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This was just emailed to me ,check out the pics !
A picture is worth a thousand words.
The Honda rider was travelling 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 (155 mph) 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 a bove the display also noted that the rider had only recently
obtained his license.
At 250 KM (155 mph) the operator is travelling at 227
feet per second. With normal reaction time to SEE-DECIDE-REACT of 1.6
seconds the above operator would have travelled over 363 feet while
making a decision on what actions to take. In this incident the Swedish
police indicate that no actions were taken.
In other words, they didn't even have time to say,
'Oh, ####!'
A picture is worth a thousand words.
The Honda rider was travelling 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 (155 mph) 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 a bove the display also noted that the rider had only recently
obtained his license.
At 250 KM (155 mph) the operator is travelling at 227
feet per second. With normal reaction time to SEE-DECIDE-REACT of 1.6
seconds the above operator would have travelled over 363 feet while
making a decision on what actions to take. In this incident the Swedish
police indicate that no actions were taken.
In other words, they didn't even have time to say,
'Oh, ####!'
