Horrible crash VERY GRAPHIC

THAT is just ONE SERIOUS SUCK A$$ way to go....... The only consolation is that he probably felt very little as it was so quick.... not MUCH consolation, but best I can come up with.

We have the bike teams around here, they are for the most part ok, ride in a straight line, but they will not stop at any intersections

I almost hit one turning right at the end of our street the numbnuts flew by me on the right, I was on my RK, he got lucky, missed me and the stop sign by inches, I gave him an earful, stop signs apply to bicycles too.

Looking back over the video two things come to mind you have to watch what happens before the hit, back down the road.

1) It appears that the truck was moving above the pace of traffic
2) The Scooter was moving below the pace of traffic and to the right side of the far lane
3) The truck begain to move to the left to go around the scooter into the middle lane
4) In the middle of the trucks pass and move to the center lane the scooter driver pulls over to the left in front of the truck
5) Truck driver tried to get over to the right but was going to fast and overtook the scooter.

JMO sorry accident to see but it shows too that going slow can be dangerous especially on a higher speed road, looks like the scooter was being very conservative and below speed, hanging on the right side of the road by the edge.

He must not have looked in his mirrors when he started to cross the lane, only thing I can figure.

That is why I always say Ride it like you stole it.

In a way they are right....bigger the truck the bigger the brakes, BUT bigger cargo weight, and increased stopping distance and bad news if you think that a fully loaded truck can stop like a Porsche or Corvette!

I don't know what country that crash was in however I remember when I was in the SE Ashia countries that the bigger vehicle always had the right away. Don't think so just drive some of those roads.

I still think the driver of the truck was partially at fault because he did not slow down and watch the road as he should have.

Goes to show you what the value of life is there. Many of the Asian countries that I was in when in the military back during Viet Nam that the value of life was not put as a priority. Many times we saw bodies left lying in the street with people walking by going about their daily life. I witnessed a so called police officer in the Philippines shoot a young boy that had just stole a watch from a passing by GI who didn't know better than not to wear items like that openly. That was quit an eye opener for me at 18 years old, so this does not surprise me at all.