Both lose.
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 (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.
Addendum: photo of original accident (thanks, anon).
I used to ride a motorcycle and really enjoyed it...until I had to lay it down two different times due to other drivers not seeing me or doing something incredibly stupid. I wasn't even on a crotch rocket, but a sweet little starter bike. Honda Rebel 250. When I was a police officer I remember getting in a pursuit of one of those bikes at 3 am, with speeds around 120mph, and never catching the guy. Morons. Be responsible when you drive.
ReplyDeleteAre you angry he was not being responsible... or you didn't catch him? It's hard to discern from your first comment.
ReplyDeleteNot one to notice, but isn't that a VFR 400 in there? If so, there's no way it could do 150MPH!
ReplyDeleteHas anyone even looked into seeing whether this was an actual accident or the result of a crash test??? Considering a bunch of different versions of this state about 3 or 4 different speeds, it is apparent that the facts are not actually known. This could be another one of those online hoaxes. Until someone can come up with an actual newspaper article detailing the events, I would be reluctant to believe the chain email. And until then, I say, "Ha Ha, good one Neo."
ReplyDeleteJust quietly, Besides the differing accounts of locations, speed involved, and so on, has anyone actually concidered that they would have had to remove the bike to get to the bodies. Also I'm no expert here, but I'm guessing, that the way in which that bike is wedged in there suggests that it's rider could not have gone in with it. There are way too may holes in this story. I wouldn't take it as gospel.
ReplyDeleteThis accident has been discussed at a number of online forums, at one of which I found this comment -
ReplyDelete"The story is true. It made the rounds in Swedish media one or two years ago. The exhibit was at Stockholm International Fair, part of a yearly motorcylce fair with the English name "On Two Weels"
If I remember correctly, the accident occured in Scania (Skåne), the southernmost part of Sweden."
Posted by Lars in Stockholm, Sweden on Wed Apr 12, 2006 at 09:56 PM
and re the model of the bike -
"Sorry Jimmy but the bike in question is a VFR750R RC45, capable of 160mph straight out of the box.
Race going fettled examples can easily acheive 190mph."
Posted by Kal in Leicester, UK on Thu Sep 25, 2008 at 06:32 PM
Here's my take. I also heard the driver of the little red car was talking on their cell phone. Maybe if people were mature enough to realize that driving and texting or talking lowers your reaction time as much as drinking and driving. If people were mature enough to realize this then I would have a problem with Neo's comment. I thought that all the people involved were in the wrong. Think about this:
ReplyDeleteIf the bike rider wasn't going so fast and the driver wasn't on their phone then 3 people would still be alive today. How's that for a message to stop using your cell phone and speeding. GET A FREAKING GRIP!!!
This definately happened. If you google "motorcycle inside of car" you'll find the original pictures of the car upside down in the intersection with the bike just as it is. They had to remove the bike to remove the passengers I'm sure, but it's definately an eye opener for those of us who ride. Very sad.
ReplyDeleteAccording to Snopes.com:
ReplyDeleteOrigins: These photographs of the grisly results of a car-motorcycle collision have been circulating since at least as far back as November 2005. Originally they were presented as pictures of an exhibit at the Stockholm Motorcycle Fair, showing the aftermath of an inattentive motorcyclist's hitting a slow-moving car at the astonishing speed of 155 MPH, an accident that reportedly killed everyone involved (the motorcyclist, the automobile driver, and a passenger in the automobile).
According to Swedish newspapers, the accident involving the pictured vehicle took place in that country in July 2003, when a passenger car made a left turn in front of a motorcycle travelling the opposite direction. The motorcycle drove straight into the side of the car, causing the vehicle to overturn with the motorcycle stuck inside of it. The cars driver and passenger, as well as the motorcycle rider, were all killed at the scene; the occupants of another car which was hit by the overturned vehicle escaped serious injury.
None of the news accounts we found mentioned the driver of the struck vehicle's having been talking on a cell phone at the time of the collision or stated the speed at which the motorcycle was travelling just before the accident.
Last updated: 27 May 2010
http://www.snopes.com/photos/accident/seemotorcycle.asp