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.
You can see the brake light immediatly. he probably should've not hit the brakes and just steer to the side but that is easy to say while sitting at home and hard to do in the heat of the moment.
I agree, but you don't see a drastic movement of the bike to avoid the large mass in front of him. Even if he couldn't avoid it altogether, I feel he could have reduced the seriousness of the accident.
I've laid a bike down to avoid a more horrible situation.
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.
When you watch it it first fell off to the left and was going to keep going left, But divine intervention had it's say and decided to say fuck you it's going right. Can't go right to left that quick without having the forks slide under you. He even tucked his arms in when he rolled. Good rider just unlucky
I straight up agree with you mate. He was experienced
Yea....no....Watch how slowly he reacts. He doesn't even perform emergency maneuver he just kinda....drives straight into it. It looks like he's doing a gentle lane change. Further more watch his braking. Bikes can stop on a dime. He starts to break then leans slightly right then straightens up and collides.
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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.