http://www.theage.com.au/world/ordin...914-1k8lb.html

(spoiler alert: no, you're not watching a macabre video of a dead guy.
He lives)

In other news, the collision happened because he wasn't wearing a
helmet. And if he did wear a helmet, he almost certainly wouldn't
have suffered from the two broken legs.


--
TimC
My dog is worried about the economy because Alpo is up to 99 cents a can.
Thats almost $7.00 in dog money. -Joe Weinstein in ARK

On 14/09/2011 11:58 PM, TimC wrote:
>
> http://www.theage.com.au/world/ordin...914-1k8lb.html
>
> (spoiler alert: no, you're not watching a macabre video of a dead guy.
> He lives)
>
> In other news, the collision happened because he wasn't wearing a
> helmet. And if he did wear a helmet, he almost certainly wouldn't
> have suffered from the two broken legs.
>
>
"Wright, who was headed to study at a university computer lab, tried to
protect himself by laying his bike down before the collision."

D'oh! If you have time to lay the bike down, you have time to brake or
swerve.

By the way, just how do you deliberately lay a bike down while in
motion? I don't know just what action is required....

Or is "I laid it down" code for "I panicked, locked up everything and
fell off."

Moike

On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 08:13:06 +1000, Moike <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On 14/09/2011 11:58 PM, TimC wrote:
>>
>> http://www.theage.com.au/world/ordin...914-1k8lb.html
>>
>> (spoiler alert: no, you're not watching a macabre video of a dead guy.
>> He lives)
>>
>> In other news, the collision happened because he wasn't wearing a
>> helmet. And if he did wear a helmet, he almost certainly wouldn't
>> have suffered from the two broken legs.
>>
>>
>"Wright, who was headed to study at a university computer lab, tried to
>protect himself by laying his bike down before the collision."
>
>D'oh! If you have time to lay the bike down, you have time to brake or
>swerve.
>
>By the way, just how do you deliberately lay a bike down while in
>motion? I don't know just what action is required....
>
>Or is "I laid it down" code for "I panicked, locked up everything and
>fell off."
>
>Moike

IIRC,the Vic police train their riders to lay the bike down. I
vaguely recall that they even had a specially modified BMW on which
all the students practiced this dark art. Or I may have been on drugs
at the time...

=================

Onya bike

Gerry

On Sep 14, 11:58*pm, TimC <tconn...@rather.puzzling.no-spam-accepted-
here.org> wrote:
> http://www.theage.com.au/world/ordin...er-from-beneat...
>
> (spoiler alert: no, you're not watching a macabre video of a dead guy.
> He lives)
>
> In other news, the collision happened because he wasn't wearing a
> helmet. *And if he did wear a helmet, he almost certainly wouldn't
> have suffered from the two broken legs.
>
> --
> TimC
> My dog is worried about the economy because Alpo is up to 99 cents a can.
> Thats almost $7.00 in dog money. -Joe Weinstein in ARK

I love the way that after dragging him out they either leave him on
the ground and walk off, or fuss around the car. First aid is what
you get while you are waiting for the ambulance crew to arrive.
Someone could have checked his pulse, or, if he was conscious,
reassured him or got his name - the patient might not still be
conscious when the ambos arrive.

On 15/09/11 6:13 AM, Moike wrote:
> On 14/09/2011 11:58 PM, TimC wrote:
>>
>> http://www.theage.com.au/world/ordin...914-1k8lb.html
>>
>>
>> (spoiler alert: no, you're not watching a macabre video of a dead guy.
>> He lives)
>>
>> In other news, the collision happened because he wasn't wearing a
>> helmet. And if he did wear a helmet, he almost certainly wouldn't
>> have suffered from the two broken legs.
>>
>>
> "Wright, who was headed to study at a university computer lab, tried to
> protect himself by laying his bike down before the collision."
>
> D'oh! If you have time to lay the bike down, you have time to brake or
> swerve.
>
> By the way, just how do you deliberately lay a bike down while in
> motion? I don't know just what action is required....
>
> Or is "I laid it down" code for "I panicked, locked up everything and
> fell off."


You beat me to it. It is indeed an excuse for "I ****ed up and couldn't
ride a pony on a carousel".

Fraser

On 15/09/11 6:38 AM, George W Frost wrote:

> The second leg was broken when he got dragged out by one of the rescuers


Beats the **** out of burning to death.

Fraser

Fraser Johnston <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> On 15/09/11 6:38 AM, George W Frost wrote:
>
>> The second leg was broken when he got dragged out by one of the rescuers
>
>
> Beats the **** out of burning to death.

True. The poor bastard's boot was on fire when they dragged him out. I'd
take a broken leg to stop that proceeding any time.


--
DM
personal opinion only

On 15/09/11 08:13, Moike wrote:
> On 14/09/2011 11:58 PM, TimC wrote:
>>
>> http://www.theage.com.au/world/ordin...914-1k8lb.html
>>
>>
>> (spoiler alert: no, you're not watching a macabre video of a dead guy.
>> He lives)
>>
>> In other news, the collision happened because he wasn't wearing a
>> helmet. And if he did wear a helmet, he almost certainly wouldn't
>> have suffered from the two broken legs.
>>
>>
> "Wright, who was headed to study at a university computer lab, tried to
> protect himself by laying his bike down before the collision."
>
> D'oh! If you have time to lay the bike down, you have time to brake or
> swerve.
>

I'm going to have to disagree with you Moike (like you'll give a rat's).

When I was (considerably) younger I was riding, very tired, very rainy
in Manchester and the truck in front of me suddenly stopped. Realising I
had no way of stopping and having the only other option of skidding into
the back of it, I dropped the bike (a BSA Bantam D14/4) and slid under
the truck which then accelerated away as the lights went green leaving
the tail-shaft spinning a few inches above my face. Remember it well.
Still makes me pucker. Don't ask me how - I have no idea but I remember
it clearly- a conscious act.

N/

Diogenes <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
news:(E-Mail Removed):

> On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 08:13:06 +1000, Moike <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>On 14/09/2011 11:58 PM, TimC wrote:
>>>
>>> http://www.theage.com.au/world/ordin...ll-biker-from-
beneat
>>> h-burning-bmw-20110914-1k8lb.html
>>>
>>> (spoiler alert: no, you're not watching a macabre video of a dead
>>> guy. He lives)
>>>
>>> In other news, the collision happened because he wasn't wearing a
>>> helmet. And if he did wear a helmet, he almost certainly wouldn't
>>> have suffered from the two broken legs.
>>>
>>>
>>"Wright, who was headed to study at a university computer lab, tried
>>to protect himself by laying his bike down before the collision."
>>
>>D'oh! If you have time to lay the bike down, you have time to brake
>>or swerve.
>>
>>By the way, just how do you deliberately lay a bike down while in
>>motion? I don't know just what action is required....
>>
>>Or is "I laid it down" code for "I panicked, locked up everything and
>>fell off."
>>
>>Moike
>
> IIRC,the Vic police train their riders to lay the bike down. I
> vaguely recall that they even had a specially modified BMW on which
> all the students practiced this dark art. Or I may have been on drugs
> at the time...
>
> =================
>
> Onya bike
>
> Gerry
>


Onya bike!

My guess is (if it wasn't the drugs) that part of the training may
involve brake use, rear brake use and heavy rear brake use.
I also could picture taking out a group while putting the bike on its
side but I dont know how this would be practiced safely.

What kind of drugs are you talking about?

dftl

--

:-P

On 14/09/11 23:58, TimC wrote:
>
> http://www.theage.com.au/world/ordin...914-1k8lb.html
>
> (spoiler alert: no, you're not watching a macabre video of a dead guy.
> He lives)
>
> In other news, the collision happened because he wasn't wearing a
> helmet. And if he did wear a helmet, he almost certainly wouldn't
> have suffered from the two broken legs.

"Authorities said Wright, 21, was riding his motorcycle near the Utah
State University campus in Logan when he collided with a black BMW
pulling out of a parking lot."

Nice spin. I would've thought it may have read something like:

"Authorities said Wright, 21, was riding his motorcycle near the Utah
State University campus in Logan when a black BMW, pulling out of a
parking lot, failed to give way and collided with him."