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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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[–] 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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