At first viewing, that motorcyclist was
EXTREMELY LUCKY to survive that!! :yikes:
However, looking at it a few more times, I'd suggest that probably the
only reasons the rider
did survive were that:
1. the relative speed between him & the truck he ran up the back of weren't any greater than they already were;
2. he was unconscious but still draped over the front of the bike effectively from the moment of impact, so he didn't try to recover/get out of the way/move unpredictably; and
3. the astonishing speed of reaction and the consummate driving skills of the Trucker who could've so easily just been a tad slower in reacting and so treated the rider & his bike like a speed bump, but instead maneuvered
juuuust enough to the left to avoid turning the rider & bike into a smear of red tire-jam and crushed metal on the road, and by doing what he did but
only what he did,
almost avoided him, which certainly saved the riders life - and it looks like the Trucker did what he did
without taking out the black truck &/or any other of the vehicles around them, avoiding any over-reaction that would've caused a much greater crash/jack-knifing or otherwise reacting in any way that likely would've written off
ALL of the vehicles around them and some of the following vehicles too! :yikes:
Kudos to that Trucker, and I'm so sorry that now he, the Trucker, hasta live the rest of his life with those images seared into his brain! :cus:
There's no point in that rider
ever buying a Lottery Ticket again, cos he's clearly used up all
HIS quota of 'Luck' &/or his cat's 9 lives and then some!!
