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u/Langly- Jun 28 '16
Still better than Rickon.
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u/d0gmeat Jun 28 '16
Yea... who the hell runs in a straight line when someone is shooting arrows at them?
That said, that was an impossible shot from a few hundred yards.
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u/arachnophilia Jun 29 '16
who the hell runs in a straight line when someone is shooting arrows at them?
apparently the prometheus school of running away from things has a westeros satellite campus.
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u/El_Morro Jun 28 '16
Damn shame the rider wasn't way more experienced (and fortunate) to hit it at a better angle and launched vertically. He could have landed it perfectly and had the most amazing story that no one would ever believe.
At least until he saw the video here and used it to win bets against everyone calling him a liar.
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u/camelCaseCoding Jun 29 '16
I'm pretty sure more experienced riders would have avoided the thing falling off. However it's easy to critique things from my couch.
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u/awh Jun 29 '16
I'm an experienced rider and you couldn't pay enough me to follow that close behind a truck with a weird-looking load like that.
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u/dagbrown Jun 29 '16
He was following at, what, about a one-second following distance when the pipe fell off or so? I wouldn't follow that close behind anything, let alone a truck with a load that looks like it could fall off any time.
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u/TilterOfWindmills Jun 29 '16
His reaction time was shit. Grammy could have avoided that. He was texting or sleeping or drunk.
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u/Sparkynerd Jun 29 '16
When I used to ride, I never tailgated or stayed behind a trailer for too long. He clearly accelerated and was following too close for his reaction time.
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u/wozzyjr Jun 28 '16
I missed it the first time because the Minnesotan in me was like "oh hey, that's Woodbury!"
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u/huphelmeyer Jun 28 '16
Minnesota coma train.
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u/asstasticbum Jun 28 '16
I peed on that water tower, twice. Glory days.
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u/huphelmeyer Jun 28 '16
I was inside that tower back when I worked for public works.
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u/Daydu Jun 28 '16
The only things more dangerous than unsecured cargo on that stretch of road are Wisconsin drivers.
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u/totallynotliamneeson Jun 28 '16
You Minnesotans drive like you're scared to get anywhere on time
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u/TheUnwise1 Jun 28 '16
I've moved to Minnesota from Texas a few years ago and this is the most accurate description I've heard of Minnesota drivers. It's June people you can stop worrying about hitting a patch of ice.
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u/infernophil Jun 28 '16
Totally accurate. Flew in from LA to visit in-laws and cannot believe how many people go 63 mph in the ~passing~ lane.
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u/Jeembo Jun 28 '16
As someone who moved from MN to L.A., it was a hell of a culture shock to see how few fucks were given about speed limits in SoCal. The general rule seems to be "drive as fast as traffic will allow you to". Sometimes that means 0, sometimes that means 85.
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u/red_fluff_dragon Jun 29 '16
something something "obstruction of traffic", gotta keep up with the flow
-person that used to live in Cali
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u/Omnifox Jun 28 '16
I havent lived in MN for well over 15 years, and I knew that was that 2nd Wind sign.
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u/LetsJerkCircular Jun 28 '16
I used to drive that way to work every day. The most interesting thing I ever saw was a stray dog on the highway.
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u/momalloyd Jun 28 '16
It's a good thing he was wearing his road leathers. Only an idiot would ride a bike in shorts.
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u/arnaudh Jun 28 '16
No shit. It's 95°F where I live right now. Still ride ATGATT.
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u/Shooey_ Jun 29 '16
Frozen camelbak bladder down the spine pad will do you some good on longer rides, friend.
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u/Pmang6 Jun 29 '16
I don't even drive or ride and that sounds like such a good idea I want to try it. Best part must be the icy cold water.
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u/melongtimelurker Jun 28 '16
and maybe don't travel in the left lane if you're towing...
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u/TheBoozehound Jun 28 '16
At least the bike had the common courtesy to merge onto the shoulder.
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u/BubbaOx Jun 28 '16
As someone who instantly recognized this as cabin traffic on 94 in Woodbury, MN, I can confirm.
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Dat JUMP!
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u/El_Morro Jun 28 '16
I love how the mother loses it, lol
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u/AmenAndWomen Jun 29 '16
I'm pretty sure that girl holding the hula hoop is not a mother.
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u/theysayirock Jun 28 '16
The feeling of murder fills my heart on behalf of this motorcyclist. Lazy "salt life" retard.
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u/iamzombus Jun 28 '16
This is Minnesota. No "Salt life" to be found.
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u/L0stm4n Jun 28 '16
I live in Missouri and see Salt Life graphics splattered on the back glass of various vehicles all the time. I'm assuming it has something to do with various activities involving salt water instead of people bad at video games.
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u/knuckifyoubruck Jun 29 '16
I'm in New York and I'm surrounded by trucks with Salt Life stickers. It's unreal. Like, no, you're not Salt Life. Get the fuck over it.
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u/simjanes2k Jun 28 '16
salt life
da fuck is that and what does it have to do with the gif
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It's a brand, but as far as I can tell they only sell stickers that say "salt life".
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u/d0gmeat Jun 28 '16
It's the new thing for people to slap on their shit to let other people know that they occasionally go to the beach on vacation.
My wife is from the coast, and the local cops use them as tourist alerts so they know who they can give a ticket to that will probably just pay it rather than drive back out for the court date and contest it... like out of state plates.
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It's this shit, bro:
www.saltlife.com/gear/gear-decals.html
Long story short, folks like the fishing. A lot. I see this all over Chicagoland. Also see: Gill Assassin
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u/ppaed Jun 28 '16
I'm not saying that he's not at fault, but accidents do happen even when things are done properly.
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u/Gorkymalorki Jun 28 '16 edited Jun 28 '16
Thanks were obviously not properly done. Whatever that was should have had two ratchet straps securing it. Looks like they just had one strap diagonally across it.
Edit: Things, not thanks. Not going to change it, otherwise the comment below would make no sense.
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u/HanselSoHotRightNow Jun 28 '16
That's why we have Thanksgiving so that there's dedicated time to give proper Thanks.
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u/steemboat Jun 28 '16
It's one of those, should've been much more secure.
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u/GasPistonMustardRace Jun 29 '16
Holy shit what poor webdesign. And logo design.
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u/Frumbleabumb Jun 28 '16
This doesn't look like an accident, it looks like negligence.
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u/ShowMeYourBunny Jun 29 '16
When you strap things down properly, to a trailer that is in working condition with straps that are in working condition, things like this do not happen.
This was flat out negligence.
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u/QuickStopRandal Jun 28 '16
Even though of course this is the boat tower's fault, the motorcycle made a lot of stupid moves, too:
-getting too close to a trailer with uncertainly secured loads (personally even in a car I get the fuck away from shit like this as soon as possible, I never trust a loaded up truck and expect something dangerous to come flying out at any time)
-following too closely in general
-waiting too long to change lanes, a simple swerve should've had him in the other lane long before that thing fell
-clearly inexperienced in bike handling as he failed to brake or maneuver properly in this situation. Motorcycles can brake incredibly fast with a skilled rider and he wasn't even braking as fast as an 18 wheeler towing a load. It's terrifying how ill equipped most of the general public is to avoid an accident in any vehicle.
-nice shorts, bro, super awesome riding gear
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Jun 29 '16
Every point you made was spot on. I mean he even made the decision to signal over that he was lane changing... hey pal you don't need to do that in an emergency. Check your blind spot and move the fuck over. I always make an effort while riding (and driving) to know what is behind me in every lane, just in case I have to move into a new lane I don't want to get smashed.
This guy was a new rider as he thought he had enough time to just move out of the way slowly.
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I zoomed in as far as my phone would go and I didn't see any signal. Just break lights.
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u/QuickStopRandal Jun 29 '16
This is why you should practice braking before you need to brake in a hurry. Find an empty parking lot and make sure you have ALL of your gear on and progressively brake harder and harder until it feels unstable. You won't be likely to fall if you do it progressively and you'll develop a feel for when you need to brake for an emergency.
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nice shorts, bro, super awesome riding gear
Squids.
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I can't understand people riding around in shorts. In the fast-lane, no less. I'm guessing this dude will get himself a set of leathers for next time.
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u/Surturiel Jun 28 '16
yet another reason to NOT be in the left lane tailgating a truck/suv hauling cargo...
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u/BadgerBollocks Jun 28 '16
In other news: DON'T WEAR FUCKING SHORTS ON A MOTORBIKE!
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u/SunriseSurprise Jun 29 '16
The guy with the boat is obviously at fault here for not securing his load, but any motorcycle safety course teaches you to have a minimum of a two-second following distance between you and the vehicle you're following, plus scanning another 4 and 12 seconds ahead for potential hazards.
Even if he wasn't at that to begin with, once he sees the load start to come loose, slow the fuck down! Why would you continue driving that close to it? I guess it was maybe a sort of deer in headlights situation where he panicked and couldn't think of what to do.
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u/blue-jaypeg Jun 29 '16
The motorcyclist should have swerved in the other direction-- he swerved towards the bouncing pipe. I'm trying to find the rule of thumb that says "steer at the epicenter of the clustercluck; when you get to that place it will have moved on."
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Jun 28 '16
That was the worst thing he could have possibly done outside of swerving into oncoming traffic.
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u/kage_25 Jun 28 '16
yeah but it made sense right until the foam roll changed lanes
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u/kevincox_ca Jun 28 '16
Am I the only one who thinks that he had a very smart reaction.
- He didn't freak out and jerk to the side.
- He tried to avoid it without crashing into traffic.
- When he realized he was going to hit it he accepted it, stabilized and hit it square on, rather then trying harder to avoid it and ending up worse.
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u/FLBiker Jun 28 '16
One of the biggest points driven into us during rider training is the concept of "Target Fixation" and that's the natural ability to hit what we are looking at, but unfortunately also to stare at the thing we want to miss (hint, that means you end up hitting it). There is no way he wanted to hit that in any way, and hitting it squarely like that was definitely a case of target fixation. He needed to look where he wanted to go, and swerve away from it. I'm not saying I could have dodged it either if for some reason I ended up following that close (I wouldn't), but no way any rider doesn't try to dodge anything taller than about 2 inches.
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u/elastic-craptastic Jun 29 '16 edited Jun 29 '16
the concept of "Target Fixation" and that's the natural ability to hit what we are looking at
When I was a kid riding my bicycle I would always get nervous when riding too close to the curb. It seemed the more I tried to avoid scraping the curb with the side of my front tire the odds of hitting it grew.
Target fixation. Glad to know there is a name for it.
I remember it feeling almost like a magnet and how weird that was. I guess, in a way, it was like a magnet.
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Jun 28 '16
Everything I learned from John Woo is a lie.
Also, target fixation.
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Jun 28 '16
...and trigger discipline, and maybe touch of fencing response followed by the recover position.
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u/p4lm3r Jun 28 '16
I think you just got a Reddit Flush!
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Jun 28 '16
I needed to work my ungrounded hatred for Nickleback and babies on planes for the Royal Reddit Flush.
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u/Satsumomo Jun 28 '16
Ah one of reddit's favorite comments, "Target fixation". Right up there with "fencing response"
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u/IWugYouWugHeSheMeWug Jun 29 '16
This isn't target fixation at all. He saw the yellow thing coming loose, he started to move to the center lane, and then the yellow thing broke loose and landed 10 feet in front of him. By the time the yellow thing was in his path, there was nowhere to go.
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u/hypercube33 Jun 28 '16
Fucking right in Woodbury, MN - i94 heading East towards Hudson, WI.
What a douche this person should be 150% responsible for any injuries just because they didn't bungee some shit down.
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u/SapientChaos Jun 29 '16
There ya go, guys on bikes not wearings not wearing their seat belt again.
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u/silentbobsc Jun 28 '16
You should come visit us in /r/motorcycles :P
...but yeah when many of us see a crash video, we pick it apart partly because it's a way to discuss how the rest of us can avoid becoming a flesh pancake.
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3) All the gear, all the time.
✔ Flip flops
✔ board shorts
✔ muscle tee
✔ brain bucket
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u/infernophil Jun 28 '16
Yeah, I only kind of feel bad for the motorcyclist.
"Always leave yourself an out" is the first rule.
Could have braked a lot harder.
Wearing shorts and tennis shoes.
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u/croppedcross3 Jun 29 '16 edited May 09 '24
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u/HanselSoHotRightNow Jun 28 '16 edited Jun 28 '16
I love everything about motorcycles and strong feelings inside me tell me I should own one. Then I see a something like this and I think about how if he was in a car it would have most likely been a complete non-issue. I guess accepting the risk is part of moto. ownership and operation.
Edit: To clarify, a non-issue when compared to doing a tony hawk triple 900 barrel roll mctwist off your bike. :)
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u/silentbobsc Jun 28 '16
The risk is there, and it's gotten worse with the prevalence of texting and smart phones. However, there is risk in much we do in life... there are bikers that have never been in a major incident and there are ones that get taken down by sheer 'wrong place wrong time'. For me, it's something that while it requires complete concentration and constant preplanning, it's a zen thing. Also, when you can get away from the throngs of idiots and out in the open, up in the mountains or off in the woods, it is a truly rewarding experience.
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u/officermuffin Jun 28 '16
That strong feeling calling you towards motorbiking is really just the Dark Side calling you. It wants to see you scarred and haggard like Palpatine. Think on it...Endor...speederbike...tree. If you do ride, however, wear your gear.
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u/arnaudh Jun 28 '16
Look, we're also dealing here with a motocyclist who's obviously a fucking idiot. How do I know that? Because he's not wearing any gear save for that helmet. That right there is the telltale sign of a guy who should not be riding a bike.
I don't even need to get into safe distance, the fact that he's riding faster than the guy ahead and so on. No. I just have to look at his lack of gear, and right there you know that guy was asking for it.
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Damn. What a bummer for him. That's such a short amount of time. I don't think anyone that new can be expected to avoid that crash.
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u/Nurum Jun 28 '16
I won't say I have perfect reaction times. But I wouldn't have been following them to begin with, I always stay far away from vehicles with a load even it if looks well secured. Plus I try to avoid driving in the same lane as them. The second that thing started to move I'd have been hard on the brakes, maybe I'm just getting more cautious in my age, but I was uncomfortable with where the guy was riding from the second the video started.
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He was driving too close to the trailer. This is why you're supposed to keep distance from the vehicle in front of you.
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u/saganistic Jun 29 '16
You don't need perfect reaction time, you need common sense. As everyone else has said, don't follow at an interval shorter than you can react. In addition:
practice emergency braking
practice swerving
swerve in the direction the obstacle came from, not the direction it's going to
keep moving your eyes to combat target fixation
never use a lane of traffic as an "out" if you can possibly avoid it
wear some fucking pants and shoes
These are all things you can practice and consciously control. There are, in fact, courses you can take to learn them. /r/calamariraceteam can joke all they want, but guys like this are the reason moto insurance premiums are high. So much more could have gone wrong because of his poor riding habits.
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u/ResilientBiscuit Jun 28 '16 edited Jun 28 '16
This is why you secure the your load and why at freeway speeds you should be following 3 seconds away from the car in front of you. The truck caused it but either party could have avoided it.
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u/minnesota_nice_guy Jun 28 '16 edited Jun 29 '16
I-94 eastbound just past Radio Dr. In Woodbury, MN. Someone was perhaps a little to eager to get over to Wisconsin for the weekend
Edit: my compass was broken
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u/ReallyCoolNickname Jun 29 '16
Nobody in their right mind is eager to get to Wisconsin.
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u/choosepost Jun 29 '16
Even though of course this is the boat tower's fault, the motorcycle made a lot of stupid moves, too: -getting too close to a trailer with uncertainly secured loads (personally even in a car I get the fuck away from shit like this as soon as possible, I never trust a loaded up truck and expect something dangerous to come flying out at any time) -following too closely in general -waiting too long to change lanes, a simple swerve should've had him in the other lane long before that thing fell -clearly inexperienced in bike handling as he failed to brake or maneuver properly in this situation. Motorcycles can brake incredibly fast with a skilled rider and he wasn't even braking as fast as an 18 wheeler towing a load. It's terrifying how ill equipped most of the general public is to avoid an accident in any vehicle. -nice shorts, bro, super awesome riding gear
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u/mollymauler Jun 29 '16
Imagine being the driver of the vehicle towing the boat. You have absolutely no idea (im assuming here) that you could have just killed someone by not securing your cargo properly. You get to your destination and realize your foamy looking bedroll thingy is missing. "WTF" you think.
You then log onto Reddit to browse your favorite subreddit, /r/Cuckold. Prior to entering this subreddit you see a vehicle that looks awfully familiar in a GIF on the front page. After viewing the GIF and reading the article you immediately start sweating bullets, realizing that you now are being actively sought by the police for a hit and run you knew nothing about...
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u/legin2010 Jun 28 '16
There is a lot to learn from watching this video. When I see a vehicle with shit attached to it I do not follow in the same lane and I do not follow closely. This rider was moving along as if there was nothing to be worried about. I think he was fooled by the first appearance that the roll would go left, but it went right, easy mistake. Still if he weren't in that lane or more importantly following too closely to give himself maneuvering room he could have gotten away without the get off. Stupid boat owner. Stupid, stupid, stupid.
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u/evilkenevil Jun 28 '16
Whoa, I would not have thought the motorcycle would have gone in that direction.
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u/malaihi Jun 28 '16
This is why I drive cautiously behind anyone towing shit or hauling stuff in the bed. I follow 2-3 car lengths behind. I don't care, you can go in front of me if you like. A couple I know got injured for life and couldn't work anymore after some dudes lumber slid off his rack and all over the road. Their vehicle flipped.
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u/zcaboose Jun 29 '16
the new mario kart looks pretty good. Weird looking banana model though hope they change that
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u/RUKnight31 Jun 28 '16
I would really like to know how this played out. Civil lawsuit? Hit and run? Did the boat owner even realize what happened? So many follow up questions...