How fast have you crashed before?? - Page 2

Well, back in 96, i was in the military in Las Vegas (I can think of wworse places to be stationed). I woke up in a hospital in a lot of pain while being told to push the button for the morphine drip. I was thinking I fell down the stairs at my work because I couldn't remember anything else.

In reality, two days prior I went to lunch and was returning to work going about 45 mph when a car pulled out in front of me to make a left turn. I hit the center of the driver side of the car and it shot me into the air. I went about 30 feet, hit the ground head and left hand first. The cop on the scene said I was awake and answered everything fine except I thought I was in Texas, not Nevada.

UMC did reconstructive surgery on my left wrist. I busted out 6 of my upper front teeth (and that was with a full face helmet) and the gas tank looked like a crushed soda can - my nuts were the size of tennis balls, but black. Keeping my sense of humor (the morphine helped) I asked if I could get the same size in white.

Every morning, when I am putting my teeth in, I am reminded that not every accident is the riders fault and sometimes accidents are unavoidable. The best way to be prepared is by weraing the right gear. There is no doubt that I would be dead if it wasn't for the helmet.





Also, 0mph... bought my 06 cbr1000rr in September and on week later, while parked in a parking lot, some #%&*$@ backed into my bike. he pushed it back about 2 feet until the kickstand snapped and then pushed it a little further on its side. $2,500 in damage and I didn't even make my first payment on the bike. I am glad I had full coverage!

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ORIGINAL: Onarom

Well, back in 96, i was in the military in Las Vegas (I can think of wworse places to be stationed). I woke up in a hospital in a lot of pain while being told to push the button for the morphine drip. I was thinking I fell down the stairs at my work because I couldn't remember anything else.

In reality, two days prior I went to lunch and was returning to work going about 45 mph when a car pulled out in front of me to make a left turn. I hit the center of the driver side of the car and it shot me into the air. I went about 30 feet, hit the ground head and left hand first. The cop on the scene said I was awake and answered everything fine except I thought I was in Texas, not Nevada.

UMC did reconstructive surgery on my left wrist. I busted out 6 of my upper front teeth (and that was with a full face helmet) and the gas tank looked like a crushed soda can - my nuts were the size of tennis balls, but black. Keeping my sense of humor (the morphine helped) I asked if I could get the same size in white.

Every morning, when I am putting my teeth in, I am reminded that not every accident is the riders fault and sometimes accidents are unavoidable. The best way to be prepared is by weraing the right gear. There is no doubt that I would be dead if it wasn't for the helmet.





Also, 0mph... bought my 06 cbr1000rr in September and on week later, while parked in a parking lot, some #%&*$@ backed into my bike. he pushed it back about 2 feet until the kickstand snapped and then pushed it a little further on its side. $2,500 in damage and I didn't even make my first payment on the bike. I am glad I had full coverage!

This is the scariest accident in my opinion!! Ouch!!! This is 1 of my worst fears..head-on collision onto a car making a turn.

I've seen worse road traffic accidents..part and parcel of being a fire fighter / rescue specialist. This send shivers down my spine..

40 mph, dog ran out and I split it in half. Nice dose of road rash.
30 mph on my Rd350 racer in 1980, uphill curve, ran out of tire and the bike just slid out. I got to watch it tumble while I landed on my feet and slid. no shit! Not a scratch except torn jeans

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ORIGINAL: svtcobras

40 mph, dog ran out and I split it in half. Nice dose of road rash.
30 mph on my Rd350 racer in 1980, uphill curve, ran out of tire and the bike just slid out. I got to watch it tumble while I landed on my feet and slid. no shit! Not a scratch except torn jeans

 
Gosh..the dog must have been thru Final Destination Final Cut.. LOL!!

35 mph on my 2006 CBR1000RR . Man walking his dog with leash in hand not on the dog. The dog decides to Crouse the road with man in chase. Locked up the brakes and lost it. Thank Good that I had my gear on or I wood have had  road rash. That was an expensive dog almost $3000 in parts.            

0 mph. Had a lady (on a cell phone) backed into me at a stop light. I had my horn blazing for at least 5 seconds and had enough time to yell out "Oh Shit, STOP!" She kept going and hit my front tire, scared the shit out of me, and I fell over. Now in super-pissed mode, I got up and walked up to her window to see that SHE WAS LAUGHING!!!!!! (you know that "oh shit, I can't believe how retarded I am" type of laugh)................so...........I lost it.

I opened her door, grabbed her cell phone (which she was still talking on) and threw it to the ground as hard as possible. It obliterated on impact (and it was an expensive PDA phone too.) I walked back to my bike, and by now, a couple of guys who saw it happen helped me pick my bike back up. Broken left turnsignal, broken left mirror, buckled frame slider (thank God it worked!).......then the police arrived a few moments later......

...........this is where it gets really good.............

The first thing the bitch does is go up to the police officer and starts ranting about how I destroyed her phone. Police officer tells her to calm down and we went through the story and blah blah blah. Anyway, the officer finally asked the two guys who destroyed the phone. THEY SAID THE GIRL DROPPED IT WHILE GETTING OUT OF HER CAR!!!!! Oh, yeah! How could this get any better? Well...........The girl went freaking balistic and freaked out. Started cursing at the cop, when he showed no sympathy, she came after me with arms swinging. Cop stepped in, slapped on the handcuffs and put her in the back seat of his car! I just stood there stunned and couldn't believe what just happened.

The cop asked me if I wanted to press charges, and I said no. (she already got what she deserved, plus a careless driving ticket, $500 dollar fine for causing the accident, embarassment of being thrown in handcuffs, and her knowing that I got away with shattering her phone.

One small incident, and the laugh that started a landslide. Do I regret smashing her phone? A little. Do I regret completely ruining her day? Maybe. Do I regret teaching a retarded cell phone driver a lesson? NEVER.

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ORIGINAL: Blue Fox

0 mph. Had a lady (on a cell phone) backed into me at a stop light. I had my horn blazing for at least 5 seconds and had enough time to yell out "Oh Shit, STOP!" She kept going and hit my front tire, scared the shit out of me, and I fell over. Now in super-pissed mode, I got up and walked up to her window to see that SHE WAS LAUGHING!!!!!! (you know that "oh shit, I can't believe how retarded I am" type of laugh)................so...........I lost it.

I opened her door, grabbed her cell phone (which she was still talking on) and threw it to the ground as hard as possible. It obliterated on impact (and it was an expensive PDA phone too.) I walked back to my bike, and by now, a couple of guys who saw it happen helped me pick my bike back up. Broken left turnsignal, broken left mirror, buckled frame slider (thank God it worked!).......then the police arrived a few moments later......

...........this is where it gets really good.............

The first thing the bitch does is go up to the police officer and starts ranting about how I destroyed her phone. Police officer tells her to calm down and we went through the story and blah blah blah. Anyway, the officer finally asked the two guys who destroyed the phone. THEY SAID THE GIRL DROPPED IT WHILE GETTING OUT OF HER CAR!!!!! Oh, yeah! How could this get any better? Well...........The girl went freaking balistic and freaked out. Started cursing at the cop, when he showed no sympathy, she came after me with arms swinging. Cop stepped in, slapped on the handcuffs and put her in the back seat of his car! I just stood there stunned and couldn't believe what just happened.

The cop asked me if I wanted to press charges, and I said no. (she already got what she deserved, plus a careless driving ticket, $500 dollar fine for causing the accident, embarassment of being thrown in handcuffs, and her knowing that I got away with shattering her phone.

One small incident, and the laugh that started a landslide. Do I regret smashing her phone? A little. Do I regret completely ruining her day? Maybe. Do I regret teaching a retarded cell phone driver a lesson? NEVER.

 
I wish they would pass a law in my state to make talking on cell phones while operating any motor vehicle illegal. I have been in two wreckes where the other driver rearended me while talking on the phone. I now have perminent back damage that according two both my doctors, will only get worse as I get older. I get so mad when I see people not paying attention to the road. I think there should be a "smash law" where any person can walk up to a driver who is on the phone, rip it out of there hands, and smash it on the ground. ( at stop lights of course ) I bet a few people would stop talking while driving.

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ORIGINAL: Blue Fox

0 mph. Had a lady (on a cell phone) backed into me at a stop light. I had my horn blazing for at least 5 seconds and had enough time to yell out "Oh Shit, STOP!" She kept going and hit my front tire, scared the shit out of me, and I fell over. Now in super-pissed mode, I got up and walked up to her window to see that SHE WAS LAUGHING!!!!!! (you know that "oh shit, I can't believe how retarded I am" type of laugh)................so...........I lost it.

I opened her door, grabbed her cell phone (which she was still talking on) and threw it to the ground as hard as possible. It obliterated on impact (and it was an expensive PDA phone too.) I walked back to my bike, and by now, a couple of guys who saw it happen helped me pick my bike back up. Broken left turnsignal, broken left mirror, buckled frame slider (thank God it worked!).......then the police arrived a few moments later......

...........this is where it gets really good.............

The first thing the bitch does is go up to the police officer and starts ranting about how I destroyed her phone. Police officer tells her to calm down and we went through the story and blah blah blah. Anyway, the officer finally asked the two guys who destroyed the phone. THEY SAID THE GIRL DROPPED IT WHILE GETTING OUT OF HER CAR!!!!! Oh, yeah! How could this get any better? Well...........The girl went freaking balistic and freaked out. Started cursing at the cop, when he showed no sympathy, she came after me with arms swinging. Cop stepped in, slapped on the handcuffs and put her in the back seat of his car! I just stood there stunned and couldn't believe what just happened.

The cop asked me if I wanted to press charges, and I said no. (she already got what she deserved, plus a careless driving ticket, $500 dollar fine for causing the accident, embarassment of being thrown in handcuffs, and her knowing that I got away with shattering her phone.

One small incident, and the laugh that started a landslide. Do I regret smashing her phone? A little. Do I regret completely ruining her day? Maybe. Do I regret teaching a retarded cell phone driver a lesson? NEVER.

 
 
Good job!! Well done..taught that stupid bitch!! Yeah..using of handphone while driving is banned in Singapore. 2nd time offenders will have their driving license revoke..Good!

+1 about the cell phone lady, that's awesome! If I need to talk to someone while I'm out, or get a phone call, I usually pull over in the first parking lot I can find. I see people yakking away all the damn time while driving...what can be so important?
 
Anyway, my accident (as most of you already read about several months ago):
 
I highsided coming around an easy left hand sweeper at the crest of a hill at about 70 mph. I hit a big mess of loose pea sized gravel that I didn't see until the last minute as I was looking through the turn. At this point I couldn't avoid it, so I hoped for the best and went through it. I knew I was hosed. Back end swung out to the right and it caught traction sideways and highsided. When I got thrown, my guess is I was going about 60 mph since the sliding sideways probably slowed me down a little.
I ended up flying and then tumbling down a hill head first, for which seemed like an eternity, and I hoped I wasn't about to hit anything solid and also really really hoped the bike wouldn't land on me. I was stopped by a barb wire fence that cut into the back of my neck (nice scar). Lots and lots of bruising, 2 broken ribs (1 front, 1 back), the scar, and soreness for about a week to the point where I hardly got out of bed much...except to deliver the bike via trailer to the dealer. No road rash or anything like that. Had on full armored gear (jacket, pants) back protector, boots, gloves, helmet. The only thing that survived were my boots.
Bike got totaled. Funny thing is the right side was completely untouched. It flipped, who knows how many times, but it landed on the other side of the fence, without ever touching the fence, about 20 feet from where I finally stopped tumbling. Front, top, gas tank, rear and left side were beat to hell. There is a missing left frame slider still out there somewhere...

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ORIGINAL: Blue Fox

0 mph. Had a lady (on a cell phone) backed into me at a stop light. I had my horn blazing for at least 5 seconds and had enough time to yell out "Oh Shit, STOP!" She kept going and hit my front tire, scared the shit out of me, and I fell over. Now in super-pissed mode, I got up and walked up to her window to see that SHE WAS LAUGHING!!!!!! (you know that "oh shit, I can't believe how retarded I am" type of laugh)................so...........I lost it.

I opened her door, grabbed her cell phone (which she was still talking on) and threw it to the ground as hard as possible. It obliterated on impact (and it was an expensive PDA phone too.) I walked back to my bike, and by now, a couple of guys who saw it happen helped me pick my bike back up. Broken left turnsignal, broken left mirror, buckled frame slider (thank God it worked!).......then the police arrived a few moments later......

...........this is where it gets really good.............

The first thing the bitch does is go up to the police officer and starts ranting about how I destroyed her phone. Police officer tells her to calm down and we went through the story and blah blah blah. Anyway, the officer finally asked the two guys who destroyed the phone. THEY SAID THE GIRL DROPPED IT WHILE GETTING OUT OF HER CAR!!!!! Oh, yeah! How could this get any better? Well...........The girl went freaking balistic and freaked out. Started cursing at the cop, when he showed no sympathy, she came after me with arms swinging. Cop stepped in, slapped on the handcuffs and put her in the back seat of his car! I just stood there stunned and couldn't believe what just happened.

The cop asked me if I wanted to press charges, and I said no. (she already got what she deserved, plus a careless driving ticket, $500 dollar fine for causing the accident, embarassment of being thrown in handcuffs, and her knowing that I got away with shattering her phone.

One small incident, and the laugh that started a landslide. Do I regret smashing her phone? A little. Do I regret completely ruining her day? Maybe. Do I regret teaching a retarded cell phone driver a lesson? NEVER.

Major props!  Especially retraining yourself enough.  If it were me I would've probably punched her in the face after seeing the phone, still on the phone, and the laugh.  GEEZ.

Of course, state law makers are too moronic to realize that banning phone usage while driving is a good thing.  Texas...obviously this state is full of idiots so this won't be happening anytime soon.


Reality checks...ride safe!

Even thou blue fox taught her a very good lesson and one she won't forget for some time..A gentle reminder to riders out there that there is a thin redline between teaching those moronic drivers a good one and becoming a road bully. We bikers, don't want to be labelled road bullies.

120mph or 191kph driving on a freeway on my first bike way over my head. Was trying to look good in front of my gf at 3am, well she got a show, she saw the whole thing happen as I flew through the side of the freeway. apparently i was still concious enough to jump out of the way of an 18wheeler ahah i dont remmeber any of that though. three broken ribs bruised heart 2 bruised lungs, broken collar bone, and loss on sensation on the right side of my hip from deep road rash. yup that was some good stuff.



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ORIGINAL: blade17fire

Even thou blue fox taught her a very good lesson and one she won't forget for some time..A gentle reminder to riders out there that there is a thin redline between teaching those moronic drivers a good one and becoming a road bully. We bikers, don't want to be labelled road bullies.

I agree. Usually, I'm not the kind of guy to do this sort of thing (nor do I recommend it), but the laugh and the lack of remorse on the driver's behalf pushed me over the edge, and she got exactly what she deserved. If she would have applogized or even acted like she was in the least bit sorry, I would have calmed down. But the laugh and the "hee hee hee, that sucks for you" attitude she pulled out her behind was FAR too much or anyone to handle.

But at the same time, I would rather have someone afraid of me (to a slight degree) than think they can get away with running me off the road with no consequences. But it all comes down to the situation and the driver involved. Most people applologize, the ones that don't give a damn are the ones that'll feel (and I do mean feel) my wrath. lol.

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ORIGINAL: blkmrkt_lung

120mph or 191kph driving on a freeway on my first bike way over my head. Was trying to look good in front of my gf at 3am, well she got a show, she saw the whole thing happen as I flew through the side of the freeway. apparently i was still concious enough to jump out of the way of an 18wheeler ahah i dont remmeber any of that though. three broken ribs bruised heart 2 bruised lungs, broken collar bone, and loss on sensation on the right side of my hip from deep road rash. yup that was some good stuff.



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GOsh..is that bike totalled?? Smashed her real good..

Well my worst was all my fault. I stood it up, alittle to far, put it back down and the front wheel went crazy. It was going from side to side so hard it was throwing the back of the bike. Needless to say I couldnt handle it and it threw me off. I had a jacket on still ended up with minor scrapes, a broken collarbone, and a K.O. The bike ended up with alot of cosmetic damage, broken handle bar, and severed a coil wire.

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ORIGINAL: onlyridecbrs

Well my worst was all my fault. I stood it up, alittle to far, put it back down and the front wheel went crazy. It was going from side to side so hard it was throwing the back of the bike. Needless to say I couldnt handle it and it threw me off. I had a jacket on still ended up with minor scrapes, a broken collarbone, and a K.O. The bike ended up with alot of cosmetic damage, broken handle bar, and severed a coil wire.

 
Yeah..I flipped my blade too once. but the damage done is not too bad..till now I still have the phobia of bringing the front up again. but once in a while I do try to face my fear..but not too high and far thou!