its big news around here.. thats about 20 miles from where i live, 5 from where i work
TxDOT has been using the electronic signs put in place for the amber/traffic alerts to display "share the road, look twice for motorcycles" since this happened
A friend at work sent me this video to view today. After I watched it twice I saw the guy had an escape route to his right in between the car in front of him and that white pickup in the center lane. He could of split the lane and let the car rear end the car in front. How many of us would have had the wherewithall to do that? Not sure I would but hoping I would be a little more alert/lucky.
It is struck me as very news mediaish to say the guy used to be fond of motorcycles up til this accident. I am sure if you asked him he would say he is still fond of bikes, just vehemently pissed at dumbass cagers who run him over
Is it just me, or is there white smoke trailing his bike before the impact? Like he locked up his rear tire??? Seems like he would have gone down if he had it locked for that long, but I watched it a few times and I swear I see smoke. I don't think it could be exhaust.
And man was that Taurus moving. They weren't even paying attention to what was going on in front of them. Scary.
I don't know many people that would have the reaction time to avoid that accident.
This is why I will always ride off set with the vehicle in front of me, rather than riding right down the middle of the lane. Gives you an opportunity to split between traffic much easier rather than from the middle of the lane.
Most importantly, gives the vehicles behind you an opportunity to miss you if you are favoring to one side of the lane.
A motorcyclist has three choices to position themselves within a lane. Left, Middle or Right. Although the rider was able to stop in time, it's no guarantee that the vehicle behind him will be able to stop. I believe if the rider was off set, maybe the vehicle could have swerved?
I've been in similar situations, but mostly going thru red lights. I had the choice of stopping for a red, but it would have required a very hard brake in order for me to stop, but after looking in my mirrors, I noticed that the vehicle behind would not have been able to stop in time, resulting in a rear end collision, pushing me into traffic so I throttle thru, running the yellow/red. But if I ever see a Rolls Royce or a Ferrari behind me, I'll take my chances and BRAKE$