@RS faux: What's worse is that one of them actually died and the driver was under the influence at the time. Officials also said that the actors didn't have permission to be filming on that highway. Sad...
I was expecting a better ending, probably because I've seen this before:
A 6'3, bald, weightlifting, cyclist friend of mine ( complete with Cockney accent ) was tagged about like that at Peachtree and 14th a few years back, by someone who did NOT have ROW. If you've seen the original Terminator movie, you know the look of non-comprehension on Sarah Connor's face the first time the Terminator gets up after being shot repeatedly by Reese ? That was the driver's look of trepidation as Kimmer picked himself up, looked at his ruined racer, and made a bee line for the douche driving the car.
the term Mutual Assured Destruction comes to mind...
@deadmoon: i've seen that look, on the face of the last woman who almost ran me over. i told her to either get out of the car and hit me like a real woman, or try to run me over a second time so i wouldn't kick her ass.
@BMW_DOWN_SHIFT: The fact that Moto Dude walked away seems to indicate that it was built exactly as it should be. But hitting a 4-500lb bike will put the hurt on most passenger vehicles regardless.
@Dhillaz hammers stakes through heart-clicks: Funny story. I had just bought a new pair of cream Tims. They had beautiful white laces and white accents all around. I paid like 160.00 CAD for them. One of my friends purposely stepped all over them. I punched him square in the jaw. We're cool now, though.
@Ambiguously Unfunny Serial Killer: I had those: they were only £40 (compared to the £135 I just paid for my classics), but I scuffed them in a week...it went downhill from there, though they do still function no problem, they look real messy.
I don't think I'll get PROs again (unless I become a construction worker): they're too heavy and don't look as good as the classics.
I keep getting nightmares about scuffing my new ones...no kidding.
@Ambiguously Unfunny Serial Killer: Nah, I have Phat Farm boots anyway. They were on sale for a ridiculous £10...still look as good as the day I bought them.
@Dhillaz hammers stakes through heart-clicks: I just rock a pair of Adidas skateboard shoes as my regular pair, and Timbs in the winter. Jordans and Nike basketball shoes are nice, but I only wear them when It's a really nice summer day.
@pauljones: at first I thought it was the motorcyclist's fault too... but, the fact that there is absolutely no traffic until 50 seconds into the video and then there is heavy traffic makes me think there is a great traffic light in the sky that the car ignored
@pauljones: Read the caption on the video site. "..It's the woman's fault. It's in Greece and the guy when he stands up he says..."WTF you have red light"..."
Also, if you note the traffic patterns, there is no one in the intersection, then the cars start flowing past, like they would if the light was, in fact, red for her.
It is possible, but I would be surprised it that were the case. Just because there is no traffic doesn't mean that the woman in the car didn't have the right of way.
I guess that I am simply jaded and biased against the rider because I have seen far too many jackasses riding crotch rockets get hit on the LA freeway system because of their own stupidity, and several times have had to get off of my bike/get out of my car (depending on my choice of transportation for the day) and help.
He was obviously hooning it like a jackass considering how fast he was going when he was hit, and most streets that I have seen that have that center cross section have lights whatsoever.
i think that great traffic light in the sky was red for the car driver. a short while after the accident, all the cars start moving again. i'm betting the motorcycle guy had the green light.
I saw that in the comments section, but not in the caption to the video itself. Still, I won't rule out the possibility. As for the traffic pattern, I see where you are coming from, but just because there was no traffic at that particular moment didn't mean that the woman had a red light. It may be that the camera angle was simply too narrow to show that there was light or that there were other cars stopped.
But at the time of the collision, the camera didn't show any other stopped cars. I don't know. My initial interpretation was that it was his fault, but I don't know any other information besides what I saw in the video, so I could very easily be wrong.
@Repetitively Unfunny Cereal Spiller: Not all stories are successfully snarked by MF references, despite her obvious charms. Perhaps this obsession would best be dealt with by a box of tissue and some Clearasil. I hear that it makes inconvenient little red bumps that rise up and create unwanted attention go away.
@Mad_Science: They are available at bars, night clubs, coffee shops, colleges, and many other places people tend to frequent. For slightly more (or less depending on quality preference) they can be rented on the street. It should be noted that some input is required, and constant attention is needed. Maintenance costs can be prohibitive though...
That reminds me of the time I got broadsided by some kid on a BMX bike with no brakes. I saw him rolling too fast down a hill toward the street I was on, dragging his feet trying to stop. I was going 25-30, hit the brakes & came to a quick stop, but he managed to steer right into the side of my car. I can still see his pudgy little face pressed up against the glass. If I'd had the window open he would've ended up in my lap. He was ok, even without a helment, but his bike... And my door...
It was a bit scary at the time, but I can laugh about it now. Don't know if he does though.
Off topic, but since we're talking about motorcycles... anyone know of a good motorcycle blog? I like Jalponik and all, but there isn't much on the motorcycle front here.
I've been on it one time, in a car, post-near-death bike accident, and I can say I'm glad to have not attempted it on two-wheels only because of the boneheads riding it. Even in a car, knowing the respect that road is not given had me looking, almost waiting, for someone to be on the wrong side of the road, mid-corner.
Pictures can't show just how tight that road is. I see why it's two-wheeled Mecca for the area, but I've been on better, less-traveled roads in Colorado. Cottonwood pass comes to mind, immediately.
The key is you have to look where you WANT to go. People look where they're going and sure enough, that's where they go.
My wife and I were two-up on a '91 ST1100 in a group of ST's. Mine was called FaSTer MaSTer, and we were known as being aggressive riders. Not stupid, mind you, just not afraid of the road.
We were behind a guy on a couple year newer machine in CO. Holmes was leaned over pretty good, heading into the classic decreasing-radius corner, and when I thought he was fine, then he stood it up, went up a dirt driveway, smacked into a fence, and flipped over, with the bike, onto a large rock.
Two-up, with inherently less clearance and more mass, we still made it through the same corner, at the same speed, though we did scrap more of the right-side peg off than homeboy. We also has a crankcase with less ventilation afterward.
This taught me first-hand, trust the tires. You will drag hard stuff before the tires give up, unless something else is at work. See my earlier comment on the genius behind putting non-absorbent cement powder on diesel fuel spills.
Fookin' Oregonians.
Oh, and some of the best bikes in the twisties are dual-sports converted to canyon carving. I had an XL600V with street tires and slightly tweaked suspension. What it lacked in top speed it MORE than made up for in the corners. Guys with double the HP were always amazed I was with them at the stops on a ride. Yeah...I catch up in the corners...where it's really fun!
@my beater Mercedes lacks reverse: You mention Colorado. I love Indepence Pass. In part as it calls for extreme focus, if you fuck up there you are 100 feet down a cliff and nobody will ever find you.
If you're lucky, you're only 100 feet down a cliff. This just means you had less time to think about it before dying. Some of the drop-offs in that part of the world must have vehicles at the bottom nobody knows about.
Independence Pass...the only place in the state you're pretty much guaranteed to find snow, roadside, in August.
@my beater Mercedes lacks reverse: is that where you stop to get supplies like wagon wheels, axles, and more oxen? I think I buried some of my party there after they died of dysentery...
@my beater Mercedes lacks reverse: I very nearly bought a 86 Honda XL600R to put motard tires on. It's $400. Should I do it? It needs a carb cleaning (I got it to run, BRIEFLY) but is otherwise nice.
It's tools like this that give bikers a bad name. You have to know that everybody who lives up there cringes inside every time they ride that stretch of highway, knowing some fool with a fast machine could take them out, even if they are driving carefully themselves. People crash, things fall off. That's why they have:
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A 6'3, bald, weightlifting, cyclist friend of mine ( complete with Cockney accent ) was tagged about like that at Peachtree and 14th a few years back, by someone who did NOT have ROW. If you've seen the original Terminator movie, you know the look of non-comprehension on Sarah Connor's face the first time the Terminator gets up after being shot repeatedly by Reese ? That was the driver's look of trepidation as Kimmer picked himself up, looked at his ruined racer, and made a bee line for the douche driving the car.
the term Mutual Assured Destruction comes to mind...
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Then the girl gets out and she's like "Are you asking me for a CHALLENGE?!"
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I guess that's the price you pay for vanity...and paying a ridiculous price for shoes that are as easy to damage as Susan Boyle's reputation.
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I don't think I'll get PROs again (unless I become a construction worker): they're too heavy and don't look as good as the classics.
I keep getting nightmares about scuffing my new ones...no kidding.
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grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot hoon;
courage to hoon the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.
Living 8 seconds at a time;
Enjoying one red light at a time;
Accepting Project Hell Cars as the pathway to peace;
Taking, as Murilee did, this sinful french car
as it is, not with a V8 as I would have it;
Trusting that Judge Lamm will make all things right
if I surrender to His Will;
That I may be reasonably happy in this race
and supremely happy with LeMons Justice
Forever wrenching in the next.
Amen.
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Also, if you note the traffic patterns, there is no one in the intersection, then the cars start flowing past, like they would if the light was, in fact, red for her.
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It is possible, but I would be surprised it that were the case. Just because there is no traffic doesn't mean that the woman in the car didn't have the right of way.
I guess that I am simply jaded and biased against the rider because I have seen far too many jackasses riding crotch rockets get hit on the LA freeway system because of their own stupidity, and several times have had to get off of my bike/get out of my car (depending on my choice of transportation for the day) and help.
He was obviously hooning it like a jackass considering how fast he was going when he was hit, and most streets that I have seen that have that center cross section have lights whatsoever.
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i think that great traffic light in the sky was red for the car driver. a short while after the accident, all the cars start moving again. i'm betting the motorcycle guy had the green light.
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I saw that in the comments section, but not in the caption to the video itself. Still, I won't rule out the possibility. As for the traffic pattern, I see where you are coming from, but just because there was no traffic at that particular moment didn't mean that the woman had a red light. It may be that the camera angle was simply too narrow to show that there was light or that there were other cars stopped.
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But at the time of the collision, the camera didn't show any other stopped cars. I don't know. My initial interpretation was that it was his fault, but I don't know any other information besides what I saw in the video, so I could very easily be wrong.
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It was a bit scary at the time, but I can laugh about it now. Don't know if he does though.
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Can't ride it, leave it parked. Simple.
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I've been on it one time, in a car, post-near-death bike accident, and I can say I'm glad to have not attempted it on two-wheels only because of the boneheads riding it. Even in a car, knowing the respect that road is not given had me looking, almost waiting, for someone to be on the wrong side of the road, mid-corner.
Pictures can't show just how tight that road is. I see why it's two-wheeled Mecca for the area, but I've been on better, less-traveled roads in Colorado. Cottonwood pass comes to mind, immediately.
The key is you have to look where you WANT to go. People look where they're going and sure enough, that's where they go.
My wife and I were two-up on a '91 ST1100 in a group of ST's. Mine was called FaSTer MaSTer, and we were known as being aggressive riders. Not stupid, mind you, just not afraid of the road.
We were behind a guy on a couple year newer machine in CO. Holmes was leaned over pretty good, heading into the classic decreasing-radius corner, and when I thought he was fine, then he stood it up, went up a dirt driveway, smacked into a fence, and flipped over, with the bike, onto a large rock.
Two-up, with inherently less clearance and more mass, we still made it through the same corner, at the same speed, though we did scrap more of the right-side peg off than homeboy. We also has a crankcase with less ventilation afterward.
This taught me first-hand, trust the tires. You will drag hard stuff before the tires give up, unless something else is at work. See my earlier comment on the genius behind putting non-absorbent cement powder on diesel fuel spills.
Fookin' Oregonians.
Oh, and some of the best bikes in the twisties are dual-sports converted to canyon carving. I had an XL600V with street tires and slightly tweaked suspension. What it lacked in top speed it MORE than made up for in the corners. Guys with double the HP were always amazed I was with them at the stops on a ride. Yeah...I catch up in the corners...where it's really fun!
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If you're lucky, you're only 100 feet down a cliff. This just means you had less time to think about it before dying. Some of the drop-offs in that part of the world must have vehicles at the bottom nobody knows about.
Independence Pass...the only place in the state you're pretty much guaranteed to find snow, roadside, in August.
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THE TREE OF SHAME