Maeve

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A picture is worth a thousand words.

The Honda rider was traveling 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 (155mph) 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 above the display also noted that the rider had only recently obtained his license.

At 250 KM (155 mph) the operator is traveling at 227 feet per second. With normal reaction time to SEE-DECIDE-REACT of 1.6 seconds the above operator would have traveled over 363 feet while making a decision on what actions to take. In this incident the Swedish police indicate that no actions were taken.

rominl

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omg this is just tragic.... i think it's a good thing to show people what damage one can do doing these stupid stuffq

Corey140

. I'm speechless......

TheRupp

I agree... then I wonder why my insurance is so high when I have no accidents and no tickets...

BlkGS3

This is nuts

LexLaw

I don't know what I can say to really add to this.

Gojirra99

that looks really bad I feel sorry for the people in the VW

GFerg

WOW....that is freakin scary. I'm glad they do this though. Lets people know they arent invincible. Accidents do happen. Ride and drive safely.

Every year my old highschool from spring through summer does the same thing. Brings the new drivers right back to reality.