Sad way to end the day

[TOM-CAT]

(Well it isn't a bike crash, but it is a crash)

I didn't make last Bike night because I had a track day up at PIR on Friday. The day was hot, but everything went pretty well. It was on the 4th lap of the open session at the end of the day and the driver, as I understand, missed the shift heading into the back straight and locked up the rear end and slid in to the wall. The driver walked away unharmed, BMW makes a hell of a car.

[v8zman]

whoa nelly that sucks

[Jane Honda]

Daaaaaaaaaang.....that sucks. good that noone was injured though.

[kneedragger26]

:frown: Sorry about that.

I will keep my BMW statements to myself.......

[B-Rod]

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.

[Jane Honda]

Waste of a perfectly good motorcycle :wow8:

[TOM-CAT]

I just can't believe the motorcycle still looks just like a motorcycle :thinking:

[chakup]

damn that bmw is one sexy ass car.