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Running like a top
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the Ferret
Road warrior
Well he sure didn't take any evasive action. Lucky lucky lucky
Nortoon_imp
Road warrior
I believe they call that nervous freeze "Target Fixation".
Stichill
Road warrior
You gotta love the way people stop to help. See that white SUV on the right?
flynrider
Road warrior
Those videos bring to mind an incident I had a couple of years ago, when a couch came off the truck next to me at 70 mph. It missed my head by a few feet.
When maneuvering to avoid a moving obstacle, I tend to aim at where the obstacle is. Chances are good that it won't be there when your bike arrives at that point. The rider in the second video tried to get ahead of the moving object and couldn't quite outrun it.
When maneuvering to avoid a moving obstacle, I tend to aim at where the obstacle is. Chances are good that it won't be there when your bike arrives at that point. The rider in the second video tried to get ahead of the moving object and couldn't quite outrun it.
Ack! Boats, bikes loaded on the back of SUVs, anything in a pickup truck... I just don't trust any of it to be secured. I never follow anything like that, and try not to even be a car or two behind it. Stuff comes off all the time!
Saw a huge plate glass window do a number like that mattress not too long ago, luckily on the other side of the interstate. It just leapt off the glass man's truck and floated through the air gently rotating before it came crashing down.
Even with due caution, there's plenty of unexpected stuff that can be in front of you suddenly.
Those short pants, though!
Saw a huge plate glass window do a number like that mattress not too long ago, luckily on the other side of the interstate. It just leapt off the glass man's truck and floated through the air gently rotating before it came crashing down.
Even with due caution, there's plenty of unexpected stuff that can be in front of you suddenly.
Those short pants, though!
The world is your belt sander!Rolls_imp said:
A woman I know was in a car following a truck when a wheelbarrow it was carrying came off and a handle went through the windscreen of her car between her and the passenger.
Too bad for that guy in the video. He needs to practice his swerve.
One night long ago I was riding my '93 HD FXLR. There was a work truck ahead of me and all of a sudden sparks were flying up from the road right behind it. It was dark and I couldn't tell what was causing the sparks, until I was almost right up on a wheelbarrow that had fallen off the back of the truck! It was skidding up the road in my lane and it took some serious evasive action to not hit it.
One night long ago I was riding my '93 HD FXLR. There was a work truck ahead of me and all of a sudden sparks were flying up from the road right behind it. It was dark and I couldn't tell what was causing the sparks, until I was almost right up on a wheelbarrow that had fallen off the back of the truck! It was skidding up the road in my lane and it took some serious evasive action to not hit it.
Stichill
Road warrior
Wow, some insane stories. My moment of terror came when a flatbed landscaping truck was running down the interstate highway with shovels and rakes stowed in a rack at the front of the bed. Suddenly a flat shovel launched itself straight up and started going end-over-end as it arced its way earthward. I opted to drop a gear and accelerate...thankfully I blew by under it. I learned my lesson to never follow anything with a load.
Retsel_imp
Been there
What got me was the riding gear of the rider in the boat video. Shorts and t-shirt. Lucky to have rolled rather than slid on the asphalt. Still, will be missing a lot of skin in addition to whatever damaged occurred. Here on the West Coast I see drivers and riders in shorts and sandals all the time. Makes me cringe!
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