A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words.

[skyway]

I think I saw this posted before, but not with the explanation.

The Honda rider was traveling at such a "very high speed", his reaction

time was not sufficient enough to avoid this accident. Swedish Police

estimate a speed of ~250 KM/h (155mph) before the bike hit the slow

moving car side-on at an intersection. At that speed, they predicted

that the rider's reaction time (once the vehicle came into view) wasn't

sufficient enough for him to even apply the brakes. The car had two

passengers and the bike rider was found INSIDE the car with them. The

Volkswagen actually flipped over from the force of impact and landed 10

feet from where the collision took place. All three involved (two in car

and rider) were killed instantly. This graphic demonstration was placed

at the Stockholm Motorcycle Fair by the Swedish Police and Road Safety

Department. The sign above the display also noted that the rider had

only recently obtained his license.

At 250 KM (155 mph) the operator is traveling at 227 feet per second.

With normal reaction time to SEE-DECIDE-REACT of 1.6 seconds the above

operator would have traveled over 363 feet while making a decision on

what actions to take. In this incident the Swedish police indicate that

no actions were taken.

 

[FatNakedGuy]

I thought I read somewhere that this was either a Photochop, or staged art exhibit of sorts.

Trying to find the info right now..

 

[twowheelnut]

I thought I read somewhere that this was either a Photochop, or staged art exhibit of sorts.
Trying to find the info right now..

+1

How'd the get the dead out without removing the bike then how would they get the bike put back in, hmmm?

 

[slapnpop]

You can see in the photo that the car is in two seperate peices. Both of the A bars are incomplete, and the frame is torn apart from underneat the passenger door to underneath the rear of the driver's door. You can see through the floorboards (or where they should be) to the blue floor in the building in one of the photos.

 

[twowheelnut]

Yeah, but the B pillars are intact as is the sill on the driver's side. Had they cut the A pillars to sardine can the roof there'd be a funky dent in the roof just at the B pillars stretching from one to the other. I think the floor is intact on the driver side, too. Plus, look at where the passenger door wound up. I bet we're looking at a crash test dummy scenario here...

 

[slapnpop]

I don't think so. I think the car rolled over. Look at the roof.

 

[twowheelnut]

Oh, for sure she rolled - no doubt there.

 

[madmike2]

Regardless, its a comment on the "need for speed" on public roads. What if it had been a deer? Oh dear!

Ya gots ta pick yer "roll on the throttle" place with great care.

 

[wpbfjr]

my two cents:

bike sliced the car in half... car driver ejected... biker over top of car (possibly sliced in half)...

no extracation issues...

put bike back in and push halves together for display/effect...

but, i've been wrong as recently as 10 mins ago... :haha: :haha:

 

[Thug]

I have witnessed these types of crashes many times (well a few anyway) they are very real indeed.