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« on: November 17, 2009, 07:07:27 AM »
I hope the repost police are lookin' the other way - just in case.

Looks to me like this guy's bail-out plan was a bit too late

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« Reply #1 on: November 17, 2009, 07:24:15 AM »
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« Reply #2 on: November 17, 2009, 07:25:06 AM »
DAYUM. EEK!

I guess the guy had 2 choices: jump off (like he did) or gas it forward.  
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« Reply #3 on: November 19, 2009, 09:37:08 PM »
Was that an officer on escort duty that got smacked?

Still pretty dumb pulling into a lane on a limited access with heavy traffic and expecting people to stop.
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« Reply #4 on: November 20, 2009, 04:24:10 AM »
Quote from: KenH on November 19, 2009, 09:37:08 PM

Was that an officer on escort duty that got smacked?

Still pretty dumb pulling into a lane on a limited access with heavy traffic and expecting people to stop.


I would think that too, but I believe the person that hit him had more than ample time to come to a stop.  You really don't see the car bothering to decelerate until the dip realizes the cop isn't going to move.
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« Reply #5 on: November 20, 2009, 04:31:48 AM »
Un-eFn-believable...  The guy is on a bike with flashing lights and in a bright yellow suit and this idiot doesn't see him?  Where are people looking when they drive...
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« Reply #6 on: November 20, 2009, 05:47:50 AM »
It wouldn't surprise me to hear the car drivers atty pull some wank excuse out of his .. um.. briefcase...  maybe the bright suit wasn't recently calibrated...
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« Reply #7 on: November 20, 2009, 05:54:39 AM »
What's really retarded is why he felt he had to put himself in harm's way when there was plenty of merge lane and light traffic. The consequences were horribly harsh.
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« Reply #8 on: November 20, 2009, 05:56:50 AM »
That is scary,  Don't understand why they would use bikes as road blocks though.  If the guy was off of his bike on foot he could have ran out of the way.  
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« Reply #9 on: November 20, 2009, 06:13:29 AM »
Using a bike to stop highway speed traffic... in that manner... just one of them...  Headscratch

Dumb. *and* throw the book at the guy who hit him.

Honestly... seriously... does it surprise anyone - anyone at all - that it turned out the way that it did?

Anyone?
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« Reply #10 on: November 20, 2009, 07:16:37 AM »
Quote from: LuvMy883 on November 20, 2009, 06:13:29 AM

Using a bike to stop highway speed traffic... in that manner... just one of them...  Headscratch

Dumb. *and* throw the book at the guy who hit him.

Honestly... seriously... does it surprise anyone - anyone at all - that it turned out the way that it did?

Anyone?


I'm not surprised at all. One bike to slow down two lanes of traffic? Bad idea. We all know bikes are hard to be seen. You couldn't pay me to pull a bike into a highway to stop traffic, even with flashing lights and a yellow jacket.
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« Reply #11 on: November 20, 2009, 03:20:51 PM »
Bike escorts happen all the time here in the US - put the blame on the driver not the bike cop.
The truck saw him and pulled over - how could the car driver not see him ....................
Motorcycle escorts are more common in Europe than the US, and the bikes have more visibility with the reflective tape all over them.
Maybe you should see the DC Metro bikes escort dignitaries and the Pres here in the DC Area - they will stop all traffic on surface streets and the freeways for a move - this guy was just holding a lane for the ambulance to be able to get on.
Hopefully the driver gets whats due and the bike cop gets back to work eventually.

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« Reply #12 on: November 20, 2009, 03:29:22 PM »
Quote from: Ves on November 20, 2009, 04:31:48 AM

Where are people looking when they drive...

 
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« Reply #13 on: November 20, 2009, 03:53:57 PM »
Takes two to tango.  Idiots abound.
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« Reply #14 on: November 20, 2009, 05:49:14 PM »
disturbing vid.  Sad

Driver must have been on a cell phone.
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« Reply #15 on: November 20, 2009, 06:07:55 PM »
It looks like his vision was blocked by the truck that changed lanes just before and a car as well. I think there is less room there than we see. The depth perception of 2d video doesn't transfer well. They are all moving at 60 + I'm sure. That's 88 FPS, plus about 120 feet to stop. Add those up and in four seconds that's about 400 feet! Plus the two cars behind him would have done the same thing!
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« Reply #16 on: November 20, 2009, 09:34:28 PM »
It looks like the car was blocked in on the side and could not get over.
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« Reply #17 on: November 20, 2009, 10:04:14 PM »
Quote from: Kat-Rider on November 20, 2009, 09:34:28 PM

It looks like the car was blocked in on the side and could not get over.
Brakes weren't an option to avoid the dude in Yellow?



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« Reply #18 on: November 20, 2009, 10:35:24 PM »
Quote from: ksann on November 20, 2009, 10:04:14 PM

Brakes weren't an option to avoid the dude in Yellow?



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Depends on what he could see around the truck.  A little more following distance would have given him time to react.
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« Reply #19 on: November 20, 2009, 11:38:52 PM »
Quote from: Kat-Rider on November 20, 2009, 10:35:24 PM


Depends on what he could see around the truck.  A little more following distance would have given him time to react.


The yellow car was two cars behind the truck. The truck moved over, the the car right behind the truck. It was then a clear view for the yellow car, but he didn't swerve or slow down at all even though he had time to. From what the video shows I would guess he was reading the paper.
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