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Motorcycle Forum / General / Motorcycles / November 2007Amazing low speed accident
Stopped at a light, I heard two crashes in rapid succession. Turned my head just in time to see a lady in a small BMW sports car with a bashed in front end now in reverse and bashing into the truck behind her. She had her hands over her face. Not sure if they were up there as she reversed into the truck or just went up afterwards. I was really very curious whether she had accomplished all of this by design or accident but figured I probably should be as far away from this person as possible, so I didn't stick around to find out what had happened. Maybe it's the season for bad driving or something. Y'all be careful out there. > Stopped at a light, I heard two crashes in rapid succession. > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Maybe it's the season for bad driving or something. > Y'all be careful out there. A co-worker got a nasty surprise this past weekend when stopped behind a SUV at a redlight, the SUV backed up on to her hood and nearly through her windshield. Seems the SUV driver was backing up to get out of the turn lane and didn't see the car behind him. Sure am glad I wasn't behind this guy on my bike. Greg > A co-worker got a nasty surprise this past weekend when stopped behind > a SUV at a redlight, the SUV backed up on to her hood and nearly [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Greg A few years ago, after a round of golf, one of my friends in his Celica pulled in behind our other friend in a lifted jeep. The jeep backed up crushing the hood of the poor little Celica. I was the only one who thought it was rather funny. In article <11e687a1-adfd-43f0-bc76-3c25a3d54f37@e67g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>, > > Stopped at a light, I heard two crashes in rapid succession. > > > > Turned my head just in time to see a lady in a small BMW > > sports car with a bashed in front end now in reverse and > > bashing into the truck behind her. It shifted into reverse as a result of the accident? How cool, in a QA Engineer sort of way. =:o > > She had her hands over her face. Not sure if they were > > up there as she reversed into the truck or just went up [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > of the turn lane and didn't see the car behind him. Sure am glad I > wasn't behind this guy on my bike. Gyawd! And in that situation, it's easy for the SUV driver to say, "No, they hit me!"  SignatureTimberwoof <me at timberwoof dot com> faq: http://www.timberwoof.com/motorcycle/faq.shtml It's easy to say a war is so important your neighbor should go fight it for you. > In article > <11e687a1-adfd-43f0-bc76-3c25a3d54f37@e67g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>, [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > Gyawd! And in that situation, it's easy for the SUV driver to say, > "No, they hit me!" I was thinking about that the other day. Was stopped at a light behind a good sized flatbed and his backup lights went on for a moment. Now _that_ was scary. Signature-- --John to email, dial "usenet" and validate (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net) > I was thinking about that the other day. Was stopped at a light > behind a good sized flatbed and his backup lights went on for a > moment. Now _that_ was scary. True story: a friend of mine driving an Austin-Healy Sprite was pulling up to a traffic light behind a stopped police car in Colton California when the cop suddenly accelerated backwards towards him. Turned out the cop had stopped a short distance into the intersection and had put it in reverse to back up a bit when *shazam!* somebody blew through the intersection at around 60 and the cop automatically punched it to give chase........forgetting that he was still in reverse. Between the cop car's rear end rising under acceleration and my friend's Sprite nosing down in a panic stop, the police car's rear license plate ended up sitting where the Sprite's windshield had been. Nobody was hurt, but there was a terribly embarrassed cop to deal with, the city of Colton had to buy my friend a brand-new Sprite, and the speeding driver got clean away. On Nov 29, 4:27 pm, Timberwoof <timberwoof.s...@infernosoft.com> wrote: > In article > <11e687a1-adfd-43f0-bc76-3c25a3d54...@e67g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>, > > > Turned my head just in time to see a lady in a small BMW > > > sports car with a bashed in front end now in reverse and > > > bashing into the truck behind her. > > It shifted into reverse as a result of the accident? How cool, in a QA > Engineer sort of way. =:o On behalf of developers everywhere, let me assure you that it's a feature and it's supposed to work that way. Honest !!!! >> Stopped at a light, I heard two crashes in rapid succession. >> [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > Greg Another reason you stop way back from the vehicle ahead. It gives you at least 3 ways out. Go right Go left Jump off and dont get hit. > Another reason you stop way back from the vehicle ahead. > It gives you at least 3 ways out. > Go right > Go left > Jump off and dont get hit. Another reason to ride in California. With lanesplitting being legal here the smarter riders don't get caught between cars at all: we ride *between* them. > Stopped at a light, I heard two crashes in rapid succession. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > She had her hands over her face. (snip) Hmm. I wonder how my wife got to northern California. > > Stopped at a light, I heard two crashes in rapid succession. > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Hmm. I wonder how my wife got to northern California. Wrong turn perhaps ? >> Hmm. I wonder how my wife got to northern California. > > Wrong turn perhaps ? Ah, then you've met her. Every time she comes to a tee intersection her neurons get together and hold a plebiscite on which way is right and which way is left. It invariably comes out a tie, so she just turns in a random direction to see where she'll end up. If I were in charge of giving out driver's licenses, she'd be taking public transportation. > >> Hmm. I wonder how my wife got to northern California. > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > If I were in charge of giving out driver's licenses, she'd be taking public > transportation. Did I ever mention the time my ex collided with her workplace ? Transplanted New Yawkuh, didn't lear to drive until she got to Ca. . Somehow passed the road test and wanted to drive to work. Turning into the driveway, she failed to turn the wheel back and straighten out again. I finally paniced, reached over from the passenger seat and started turning the wheel back myself. This caused her to panic and hit the gas instead of the brake. The car ran one wheel up over a concrete divider but thankfully didn't flip over or burn or anything. When it came to a stop, I had to forcibly pull her foot off the gas and shut the engine off. Some of that just seems to come instinctively I guess. On Nov 29, 10:13 pm, Rob Kleinschmidt <Rkleinsch1216...@aol.com> wrote: > > >> Hmm. I wonder how my wife got to northern California. > [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > Some of that just seems to come instinctively I guess. Yeah, I suppose that's worse than my wife that took the side off the garage even though I had backed the car in so she wouldn't have to back out. Bruce > On Nov 29, 10:13 pm, Rob Kleinschmidt <Rkleinsch1216...@aol.com> > wrote: [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > > Some of that just seems to come instinctively I guess. > Yeah, I suppose that's worse than my wife that took the side off the > garage even though I had backed the car in so she wouldn't have to > back out. We managed though to avoid the part where after hitting the office building, the car flips upside down and bursts into flames. That really would have made the commute twice as sucky as it was already. Which side did she take off, and how ? > Stopped at a light, I heard two crashes in rapid succession. > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Maybe it's the season for bad driving or something. > Y'all be careful out there. Accident? I think it is a stupid |
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