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  1. 07-16-2016, 06:03 PM #1
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    Default It happens this fast

    Take your eyes off the road for 2-3 seconds, let your mind wander and it happens this fast.

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  2. 07-16-2016, 06:22 PM #2
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    The most important job you have: piloting the bike!
    That guy's head was bobbling around like it was Halloween, and he was at the apple-tank!
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  3. 07-16-2016, 08:05 PM #3
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    He was lucky, no gear, maybe a helmet, he is also lucky he didn't go over the car or into it.
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  4. 07-16-2016, 08:56 PM #4
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    He was very lucky! Something that he probably won't forget for the rest of his life.
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  5. 07-16-2016, 08:56 PM #5
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    The head bobing was just one of many errors on his part!
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    That happened quick.

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  7. 07-16-2016, 09:27 PM #7
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    Even a small amount of situational awareness would have prevented that. The VW was up there, plain as day - he was riding with his head firmly up his
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    Seems to me the scooter rider was strung out on something. The way he was Revving that engine and looking around was making me sick.
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  9. 07-16-2016, 10:35 PM #9
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    Default Yea I noticed that too

    Quote Originally Posted by Dan McNally View Post
    Even a small amount of situational awareness would have prevented that. The VW was up there, plain as day - he was riding with his head firmly up his
    For split second you can see the V/W up ahead of him. Then he turns his head and looks across the street for 2 seconds and when he turns back the V/W is right there. He left himself to time or room to do anything.
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  10. 07-16-2016, 10:57 PM #10
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    Things happen quick, we have to pay attention all the time! I hope he learned something out of this experience!
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    Default Oh yeah....

    It can be a split second...he is very lucky
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  12. 07-17-2016, 06:29 AM #12
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    Default Life & Death

    Yep it all can end just that quick. Here one second and dead the next. Luckily that little 50cc (or whatever itty-bitty size) scooter couldn't generate enough speed or he might have been in worse shape or even dead.
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