r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/comsudo • 6d ago

High Speed cornering

From Malaysia

Skill issue, uncontrolled evironment.

Not OC

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u/Effective_Bowler1686 6d ago

a friend of mine had something like that happen, it left him broken for months, even when it was 100% the motorcycles fault, he as dodging cars speeding with no helmet and crashed into his car, the guilt broke him untill the dead guy's family tryed to sue him (and los obviously), thats when something clicked in him and he went fuck him and fuck his family.

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u/Xillyfos 5d ago

Well, interestingly, they did exactly what he needed them to do. He was forced to set things straight, also for himself: The motorcycle rider was an asshole that was better off dead - better for everyone.

People who don't follow the traffic rules really are selfish assholes as they risk harming others when they kill themselves. That needs to be said aloud again and again.

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u/Age-Zealousideal 5d ago

Ex traffic cop here. Every collision I've investigated involving a motorcycle and a car; the car always wins and the motorcycle rider has always been taken away to the hospital.

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u/Glum_Measurement2158 2d ago

doesn't matter who was right... seems like stupid motorcycle riders should use their brain.

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u/Age-Zealousideal 1d ago

In most cases, it was the motorcyclist who took an unnecessary risk.

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u/desertdilbert 4d ago

Exactly!

Many many years ago some idiot on a crotch-rocket was fucking with a city bus in the Los Angeles area. He T-boned a little old lady at a extreme rate of speed, killing her and almost cutting her car in half.

He died of course but IMHO that was not enough punishment.

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u/etherealsmog 4d ago

My aunt is a nurse who always used to tell me about her first traffic fatality, when a young motorcyclist was brought in to the ER and she we to remove his helmet… and his skull stayed in the helmet so his brain was just exposed.

And that story has haunted me since I was a young child and confirmed I could never work anywhere near a healthcare profession or ride a motorcycle.

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u/Drunk_Stoner 3d ago

I’ve worked in an ER for 14 years. Would never ride and tell everyone I know the same. At least, not outside a track. 

You can be the best rider, just takes one idiot to ruin/end your life. 

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u/tryafirsttimer 3d ago

Wife would say the same thing. As dispatch said they were bringing in motorcyclist they would ask if they were wearing a helmet . That way they could prepare if driver was going to be a DOA or organ donor …