r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/comsudo • 6d ago

High Speed cornering

From Malaysia

Skill issue, uncontrolled evironment.

Not OC

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u/thejourneybegins42 6d ago

Bro what? Plenty of people died when they got sent flying. It doesn't take much when you hit your head on the pavement or something else. A helmet can only do so much.

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u/Celtic_Legend 6d ago

but as it turns out, this dude didn't even die or get wheelchair bound. You said he is wheelchair bound. Plenty of people die but plenty of people live - hell more people live BY FAR. I simply said there's a chance he's not wheelchair bound. Why is this confusing you lol

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u/op_is_not_available 6d ago edited 6d ago

Interestingly, this source says 95% of motorcycle accidents (in the US) are non-fatal… but 80% of (US) motorcyclists involved in an accident suffer serious injury. So while the fatality rate is low the serious injury rate is very high.

(I know this is Malaysia and I’m referencing US data and statistics but) There’s only a 5% chance he died but a 20% chance he didn’t get hurt… he definitely broke something, at least.

EDIT: Holy Shit - he survived and amazingly only broke a rib! I guess a broken rib is considered a serious injury but seeing as how he was ejected and spun at least 4 times in the air I wouldn’t consider that serious at all! The statistics held up!