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NFL player injured in Spyder accident
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Bob Denman
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Is this the fellow who they reported as having received a broken hand in a motorcycle accident? If that's the worst of it then he was a very lucky man!
SpyderAnn01
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Ouch!
Desert Spyder
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My SIL is quadriplegic from diving in a pool and this guy gets a broken hand from hot dogging? He's the luckiest man alive. Forgive me for not showing my enthusiasm for his fortune, however. And did you read the comments with the story?
Trickie Dick
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Tire came off:yikes: Wonder what caused that.
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Desert Spyder
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We got any math gurus here who can figure out how fast he was flying before he flew?
NancysToy
Motorbike Professor
It said the tire came off the pavement...not that it came off the Spyder. Sounds like he wandered onto the should and lost control...erhaps even due to a small drop-off.Tire came off:yikes: Wonder what caused that.
GloryRyders
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Hopefully he will learn something from this mistake.
Bob Denman
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If they dock his pay he'll learn something... :yikes: Don't a lot of these contracts have clauses that preclude payments when you bugger yourdelf up off the field?
Raptor
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I don't know about this one. Obviously that is a pretty bad wreck there and the man is pretty lucky he wasn't seriously hurt. But to fly 80 yards through the air? There is no way a Spyder can produce enough forward velocity to propel a 300 pound mass that far. It just can't happen. I am guessing he was flat out though when he lost control. All things considered the machine looks better than I imagined it would!
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ARtraveler
R.I.P. Dwayne
He was very lucky considering the fact he was ejected from the Spyder. Sounds like high speed was involved.
bullant12
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I saw the comment on "Should be charged on riding a 3-wheeled vehicle (reverse trike)" He should be beat up with an hot :spyder2: muffler for that stupid comment!:gaah:
CaptRalph
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:roflblack: Good One! :roflblack:
daveinva
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More of the story here: http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/7088240/marcus-benard-cleveland-browns-charged-motorcycle-crash
Gee, ya think? :dontknow:
First things first: only going on the news reports, don't have all the facts, we weren't there, etc.
Based on what this says, the verdict is the usual one: rider error at excessive speed.
In my time riding the Spyder, I've lifted a front wheel exactly once: in my MSF course, at *10 mph* I took a turn too sharp while accelerating through it, and the inner wheel came off the ground a couple inches. The nanny kicked in, and brought my inside wheel down.
Since then, I've put 3,000 miles on the Spyder at highway speeds (ummmm, plus), and I've never once engaged the nanny since (at least, not that I've ever noticed). I've taken twisty turns and performed emergency swerves, in practice and for real, and again, I've never engaged the system, let alone "lost control" of my vehicle. Yeah, I'm riding the stock shocks at 5 and installed the anti-swaybar, but that can't be the ONLY explanation.
*If* I was going too fast AND swerving at that high speed, then yes, I'm sure I could engage the stability control system. And if I continued to ignore the Spyder's feedback, then I'm sure I could eventually exceed the limits of control, turn my three-wheeler into a two- or no-wheeler, and get in an accident-- just as one can push a motorcycle or automobile too hard.
Of course, this fact won't be enough to prevent some people from condemning the Spyder. They'll conveniently ignore that you could put an irresponsible :cus: on a white fluffy cloud and they'll still find a way to vault themselves over a guardrail.
Really, that 241 feet (!) deal is the most fantastic bit in the story. Somehow I suspect a little hyperbole at work. Perhaps later details will come out, but I would be very surprised if our suspended license holder was wearing a full set of gear-- which would make it unlikely he flew that far only to suffer a broken hand (he remains hospitalized... for only a broken hand??).
Gee, ya think? :dontknow:
First things first: only going on the news reports, don't have all the facts, we weren't there, etc.
Based on what this says, the verdict is the usual one: rider error at excessive speed.
In my time riding the Spyder, I've lifted a front wheel exactly once: in my MSF course, at *10 mph* I took a turn too sharp while accelerating through it, and the inner wheel came off the ground a couple inches. The nanny kicked in, and brought my inside wheel down.
Since then, I've put 3,000 miles on the Spyder at highway speeds (ummmm, plus), and I've never once engaged the nanny since (at least, not that I've ever noticed). I've taken twisty turns and performed emergency swerves, in practice and for real, and again, I've never engaged the system, let alone "lost control" of my vehicle. Yeah, I'm riding the stock shocks at 5 and installed the anti-swaybar, but that can't be the ONLY explanation.
*If* I was going too fast AND swerving at that high speed, then yes, I'm sure I could engage the stability control system. And if I continued to ignore the Spyder's feedback, then I'm sure I could eventually exceed the limits of control, turn my three-wheeler into a two- or no-wheeler, and get in an accident-- just as one can push a motorcycle or automobile too hard.
Of course, this fact won't be enough to prevent some people from condemning the Spyder. They'll conveniently ignore that you could put an irresponsible :cus: on a white fluffy cloud and they'll still find a way to vault themselves over a guardrail.
Really, that 241 feet (!) deal is the most fantastic bit in the story. Somehow I suspect a little hyperbole at work. Perhaps later details will come out, but I would be very surprised if our suspended license holder was wearing a full set of gear-- which would make it unlikely he flew that far only to suffer a broken hand (he remains hospitalized... for only a broken hand??).
NancysToy
Motorbike Professor
I think that it is more likely that the rider dropped a wheel off the pavement, which can be a substantial drop on some roads. At that point, it can take a very skilled rider to retain control at speed, as it is easy to hit something, lose control in the grass or dirt, or lose control when you try to instinctively steer back onto the pavement. As to the distance, there is no telling whether the police report meant the distance from the first excursion off road, the distance from where the Spyder came to rest, or something altogether different. Also no telling at which point the rider actually left the Spyder, as they were both still moving. I'll bet an accident reconstruction specialist would have fun with this one.
Bob Denman
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:agree: They might have used the distance he travelled after realizing that he was gonna make the paper again for another wrong reason, rather than when he actually went ankleovereyeballs airborne...
The Spyder might very well cover a couple of hundred yards without an operator as long as most of it is still intact...
Mine still rolled with one flat tire... Hence the term "Limp Mode"...
The Spyder might very well cover a couple of hundred yards without an operator as long as most of it is still intact...
Mine still rolled with one flat tire... Hence the term "Limp Mode"...
daveinva
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If that photo is more or less where the accident took place, he would have been making a nice left curve (not even a sweeper) on a highway in the right lane. Probably going so fast he either went wide and hit off the pavement, or he came up on slower traffic and lost control as he tried to maneuver. Four lanes across on a highway to hit the divider is one lonnnnnng trip. :yikes:
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