Speed Kills

[Dreamtime]

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 above 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, ####!'

[james1990]

That is bloody crazy..... all 3 involved would have no idea what hit them.... 3 lives lost due to the stupid actions of 1 person.

chers james

[flatty hunter626]

what a waste 3 people have to die becasue 1 person decides he can speed....when will some of these dick heads learn.

[Dreamtime]

what a waste 3 people have to die becasue 1 person decides he can speed....when will some of these dick heads learn.

He just did!!!

[flatty hunter626]

mariner u always find the funny side of somthing!

[Penguin]

Did the police pull the bike out of the car then removed the three dead bodies, clean up

all the blood and guts and brains, and then shove the bike back in there?

I'd like to see that done

penguin

Edited July 16, 2008 by penguin

[roosterman]

thats the sort of stuff we should be showing the kids who like us all back then are 6 foot tall and bulletproof...

the impact that would have would be amazing i think and if one kid or adult slows down and 1 life is saved then it would be worth the costs involved...

i think they cut it in 2 penguin by the looks of it.. woulda been a mess and feel for the guys doing the work on that one... sure would mess your head up thats for sure....

steve......

[Penguin]

Your not wrong there Roosterman, looks chopped in half,

and the wat about poor fellas that had to clean that mess up, I hope

they get paid well.

penguin

Edited July 16, 2008 by penguin

[MrGenius]

Speed didnt kill it was the sudden stop at the end

[rizzo]

Speed didnt kill it was the sudden stop at the end

TRue dat trruuuuuuuuuue dat