Wall Street crash is my pet fear...........

 

wow classic how are you still alive? you are one brave mudda ****** for getting back on the bike after all that ****

 

I would have to say mechanical failure ... even though it's very rare on a new or well kept machine ... something I would have no control over, like a gearbox lockup or a blow out, although I think the days of tyres suddenly deflating in a second went out with inner tubes ... still, it's when I am batting along at a fair old pace I sometimes think......then I decide to slow down for the view :-)

I generally don't go out though with that fear that I may not return ... yes, everytime we go out can be our last but if we dwelled on that we would never ride or our ride would not be enjoyable, I always go out with joy in my heart looking forward to a nice ride ... obviously I am careful and my mind works at warp speed whenever I go out on the bike and I am defensive but I find that all just comes naturally now ... I think if I was all keyed up waiting for something horrible to happen that might be self defeating and my reactions would be less, when I ride I am relaxed and very clear headed but ready to react in a split second, when I am on the bike my mind seems to work so fast that the rest of the world slows down to me, almost matrix style ..lol ... now I have lost precious family and friends to cars and bikes and I myself was nearly taken out in an horrific car crash about ten years ago from which I never truly recovered and has given me health issues ever since ... so, these days I just live in the *now* ... when the sun shines I ride and I keep fear where I can keep an eye on it :-)

Take care out there but do not fret .....


Jules

 

I always think about the front wheel suddenly falling off, especially when I'm going downhill on a long straight stretch with some speed. There's one on my way home from work and I'm usually passing vehicles on that stretch and that thought invariably pops into my head. There's no reason for it, it just does. Maybe because I know my bike mechanic very very well...lol.

Man, that would hurt!!

 

Then get out right NOW. The BIG ONE is within weeks.

 

http://www.snopes.com/photos/accident/tulsacrash.asp


This is not the way to go.

 

Jesus! WTF? Was the truck stopped for some reason?

Makes no sense without the truck stopping suddenly or something. Or the guy thought he was better than he was

 

It is relatively common for vehicles going at very high speeds to misjudge the timing of their maneuvers with regard to vehicles in front of them. He was probably closing on this truck at 70 mph (125 minus 55), and the truck probably "came up on him" a whole lot faster than he expected it to. He may have glanced in his rear view mirror just a moment too long. He might have been distracted for an instant by anything, say a bug impact.

I had a case once where a kid in a CRX ran into the back of a motor home on broad daylight on the freeway. The motor home was escorting people involved in a "Fun Run" and was traveling about 5 mph. The kid was going 90. He had to pass a cop car 250 feet back which had it's overhead lights on because it was escorting the motor home. The kid hit the brakes at 90, hit the motor home and died.

 

wow...that tulsa accident sent chills down my spine more then the other crash vids....wow..