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Motorcyclist seriously injured after crash leaves bike dangling from traffic light near Surrey-Delta border (www.cbc.ca)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/britishcolumbia@lemmy.ca
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Police say a motorcyclist was taken to hospital with serious injuries after a B.C. crash near the Surrey-Delta border Saturday afternoon left a motorcycle dangling from a traffic light above a busy intersection.

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[–] 14 points 6 months ago (10 children)

I've seen the video of the event posted elsewhere. He was going insanely fast, as should not surprise anyone. He crossed half the intersection in three frames, and was so hard on the brakes already he was in a deep endo before slamming into the car. He was probably approaching that intersection well in excess of 100km/h. 150 would not surprise me. As far as the car turning was concerned, the intersection was clear and it was safe to make the turn. An invisible idiot-rocket coming your way at more than twice the expected speed is not something the driver could, or should, anticipate.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago* (4 children)

    it was safe to make the turn

    You mean, it would have been safe if the motorcycle were approaching in reasonable speed…? clearly it wasn’t safe to make that turn

    North America and this turn on green bullshit. Cities should have dedicated turn signals, or a freaking roundabout.

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  • [–] -1 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Roundabouts are great in countries that train drivers and have strict licence tests, but the are not safer when cars just barrel into them without looking.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    The same can be said about literally anything. No car infrastructure is safe when cars just barrel into them without looking - only infrastructure made to prevent cars from passing, which is not the point here.

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  • [–] 0 points 5 months ago

    the are not safer when cars just barrel into them without looking

    Is that something that happens? We have a mix of roundabouts and regular intersections in Vancouver, as well as some very questionable drivers. I can't think of a time when someone messed up at a roundabout. Especially the smaller residential ones

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    I wouldn't use the endo as speed facts, I watched our motorcycle instructor do them at low speeds showing how powerful modern disc brakes are.

    Also had a friend on a two lane road get cutoff by a person who didn't want to miss their turn, he clamped the front brake so hard the bike flipped over onto its gas tank.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago* (3 children)

    Endo on its own, agreed, is not indicative of speed. Crossing most of a 4-lane intersection in 3 frames (1/10th of a second) indicates insane speed.

    The endo indicates "oh shit, I screwed up and am panic braking, and also I am bad enough at riding a motorcycle that I can't manage my braking."

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    i agree he's goingfast-, but endo braking doesn't always mean oops I screwed up, it is often another driver violating a traffic law and suddenly safe riding becomes imminent impact.

    I see the bigger Indictator of speed here is how the bike reacts after impact, it still had a ton of energy to launch vertically, instead of just falling down beside the car

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