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Post by w650 on Jan 26, 2017 13:17:20 GMT -5
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Post by flyangler on Jan 26, 2017 14:19:32 GMT -5
Thanks, good study, just wish it could have been larger.
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Why We Crash
by: wheelbender6 - Feb 11, 2017 12:45:49 GMT -5
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Post by wheelbender6 on Feb 11, 2017 12:45:49 GMT -5
I love that statement,"On the track (or highway), if you are looking no further ahead than the car just in front of you, you are looking at the PAST". So true.
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Post by tortoise on Feb 11, 2017 13:02:57 GMT -5
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Why We Crash
by: spandi - Feb 12, 2017 0:00:44 GMT -5
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Post by spandi on Feb 12, 2017 0:00:44 GMT -5
The kid was riding a Zig 50, it's got a semi auto 4 speed chain drive and is sold under the brand name of Dafra in Brazil. (But who'd have thought that this little updated version of the Cub could move so fast?)
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Post by bandito2 on Feb 12, 2017 1:55:42 GMT -5
(But who'd have thought that this little updated version of the Cub could move so fast?) Or stop so quickly...  That was an OWEEEE!! just watching it.  Banged his knees pretty good. That's gonna hurt for a while. What the heck was he looking at to his left anyway? I didn't see anything worth spending that much time looking at.  |
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Post by rockynv on Feb 13, 2017 5:11:55 GMT -5
You need to take the MSF Course or whatever it equivalent is where you live regardless of what you ride and learn to ride by the look-ahead rules or you will crash like that.
Was it a wave or other gesture from the white truck on gawking at the pedestrian on the sidewalk? Turned up the volume as loud as I dared at this hour and heard no horn or yelling.
Still no reason to full turn your head while moving at speed in traffic. Obligatory shorts and such too.
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Post by SylvreKat on Feb 13, 2017 8:35:29 GMT -5
I sure wish youtube gave slo-mo options. But playing-pausing, it appears like the kid was looking at the store/building--he was looking ahead of the van. And continued to look BACK at it after he'd passed (notice his mirror goes out of the camera's view)
Whatever it was, he very definitely fixated on it. And paid for it.
>'Kat
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Post by rockynv on Feb 14, 2017 12:42:31 GMT -5
I sure wish youtube gave slo-mo options. But playing-pausing, it appears like the kid was looking at the store/building--he was looking ahead of the van. And continued to look BACK at it after he'd passed (notice his mirror goes out of the camera's view) Whatever it was, he very definitely fixated on it. And paid for it. >'Kat This advice from when I was a kid still applies: |
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Post by floridagull on Feb 14, 2017 14:58:47 GMT -5
Well? The advice is?  Never mind - my phone was slow...  |
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Post by rockynv on Feb 15, 2017 5:27:56 GMT -5
Well? The advice is? Never mind - my phone was slow... That's OK but "Keep your mind on your driving (riding), keep your hands on the wheel (handle bars) and keep your beady eyes on the road ahead" is still good advice today. Too many distracted drivers/riders out there in cages and on bikes. Around here there was a rash of crashes involving cars going over sidewalks 15 to 20 feet from the roadway due to distracted drivers on the phone with too many playing Pokémon Go. On workmates grandson is dead from one such driver and a friend is still in recovery from being dragged 30 feet off the side walk by another distracted driver. The second one likely will never fully recover and will be crippled for life and she was caring for her disabled husband. |
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