SPOT THE BIKE

[alifecoach]

http://flickr.com/photos/21412347@N03/

2 passengers & the motorcycle rider died instantly.

[rp1au]

that was in sweden, few years back

old couple stopped @ the STOP sign, looked left, looked right, went forward only to be hit by a nut doing +/-200km/h according to the police estimates. the car was moved can't remember how many meters but it was a lot. after cleaning it up they put it up @ the motor show as a warning to other freaks with a death wish on their minds

[alifecoach]

Sorry, should've put this in:

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 (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 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.

In other words, they didn't even have time to say, 'Oh, ####!'

[bazz20]

arfter two fatal bike accidents over easter it doesent hurt to remind all of us we can not be to carefull :'(

[Dockstrada]

To determine how long it will take you to stop assuming a constant rate of deceleration, you need only divide your starting velocity (in fps) by your rate of deceleration.

60 MPH = 88 fps. (fps=1.467 * MPH). If your deceleration rate is 20 fpsps, then stopping time = 88/20 = 4.4 seconds. Since there is a 1 second delay in hitting your brakes (recognition and reaction time), the total time to stop is 5.4 seconds.

To determine how far you will travel while braking you take 1/2 the starting velocity and multiply the result by the stopping time

.5 * 88 * 4.4 = 193.6 feet. Since we traveled 88 feet before we hit the brakes, we add that to 193.6 and end up with a total of 281.6 feet,


OR YOU CAN GO HERE ;D

http://www.onlineconversion.com/speed_common.htm

[dragonworld]

And you have to be bloody good with your brakes!!
You may be ok on a track when you know when you are going to apply them, but add emergency reaction and the sphincter pucker factor and all your techniques turn to shite. ???
One of the most common reactions is to go back to what your brain knows best and that is the car drivers reaction which is right foot..............REAR BRAKE!! :
Unfortunately stats show that we as motorcyclists dont do very well with brakes in emergency situations, lotsa rear and bugger all front( If the front gets used at all!!)
How many motorcyclists actually go out and practice their braking techniques and add in the unknown starting point (get a mate to give you the start braking now signal) from varying real world speeds and as hard as you can???
Not very many I'll bet
Now there is something a group can do on a weekend for an hour or so before going on a ride [thumbsup]