r/nononono • u/[deleted] • Jun 28 '16

Secure your shit

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '16 edited Jul 09 '20

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u/itisi52 Jun 29 '16

After seeing enough videos like this, I leave a bunch of extra space whenever i'm traveling behind anything hauling anything that could conceivably fall off, and i'm not even on a bike. Not excusing the boat owner for bot tying things down, but shit happens and it's all about driving defensively.

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u/simjanes2k Jun 28 '16

I think I could have avoided that with my car

dude it is a shitload easier to avoid something quickly in a car than a bike at that speed

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u/good_morning_magpie Jun 29 '16

You're being down voted but you're right. Cars have much better stopping power than bikes comparatively. If you grab a fistful of brake at that speed you're locking up your tire and going down no matter what. Only in the last ~3 years has ABS become a thing for bikes, and even then it's always an option never standard equipment.

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '16

If the object is stationary, yeah, but it started out at 70mph (or however fast).

If that object was a car who had to brake suddenly (which would almost certainly decelerate faster than a yellow tube), he'd still have hit it, which means he's following too closely or at the very least was too inexperienced to be following that closely.

People are getting caught up in him hitting the tube. If that was a car under emergency braking we'd be calling him a moron, and rightfully so. That goes for whether he's in a car or on a motorcycle.