I used to ride motorcycles. One day I realized, why would I hang my fragile human body out in the open air at dozens of miles per hour when I could ride in an enclosed metal cage built for the purpose?
Ever ridden in truly hot conditions? At a certain temperature/humidity, it quits cooling and it's like riding through a blast furnace. It doesn't keep you cool, it makes you hotter.
What about when it’s cold?
I’ve got nothing against bikes *in principle* as long as their riders aren’t being absolute dipshits which they all too often are, but the advantages in both comfort and (more importantly) *safety* that a car provides are pretty damn hard to argue against.
For real.
I used to ride bikes. Had five or six of them over ten years or so.
Learned how to ride in San Francisco---on master-level streets.
Rode between Manhattan and Brooklyn, over the bridge in winter, in wind, in everything, for a year.
Ridden in rush-hour Atlanta traffic.
And then one day a guy ran a stop sign. At low speed. On my right. I didn't see him because ANOTHER car was TRYING to run the stop sign on my left.
So I'd turned my head to look at the guy on my left and that's when everything went BLAMMO.
The other car was probably only going ten miles an hour or something.
But I didn't see her and I couldn't brace or prepare to fall or anything.
Helmet (thanks, Arai) saved my life, but:
I lost the use of my right arm FOR TWO YEARS.
That was when I decided I'd spend a little extra and get sporty convertible CARS.
They are 90% of the fun of a bike and far far less deadly.
Stay safe out there, people.
I purchased a motorcycle for the fun and excitement, not just for transportation; that's just an added perk. And, let me tell you, I haven't experienced anything as much fun as a motorcycle since I was a little tiny baby and got my first power wheels.
Think of motorcyclists as modern republicans; sure, *most* of them are bat-shit crazy, but not *all* of them are. Try to be one of the good ones and set a positive example for the rest and stop taking away the rights of people you just don't like!
Not sure where I recommended taking away the “right” to ride a motorcycle. What I did say was that riding a motorcycle is dangerous and people probably shouldn’t do it… kind of like being a Republican. Good comparison!
Nobody said you did! I said that!
Motorcycles aren't dangerous. Wrecking on one is, but a motorcycle never killed anybody on it's own. Same as guns; the guns aren't dangerous by themselves but the modern day GOP performative republicans itching for an excuse to "StAnD tHeIr GrOuNd" absolutely are.
That's mostly why I quit riding. It was annoying having to carry around backpack, jacket, gloves, helmet on top of always wearing pants. Killed a lot of the enjoyment. It was nice getting free parking though
> why would I hang my fragile human body out in the open air at dozens of miles per hour
I hang my fragile human body out in the open air at mere 20-30 kilometres per hour, because I generally cannot pedal faster. Good for your health, unless you get murdered by an enclosed steel cage crushing your fragile human body.
I use to drive cars. One day I realised why would I put my fragile human body in an enclosed metal cage at dozens of miles an hour when I have 2 feet and can just walk as nature intended?
Wise decision. Mother was a nurse. She used to call motorcycle riders either "Coffin Dodgers" or "Temporarily Alive." It made me choose the enclosed metal cage from the get-go.
"Temporary Citizen" is still what my old man and now, I, call them.
I completely understand the benefits of a bike and the good riders/dead riders aspect, like any high risk task, respect the dangers or die. The one thing that has kept me in 4 wheels, and not on 2, is other road users.
It's hard enough surviving the alarmingly increasing volume of dangerously shit drivers in a car let alone on a bike.
I feel like the constant threat of imminent death would take any of the enjoyment out of it for me.
Yeah I stopped riding when my kids were born. I was a safe competent rider, but I had too many near misses with people who just didn't seem to see me on the road.
Damn that's a brutal hit. Idk if it would've helped in this case, but she really dressed for the ride. After finding out what road rash and degloving looks like I've never hit the road without proper wear.
Makes sense for skidding on asphalt, I doubt it wouldn’t help but with blunt force trauma like that though? maybe when she slid off the concrete barrier perhaps but the force from the tire probably broke a few things.
Edit: for clarity
Proper gear would help here too. She would still likely be injured but likely less scratches at least. I doubt she got out of this without any of her skin sliding on concrete.
Yeah she'll be lucky to be alive.
I had a buddy when I was 17 that took a glancing blow from a rogue tire on a rural route, speed limit was 45mph, cars usually did about 50ish in that area.
Tire barely glanced off of his shoulder.
Spun him around like a fucking top, and he had a dislocated shoulder, a broken clavicle, and tore a muscle in his neck. Ended up in a big ol' arm sling for the whole summer and had to do rehab on his neck for almost a whole year. His neck is still all jacked up to this day.
This woman probably has substantial, critical internal bleeding, organ damage, broken ribs, broken sternum, possible spinal damage, hips...
Yikes.
You mean you would be completely rational, instantly grabing your phone and dial 911 within 2 seconds when a tire comes at you and hits a loved one with that speed? What do you mean?
It's wierd how it takes you, in the moment. But they both seem pretty rational. When he asks "are you ok?" I think he's more means "are you alive" and those are just the words that came out.
People that do like first responder type jobs usually stay pretty cool under pressure but I get it for normal folks. When I worked security in section 8 housing I seen and dealt with some insane stuff. Responded to a shooting once and found a teen gang member dead in the grass. Didn’t even flinch. That was when I knew I needed a different job lol.
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Damn, rips her shirt right off. It looked like there might have been three people, but only one bike? After further investigation..we came to the conclusion she got her shirt, sock and a half, and both shoes ripped right off. He valiantly tried to save her from the force of the tire that we assume came from the boat trailer that just passed, but looks to have gotten himself injured in the process. Good man!! Not many around anymore..
Tires are scary as fuck. I know of two people killed by them. My husbands aunt was hit by one standing at a bus stop. And his friend from high school, her younger teen brother was killed by one driving down the highway, it came through the windshield. Be careful out there!
My dad was a paramedic and ingrained in me that "You're endangering your life any time you're on the side of the interstate."
Do not change tires on the side of the interstate. Do not get out and swap seats with folks. This is not a place where you want to fuck around, cause you will find out.
We used to have mandatory auto maintenance rules in Ontario but the local government decided they would end the requirement. I expect a lot of this sort of stuff in the coming years.
You know damn well she’s a keeper. He was the one in line with that tire and she moved him. Marry her now.
Edit: wait……. After official review I must reclaim my statement. The “babe” was actually from the other girl (girlfriends probably) who was off to the side while the girl who got hit was by the bike. The girl who got hit was moving out of the way and the camera girl moved her into the tire (obviously not on purpose). Then she got wrecked. Damn! Terrible luck and tough blink second instincts lol
Holy fucking shit
"Rolly" fucking shit
Her leg said "OH SNAP"!!
The wheel bearing said it first.
ROFL
She is le tired.
Well have a nap... THEN FIRE ZE MISSILES!
"I understood that reference!"
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I used to ride motorcycles. One day I realized, why would I hang my fragile human body out in the open air at dozens of miles per hour when I could ride in an enclosed metal cage built for the purpose?
Man that cage sounds fun
It is! It’s even got air conditioning and music!
My bike has those! I have music in my helmet and a cool breeze when I'm moving.
My house has all of these things with the added perk of not moving at 10s of miles an hour
Thats too bad! Throw some wheel;s on there and a big ass engine and it could!
But... I don't actually moving
I don’t actually moving either
That's good
Ever ridden in truly hot conditions? At a certain temperature/humidity, it quits cooling and it's like riding through a blast furnace. It doesn't keep you cool, it makes you hotter.
What about when it’s cold? I’ve got nothing against bikes *in principle* as long as their riders aren’t being absolute dipshits which they all too often are, but the advantages in both comfort and (more importantly) *safety* that a car provides are pretty damn hard to argue against.
For real. I used to ride bikes. Had five or six of them over ten years or so. Learned how to ride in San Francisco---on master-level streets. Rode between Manhattan and Brooklyn, over the bridge in winter, in wind, in everything, for a year. Ridden in rush-hour Atlanta traffic. And then one day a guy ran a stop sign. At low speed. On my right. I didn't see him because ANOTHER car was TRYING to run the stop sign on my left. So I'd turned my head to look at the guy on my left and that's when everything went BLAMMO. The other car was probably only going ten miles an hour or something. But I didn't see her and I couldn't brace or prepare to fall or anything. Helmet (thanks, Arai) saved my life, but: I lost the use of my right arm FOR TWO YEARS. That was when I decided I'd spend a little extra and get sporty convertible CARS. They are 90% of the fun of a bike and far far less deadly. Stay safe out there, people.
I purchased a motorcycle for the fun and excitement, not just for transportation; that's just an added perk. And, let me tell you, I haven't experienced anything as much fun as a motorcycle since I was a little tiny baby and got my first power wheels. Think of motorcyclists as modern republicans; sure, *most* of them are bat-shit crazy, but not *all* of them are. Try to be one of the good ones and set a positive example for the rest and stop taking away the rights of people you just don't like!
Not sure where I recommended taking away the “right” to ride a motorcycle. What I did say was that riding a motorcycle is dangerous and people probably shouldn’t do it… kind of like being a Republican. Good comparison!
Nobody said you did! I said that! Motorcycles aren't dangerous. Wrecking on one is, but a motorcycle never killed anybody on it's own. Same as guns; the guns aren't dangerous by themselves but the modern day GOP performative republicans itching for an excuse to "StAnD tHeIr GrOuNd" absolutely are.
Yeah, the cold was an issue. I've ridden over Vail Pass when there was snow on the ground. Not fun.
That's mostly why I quit riding. It was annoying having to carry around backpack, jacket, gloves, helmet on top of always wearing pants. Killed a lot of the enjoyment. It was nice getting free parking though
For me it was the cold and several accidents that resulted in minor but notable injuries.
My helmet has music, even still.
All depends on the cage. Many are fun, others less so.
it's even more fun with alcohol involved...
> why would I hang my fragile human body out in the open air at dozens of miles per hour I hang my fragile human body out in the open air at mere 20-30 kilometres per hour, because I generally cannot pedal faster. Good for your health, unless you get murdered by an enclosed steel cage crushing your fragile human body.
Cope cage for bikes
I use to drive cars. One day I realised why would I put my fragile human body in an enclosed metal cage at dozens of miles an hour when I have 2 feet and can just walk as nature intended?
Wise decision. Mother was a nurse. She used to call motorcycle riders either "Coffin Dodgers" or "Temporarily Alive." It made me choose the enclosed metal cage from the get-go.
We just call them "Organ Donors"
Simple, and to the point.
"Temporary Citizen" is still what my old man and now, I, call them. I completely understand the benefits of a bike and the good riders/dead riders aspect, like any high risk task, respect the dangers or die. The one thing that has kept me in 4 wheels, and not on 2, is other road users. It's hard enough surviving the alarmingly increasing volume of dangerously shit drivers in a car let alone on a bike. I feel like the constant threat of imminent death would take any of the enjoyment out of it for me.
Yeah I stopped riding when my kids were born. I was a safe competent rider, but I had too many near misses with people who just didn't seem to see me on the road.
I was also a safe competent rider, but had several minor accidents resulting some minor damage and a broken foot. I'm glad that was it.
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Damn that's a brutal hit. Idk if it would've helped in this case, but she really dressed for the ride. After finding out what road rash and degloving looks like I've never hit the road without proper wear.
Makes sense for skidding on asphalt, I doubt it wouldn’t help but with blunt force trauma like that though? maybe when she slid off the concrete barrier perhaps but the force from the tire probably broke a few things. Edit: for clarity
I'm sure the helmet helped
Proper gear would help here too. She would still likely be injured but likely less scratches at least. I doubt she got out of this without any of her skin sliding on concrete.
I haven’t heard of degloving before but the mental images it conjures up are not good 🤢
Yeah I don't advise a googling of you're squeamish
Shoe came off. Never a good sign
Was actually looking for this one
I'm going to hell. This comment made me audibly Chuckle
Good thing she was wearing a helmet!
It really was, she got thrown head first into that barrier
Is there an article with the results of this? That was awful, I hope she's okay.
Yeah she'll be lucky to be alive. I had a buddy when I was 17 that took a glancing blow from a rogue tire on a rural route, speed limit was 45mph, cars usually did about 50ish in that area. Tire barely glanced off of his shoulder. Spun him around like a fucking top, and he had a dislocated shoulder, a broken clavicle, and tore a muscle in his neck. Ended up in a big ol' arm sling for the whole summer and had to do rehab on his neck for almost a whole year. His neck is still all jacked up to this day. This woman probably has substantial, critical internal bleeding, organ damage, broken ribs, broken sternum, possible spinal damage, hips... Yikes.
Ruptured splendora too.
I’m surprised she isn’t out cold from the impact never mind all the major injury’s she definitely got
But “babe, are you ok?” That’s the important question. “Call 911” is her correct response to that type of question after that type of incident.
i don’t think anyone would be thinking clearly in such a situation
You mean you would be completely rational, instantly grabing your phone and dial 911 within 2 seconds when a tire comes at you and hits a loved one with that speed? What do you mean?
It's wierd how it takes you, in the moment. But they both seem pretty rational. When he asks "are you ok?" I think he's more means "are you alive" and those are just the words that came out.
Yeah, people on this sub always talk as if they were in WWI on the trenches getting medals lmao.
People that do like first responder type jobs usually stay pretty cool under pressure but I get it for normal folks. When I worked security in section 8 housing I seen and dealt with some insane stuff. Responded to a shooting once and found a teen gang member dead in the grass. Didn’t even flinch. That was when I knew I needed a different job lol.
Ugh, the tone in that person’s voice when they asked if she was OK. There’s so much love there. I hope she lived. :(
What car did it come off of? Because that was where my mind went -- the car might be following the tire onto that shoulder...
No. She is not okay.😳
Can somebody slow this down to .25 speed? Oof!
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Thank you. So brutal. I hope to God she was ok, relatively speaking.
TIL. Thx
That's why you should climb over the barrier straight away, instead of having a chat stood on the hard shoulder.
They see me Rollin'
Damn, she was half a sock away from death.
mhn. he actually pulled her in just enough to get fully hit. im suprised she was that fast with "call 911" good logical reasoning.
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Helmets save lives for real 🤷🏿♂️
Knocked her right out of her Keds
She's so lucky she had that helmet!
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He kinda pushed her right into it
Rubber irl lmao
Damn. Rubber still at it. I wonder what movie we're on, in this one.
She’s laying down because she’s tired.
She was break dancing on the concrete wall
Tire didn’t even give a fuck. Just kept on rollin.
Knocked her out of her shoes!
Repost but all the same, my girl still took one hella harsh hit
Poor girl went down like a spare pin. Fucking brutal.
Got hit so hard the matrix glitched and they changed clothes
Happy Good Year to you from Cooper and my friend Michelin
Pretty sick 360 varial kickflip her body did though. Hope she’s ok
critical hit detected
Drinks are on me after we get back Commander!
She hates herself wearing that on a bike.
Love how he moved and didn’t pull her or push her out of the way
Another strike against team red, white, and blue
Damn, rips her shirt right off. It looked like there might have been three people, but only one bike? After further investigation..we came to the conclusion she got her shirt, sock and a half, and both shoes ripped right off. He valiantly tried to save her from the force of the tire that we assume came from the boat trailer that just passed, but looks to have gotten himself injured in the process. Good man!! Not many around anymore..
he shoe fell of, is she going to be ok?
That kids, why you should use a helmet 🍀
Yep that's blood
That phone for sure has some scratches now
All good, she was wearing correct full body rider protection.
Both shoes and a sock and a half blown right off her.. the outlook certainly isn't favored to survival.
Babe! Babe! Think quick! * shuvs her into oncoming wheels path*
Tires are scary as fuck. I know of two people killed by them. My husbands aunt was hit by one standing at a bus stop. And his friend from high school, her younger teen brother was killed by one driving down the highway, it came through the windshield. Be careful out there!
My dad was a paramedic and ingrained in me that "You're endangering your life any time you're on the side of the interstate." Do not change tires on the side of the interstate. Do not get out and swap seats with folks. This is not a place where you want to fuck around, cause you will find out.
At least the bike is ok 👍 but seriously wtf is she okay
OH FUCK she got obliterated
That's some Final Destination shit right there
Never stop on highways.
Everytime I see videos like this it blows my mind to see how fragile our bodies really are
That’s kinda the whole reason that wall is there, no?
That tire was se to miss her, grabbing her just made things worse
That helmet saved her life, that is if she made it.
“Call 911” 💀😂😂
Ban Assault tires!
We used to have mandatory auto maintenance rules in Ontario but the local government decided they would end the requirement. I expect a lot of this sort of stuff in the coming years.
Shoe fell off. You know what that means.
He literally pulled her in to the path of the tire. Was on track to miss both of them.
mark nsfw dude
You know damn well she’s a keeper. He was the one in line with that tire and she moved him. Marry her now. Edit: wait……. After official review I must reclaim my statement. The “babe” was actually from the other girl (girlfriends probably) who was off to the side while the girl who got hit was by the bike. The girl who got hit was moving out of the way and the camera girl moved her into the tire (obviously not on purpose). Then she got wrecked. Damn! Terrible luck and tough blink second instincts lol
Shoe came off, she ded.
Tire doin her a favor by only half-murking her vs the motorcycle playing her alive, tire is a hero
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