fossil_digger Report This Comment Date: March 12, 2006 02:28AM
A picture is worth a thousand words.
The Honda rider was traveling 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 (155mph) 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 traveling at 227 feet per second. With
normal reaction time to SEE-DECIDE-REACT of 1.6 seconds the above operator would
have traveled over 363 feet while making a decision on what actions to take. In
this incident the Swedish police indicate that no actions were taken.
I'm thinkin that wearin a helmet wouldn't have mattered much.... Ouch!
TommyT Report This Comment Date: March 12, 2006 03:30AM
What a hell...
250km/h... same or higher than Shinkansen.
Unbelievable...
fossil_digger Report This Comment Date: March 12, 2006 03:58AM
i cant believe the bike didn't go right through
Tiw Report This Comment Date: March 12, 2006 11:55AM
Maybe the other door was shut.
On a more serious note, I am sorry this accident happened.
fossil_digger Report This Comment Date: March 12, 2006 02:22PM
me too. what a tragedy for *all* involved
Anonymous Report This Comment Date: March 12, 2006 06:15PM
How did they clean all the remains from the inside of the car? I know it made
a big mess. They had to have removed the bike to clean it.
fossil_digger Report This Comment Date: March 12, 2006 07:09PM
good question
Anonymous Report This Comment Date: March 12, 2006 09:28PM
high power spray hose should have been sufficient.
Anonymous Report This Comment Date: March 13, 2006 05:21PM
hahaha, fucken idiots i'm glad they are all dead. Kill em all.
