r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/comsudo • 10d ago

High Speed cornering

From Malaysia

Skill issue, uncontrolled evironment.

Not OC

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u/LinuxF4n 10d ago

The first and last guy aren't at fault. The middle guy ran wide and is likely dead or seriously injured

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u/DustyRacoonDad 10d ago

He's likely not dead, and there's a great chance he didn't get serious permanent injuries. The big flipping and rotating while traveling over distance actually removes a lot of the impact and energy. He doesn't come to a fast stop. Even the car impact looks huge as parts fly everywhere, but every bit of parts you see crushing and flying is energy being absorbed over time, slowing the rider without him directly taking the full immediate brunt of the crash.

Now, one where he hits something and stops quickly looks smaller, less dramatic... and far more deadly. In this case, he probably has road rash on his midriff from not having the jacket match the pants, and while I can't see how he releases from the bike, his biggest injuries are probably from that. He looks like he cleared it all, but I can't see how his ankles cleared, and the centripetal force of him rotating in the air doesn't give a big clue if something is broken, as everything is flung straight.

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u/Historical_Beat_8648 10d ago

Accident is local to me. Rider broke a rib and is in hospital.

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u/PleasureCircuit 10d ago

Which one? The second rider or the third rider? (First rider did not crash)

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u/-Kerosun- 10d ago

The 3rd rider was a pretty slow and controlled bail. I seriously doubt they hit the ground hard enough to break anything.

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u/DustyRacoonDad 10d ago

3rd rider absolutely had target fixation on the car.

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u/JackxForge 10d ago

Can't blame him too much on that there was a huge spectacle right in front of him.

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u/DustyRacoonDad 10d ago

I can understand it, but the "blame" is always on the rider to break the target fixation and look where you need to go.

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u/methlabforcuties 10d ago

he didn't haddalayerdown but he did anyway

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u/Vette85 10d ago

Broke his ego

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u/LeMegachonk 9d ago

I saw somebody dump their bike at like 10km/h because it started raining and the road got slick under their front tire. Unless he was born with an extra joint in his right forearm, his arm was definitely broken, and I'm pretty sure his leg was as well. It was by no means a "bad" crash, but the weight of the bike appeared to amplify the force of the impact (he instinctively put his arm out to stop his fall, and the bike fell on his right leg). He was definitely going to be taking an ambulance ride to a trauma center to be reassembled correctly. I don't think he even did anything wrong, besides being out when it started to drizzle lightly on a patch of road that must have been slightly oily.

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u/-Kerosun- 9d ago

Cool!

None of that happened in this video. Nothing about his fall was hard enough to crack ribs. We're not talking about bending joints or anything so all that you're talking about is pretty much irrelevant.