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Permalink Reply by Doug Haynes on April 29, 2013 at 2:10am

I saw that elsewhere this morning; not plesant to watch.

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Permalink Reply by dan brown on April 29, 2013 at 2:32am

how does something like that get videotaped ? seems like whoever recorded it had the perfect vantage point, clear sightlines, and even sound ? 

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Permalink Reply by Michael A on April 29, 2013 at 2:35am

That happened on Mullholland freeway in CA, it is a very popular place for motorcyclists to "play" on public roads. great video and photo ops of high end street bikes in action... cyclists are just in their way.

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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on April 29, 2013 at 3:00am

Owww!!!

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Permalink Reply by Crazy David 84 Furlongs on April 29, 2013 at 3:39am

I hope that the Motorcycle rider had good insurance.   That's so clearly a single fault accident.    One can also hope that the cyclists were not badly hurt, but that certainly would shake me.  That's the unlikely, but greatly feared, accident of being hit from behind.

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Permalink Reply by We all have an inner Beast... on April 29, 2013 at 5:56am

Chalk one up for the bicyclists wearing helmets !

I have ingrained that into my son.

Imagine if the first rider he hit had NOT been wearing a helmet....?

What kind of damage do you think he would have had when he smacked the back of his nugget on the ground? What a "POP" !

 

Respectfully,

Manny

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Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on April 29, 2013 at 6:33am

For those not on board with Michael A's idea of a cute little surprise--

The video shows a motorcycle coming up behind and riding into two cyclists traveling in the same direction.

The cyclists and the motorcyclist end up on the ground. Injuries don't appear to be life threatening but one rider seems to have landed hard, and clearly has holes torn in his clothing and abrased skin exposed. That rider stays laying on the ground and is attended to.

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Permalink Reply by Zoetrope on April 29, 2013 at 9:53am

So did the motorcyclist do that on purpose or what?

With all disrespect,

Zoetrope

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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on April 29, 2013 at 10:21am

That's how it looked to me, too.

Cameron 7.5 mi said:

From the way he is wandering from the inside to outside of his lane it looks like he went into the corner with too much speed for the radius of the curve and had the road been empty would have very barely made it around. Essenitally the motorcycle is going fast enough that they're out of control.

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