and money will be saved.
But none of this will ever happen, so I'll just keep sitting in traffic and continue to be part of the problem. "Hey, whats the deal with all this traffic?"
"Filtering" or lane sharing becomes legal in Victoria, Australia from November the 1st. :woohoo:
It has been legal in New South Wales (our Northern neighbour state) for a couple of years.
It is good to hear/see that it it is being announced through radio and TV as of yesterday. :cool:
I have not seen any print media announcement but I do not regularly buy any newspapers.
Filtering is defined as moving between stationary or slow moving lanes of vehicles at no more than 30kph (about 20mph). :thumb:
It excludes the lane next to the kerb as this is reserved for cyclists.
"Lane Splitting" is NOT permitted and is defined as moving between lanes of vehicles moving at more than 30kph.
Macka
I wish US states would pass a law like that, but it will probably never happen as long as we have people like this:
http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/264448/coronado-california-bike-lanes/
WOW
:cookoo:
Lane splitting is legal, or at least not ticketed, in the UK. But only at reasonable (i.e. slow) speeds in slow moving traffic. It's a great help in reducing congestion and saves a lot of frustration for motorcycle riders.
As for those who lane split at high speeds, as in these videos, well, that's just stupid. And dangerous.
Lane splitting at any speed is not as safe as NO lane splitting at all :cookoo:. Why risk it? "lane splitting is safe"....famous last words.
There is no way to be 100% sure a car won't merge into you. The only way to be 100% sure they won't come over on you is to not be there in the first place.
Sorry, I don't buy it.
That said I have no problem with people who do it. It's no skin off my azz (pun intended).
Anybody here ever been ticketed for lane splitting gridlocked cars outside of CA?
FWIW, we do it here in NYC fairly often. I've never been cited, but PoPos here enforce laws pretty selectively and I tend to refrain when around them in case somebody is having a bad day.