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Post by JerryScript on Jan 30, 2015 23:07:31 GMT -5
This amazing first person video shows a man being hit by a cager running a red light, destroying his motorcycle, and flipping him in the air. He miraculously lands on his feet, and credits his gear for saving his life and bones. You never know when somebody else is going to hit you or cause you to crash in some way, so ATGATT!!!!!
For those who don't know what it means: All The Gear All The Time!
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Post by jerseyboy on Jan 30, 2015 23:45:44 GMT -5
Jesh,,
I was watching 2014 horrible motorcycle crashes yesterday,,man some of them are brutal.......this one is minor compared,,guy was lucky to be standing...I cant believe how tough those GoPro's are,and how stupid cagers are..lol
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Post by scootdude on Jan 31, 2015 4:24:16 GMT -5
You could get killed walking your doggy. A stray meteor could strike you in your living room while you're watching the telly. A girl I grew up with got killed by a train when she tried to cross the tracks at the wrong time. She was only 13 years old. Another childhood friend of mine blew his own brains out with a shotgun 21 years ago on his parents sofa. He was only 19. Death comes in many forms and by many causes. I'm not going to live my life wandering through the wilderness with an umbrella over my head pretending to stave off the cold hand of death. If I get killed riding my bike then I'll have died in the act of doing something I truly enjoyed. I worry little about the endless possibilities of death. When your number is up your number is up. No amount of preparation is going to stave it off. The only real control you have over life is how you live it. Be happy. Enjoy yourself. Do that which gives you joy. Don't bother worrying about the unknown. Life is short. Don't waste it worrying about death.
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Post by rockynv on Jan 31, 2015 7:44:43 GMT -5
A little bit of preparation prevents a lot of grief. Many people experience a life ending or altering event because they did not follow best practice. Using a push stick when operating a table saw, wearing the correct shoes on a wet boat deck, wearing a hard hat, wearing your riding gear, safety glasses, etc. Most morbid injury from accidents can be prevented or at least made survivable with recoverable injuries to no injury at all by following best practice. Yes there are a very small percentage of unavoidable accidents however by throwing caution to the wind you will be more likely to die in a easily avoidable or survivable incident.
In the video the rider hole shot too quickly when the light changed and did not check for cars already in motion coming around the right turning vehicles that were completing their turns. Yes the car driver was wrong however a moments pause would have prevented this altogether because the rules of safe riding were also being violated by the rider since he did not have a clear look ahead with the turning traffic still in motion when the light changed.
Yes wear your gear and do not be in such a rush especially when riding in heavy traffic.
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Post by spandi on Jan 31, 2015 8:51:17 GMT -5
Did that driver just leave the scene of an accident?  |
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Post by SylvreKat on Jan 31, 2015 8:56:34 GMT -5
I agree with rocky. I spotted the red light runner immediately. And the rider did have time to brake. Although of course then he might've been rear-ended instead. You never know. NOT THAT THIS WAS THE RIDER'S FAULT IN ANY WAY!! But it might've been less of an accident had he been more aware of the situation.
What gets me is that various strangers come to the rider's aid and even stay with him and check him out. But while his riding buddy stopped, buddy never seemed to go to him, nor did buddy stick around. And the car driver seemed to've disappeared, too. Nice, that.
Btb dude, it's not necessarily the fear of dying that has me wearing ATGATT. It's that I'm a total and utter pain wuss. I've slid on an asphalt running track and had bits of asphalt picked out of my knee and a gooey sore that hurt like a bugger for a few days after. I have ABSOLUTE AND ZERO desire to learn what sliding on a road feels like, nor the recovery from doing so. Besides that with my mesh gear, it's not like I can't feel the wind still. And I'm cooler to boot!
>'Kat, wanting her skin where God put it, not smeared on a road!
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Post by jerseyboy on Jan 31, 2015 9:47:32 GMT -5
Yeah,,you defianatly dont want to be in a chair sucking air from a machine and getting food pumped into your stomach from a needle thats for sure...so if a little bit of good safety equipment will help prevent that then all is well...Ive seen guys decked out in leather suits,full face buckets,$200 gloves,and boots get pulled from concrete drain pipes with their face mask full of blood and their head would fall into their chest cavity after you take the helmet off,,its all depends on how you crash,how fast you where going,and how you impact the stationary or moving object..lol
I do feel a little safer on a scooter that only does 60 MPH than on a crotch rocket that does 187 mph.Either way the proper protective gear will help save your life.
It funny about you women Kat!! My wife cant take the pain of a minor paper cut or bump/bruise,,but she had her first kid with no pain meds,,they even had to cut her a little so the baby would come out and she said it wasn't bad at all.Id rather slide down the road at 45 mph than give birth to a baby...heck with that!!!
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