This is why you don't trust your mirrors

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05-27-2009, 03:02 PM

BAR

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This is why you don't trust your mirrors

Great reason not to trust your mirrors..

The second cop in this video deserves an Olympic Gold Metal for how fast he is responding to the scene.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JpoS5OUGdI

If you pause it and hit play frame by frame, you see the bike cut off the van and.. the rest is history.

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05-27-2009, 03:11 PM

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yup I see it and I didnt have to do frame by frame. the angle of the bike did it for me. Thats exactly why I turn my head n look esp in heavy traffic.

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05-27-2009, 07:23 PM

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bike didn't look seems to me.Done a fourwheeler mistake.Checked mirrors and just pulled over without looking back.

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07-10-2009, 03:34 PM

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ya he should have turned his head, I do every single time even if i know theres no car there.

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07-12-2009, 06:50 PM

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Hard to tell if he looked or not. By the time the bike enters the scene he is already well into the lane. He may have looked earlier & misjudged the speed of the on coming vehicle. I must agree though that the second cop was just a little lax.

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07-12-2009, 07:16 PM

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Yup seen that one a few time before and it still hurts..

Very very rarely do I ever change lanes without turning my head ...
Mirrors are ok for a quick glance to spot stuff in the distance (cops ect.. lol ) , but if any sort of traffic is kicking around ....yu gotta turn yu head guys ..

Notice how fast the car that clobbered him was going as compared with him ..
That guy on the bike was going pretty dam slow, which made it even worse for the traffic in the left lane dodge him..

all not good ...

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