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Got this e-mail today from a rider friend of mine.

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.

What a waste of a perfectly good Volkswagen.

holy shite! gruesome...is it just me, or i do see a recurring theme here in these posts of horrific accidents...like, sports bikes aka crotch rockets? inexperienced riders on machines with WAY too much go-fast ability...IMHO, you've got to be nutz to go that fast, considering how the deck is already stacked against people on bikes...who should be responsible for educating these people? the bike companies and/or dealerships? would stricter licensing requirments help? or is it just a simple case of statistics...x-number of bikes sold = y-number of people killed no matter what you do...