January 1, 200818 yr comment_217627 See the Motorcycle? A picture is worth a thousand words. The Honda rider was travelling at such a 'very high speed', his reaction time was not sufficient enough to avoid this accident. Swedish Police estimate a speed of ~250 KM/h (155 mph) before the bike hit the slow moving car side-on at an intersection. At that speed, they predicted that the rider's reaction time (once the vehicle came into view) wasn't sufficient enough for him to even apply the brakes. The car had two passengers and the bike rider was found INSIDE the car with them. The Volkswagen actually flipped over from the force of impact and landed 10 feet from where the collision took place. All three involved (two in car and rider) were killed instantly. This graphic demonstration was placed at the Stockholm Motorcycle Fair by the Swedish Police and Road Safety Department. The sign above the display also noted that the rider had only recently obtained his license. At 250 KM (155 mph) the operator is travelling at 227 feet per second. With normal reaction time to SEE-DECIDE-REACT of 1.6 seconds the above operator would have travelled over 363 feet while making a decision on what actions to take. In this incident the Swedish police indicate that no actions were taken. Report
January 1, 200818 yr Author comment_217628 and yes, they did a good job of cleaning up the mess Report
January 1, 200818 yr comment_217629 is there not a youtube vid of this, or at least something similar. Bike + small car = instant death roll Report
January 1, 200818 yr comment_217631 Hmmm.... to the best of my knowledge, airbags are designed specifically NOT to deploy in side impacts... Report
January 1, 200818 yr Author comment_217633 maybe it got deployed when the car flipped over. it also looks like the car has been chopped to get the victims out. then reassembled. Edited January 1, 200818 yr by JC807 Report
January 1, 200818 yr comment_217638 I remember an old work colleague telling me years ago that he witnessed a bike ride get decapitated after he slammed into the side, and went through a car. Wouldn't be a fun way to go, thats for sure.... Report
January 1, 200818 yr comment_217651 Who ever cleaned that car up of the body fliud mess can clean my car any day. But as for the car dang bent seat and OUT of the car thats impressive and bike cut it like butter dang. Report
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