Moto vs car 250km/h

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Sorry si c'est un repost!


Not that you want to see this....



A blunt reminder to get you to think about speed and reaction time.

See the Motorcycle?

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, ####!'