http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/12/justice/san-antonio-motorcyclist-dare/
Ignoring his outstanding warrants, he screwed up big time by posting the video. I don’t know how they can prove he was riding the bike, but the video definitely doesn’t help.
Bikers do this dumb shit every day and no one is the wiser but posting a video of it online is almost as dumb as actually doing it.
Looks like some one may end a recipient of a Darwin award.
Not that I condone what he did, but from the vid posted in the link I don’t know if I’d agree that the guy is going over 100mph. Having ridden with an on board cam, the perception of cars standing still and passing by them so closely creates an image that one is going faster than they really are. I am only judging what I saw and could barely hear (motorcycle engine) from that short clip posted in that link. But I don’t think it was 100.
I’m not really on board with lane splitting though I realize it is legal in some states, but not Texas. OTOH it is pretty dangerous for riders to sit in a traffic jam sandwich. I know the arguments, not trying to open a can of worms. Suffice to say, play dumb games, win dumb prizes. Chances are if this guy keeps riding in a wreckless manner long enough, he’ll be a smear stain on the road. If he wants to pass especially in stand still traffic, rather than lane split, I am of the opinion riders should use the emergency shoulder, either inside or outside. I don’t want a busted mirror or scrapped up paint job from a guy that ping pongs off the vehicles because he misjudged the gap.
Looked like 40/45 mph to me. People who drive like that need to be removed from public roads period.
Yeah, that was about where I was guessing.
Let me reiterate that while I’m contested the rate of speed, I do not condone wreckless behavior on the roads two or four wheels.
There is a huge difference between safely lane splitting and doing what this guy did. There is no comparison.
Lane splitting, even in CA where its legal is limited to 10 or 20mph faster than the speed of stopped traffic.
I’m all about lane splitting, but even if it were legal here you’d still have to deal with pissed off cagers getting irritated when you split as if you’re somehow slowing them down
Just going by the video, he doesn’t make it onto the podium. Now these guys, they’re vying for gold, silver, and bronze. :laugh:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYF795XR-UI
I ride. Good way to die. Take it to the track…
I drive this segment of road 3-5 times a week. Cars are not looking for bikes splitting the lane as they shift trying to get into the faster lane.
He’ll be the 5 O’clock headline in the near future.
Those remind me of a time I saw a sportbike doing a wheelie through a redlight at supersonic speeds. There was a Sheriff sitting right next to me and when I looked over at him he just shrugged as if to say “What do you want me to do?” fully knowing he’d never be able, nor allowed to make the U-turn and catch the guy.
As my motorcycle insurance gradually increases incident after incident
I hear you. Sometimes LEOs just have to let it go knowing full well that sooner or later they’ll be picking up the pieces literally. Hopefully with no innocent casualties.
Job security.
I’m a huge fan of it.
Look at the lines and his closing rate on the overpasses. Those cars are moving. I’ll bet he is way over 40 mph. GH
I agree but those guys are squids and they know they’d get their ass handed to them. The one idiot uses his clutch to upshift his R1 & his downshifts are horrific. The other d-bag makes an attempt to match his revs on the downshifts but loses any credibility when he starts screaming in his helmet & bounces his motor off the rev limiter. I wager a guess that the track wouldn’t want them either.
I don’t wish death on too many people so with any luck, they’ll wad it solo, soft enough to live but bad enough to rethink how their entertain themselves.
I’d guess he’s going faster than 40 but certainly less than 100.
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Every time I hear stories about or see these bastards I get a visual image of that biker who embedded himself head first into the trailer of an eighteen wheeler and was dragged for miles. I won’t post the pic here as it is a family friendly site but yeah, I crack a smile.
Job security is right.
Squeegee. Two-gallon Ziplock bag. Firehose. Use as necessary.
This tends to be a self-correcting problem. My heartburn with it is that people should not invite others to participate in their own suicide attempt.
If you watch the full video and not just the edited one linked there are parts where I’d say he is definitely close to if not over 100 mph.
Agree. At least on a track they wouldn’t be threatening ‘civilians’. They probably wouldn’t last past the 2nd lap and crash out on cold tires. On of my coaches always tells the story of the guy that showed up and immediately told everybody “my friends call me ‘king of the streets’ because I’m so good” who make it to the third lap before an epic highside and was getting passed with ease… 
This is the kind of idiot who kills people.
The father of one of my daughters school friends was killed by a guy just like this. Last winter he pulls out of a parking lot making a left turn. Totally not expecting the headlight he sees to be going 138 mph, police estimate, in a 40 zone. Hits him right in the drivers door. The car actually went airborne and rotated about 180 degrees before landing on top of the bike and rider. David was killed as was the kid riding the bike. Luckily his 13 year old in the back seat was uninjured.
His wife was pregnant with their second child at the time. Little boy, named him David.
If this guy is ever caught, he’ll find sympathy in the dictionary between syphilis and sycamore.
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