Disclaimer Posted April 26, 2011 Report Share Posted April 26, 2011 Dallas, Texashttp://jalopnik.com/#!5795399/chilling-video-shows-motorcyclist-crushed-between-carsGetting rear-ended is usually a minor annoyance in a car, but on a motorcycle it's a worst-case scenario. Still, it could have ended much worse for this Texas man nearly crushed between two cars on a Dallas freeway. Amazingly, he survived. According to one report, 25-year-old Zacharie Perez suffered a ruptured spleen, torn muscles, a fractured rib and four fractured vertebrae and may need surgery to repair a hernia, after his Triumph Daytona 675 was rammed by a driver with no licence and no insurance. Apparently the driver behind him never even hit his brakes. Ultimately, Perez was lucky; being tossed into the next lane, instead of getting fully sandwiched between the two cars, saved his life.Link to video since I can't embed flash: http://www.dallasnews.com/video/featured/?bcid=917647895001 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jst2fst Posted April 26, 2011 Report Share Posted April 26, 2011 people need to pay attention and this asshat should of never been on the road Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubbersidedown Posted April 26, 2011 Report Share Posted April 26, 2011 Did anyone else see the video of a motorcyclist getting rear ended on Good Morning America today? Dude got thrown over the front end and into the trunk of the car ahead of him. How he did not get smashed between the cars is a mystery! This all happened on the highway and looked nasty! If my wife sees this video my bikes will have for sale signs before the week is out.Haven't had time to find the video and post it here. (help please) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubbersidedown Posted April 26, 2011 Report Share Posted April 26, 2011 Video posted by Jermiii 6 minutes ago in this thread.http://www.ohioriders.net/showthread.php?t=75696 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubbersidedown Posted April 26, 2011 Report Share Posted April 26, 2011 Nasty video, I can't believe they showed it on GMA.If the wife sees this my commuting days are over, and my bike will be for sale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magley64 Posted April 26, 2011 Report Share Posted April 26, 2011 This is why we must always ride like we are invisible... most of the time, it's the truth.Keep aware of your surroundings at all times.If this is the same guy from the today show this morning, his fiancee made him quit riding, gave him the old "it's me or the bike" ultimatum.My answer to any female who gives me that shit.... seeya! Riding is more important than your ultimatums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad324 Posted April 26, 2011 Report Share Posted April 26, 2011 as if I didn't already hate people, this is the last thing I needed to see this early in the morning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r1crusher Posted April 26, 2011 Report Share Posted April 26, 2011 It looks like even the biker wasn't prepared for the traffic ahead of him slowing. Looking closer at the video it appears that the rider locked up his rear and smoke can be seen from the back of the bike before he gets rear ended. Still no excuse for some taco folding retard to get behind the wheel of a car with no license or insurance. He'll get out of any real punishment because he's not a U.S. citizen and just get deported back to Mexico. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magley64 Posted April 26, 2011 Report Share Posted April 26, 2011 Looking closer at the video it appears that the rider locked up his rear and smoke can be seen from the back of the bike before he gets rear ended.in this case, he definitely should have been checking his mirrors...nobody follows me that close on the bike... periodi like to think i'd have been between the white truck and that black/dark blue car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggO Posted April 26, 2011 Report Share Posted April 26, 2011 There was plenty of distance between the bike and the car that hit him. Looks as though the car that hit him wasn't paying attention and didn't see the traffic coming to a stop, until it was too late. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykill Posted April 26, 2011 Report Share Posted April 26, 2011 Car behind him didnt slow down. Did not look like his fault. That sucks. I found it interesting to watch all the other cars hit the brakes. Getting ran over is my fear on the freeway if I get knocked off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgbgt89 Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 Anytime i'm in heavy traffic like that, and i get on the brakes hard enough to even think about locking a wheel, I split the lane. Did it just yesterday on I-77. I would much rather clip the side of a car, than be hit from behind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helmutt Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 in this case, he definitely should have been checking his mirrors...nobody follows me that close on the bike... periodi like to think i'd have been between the white truck and that black/dark blue car.EXACTLY!! Anytime I've got to bury the brakes on my bike, I'm concious of what/who is in front of me so I know where I can go if I run out of space as well as watching my mirrors CLOSELY for any possibility of an ass-pack in the making.......He definitely didn't plan his escape route very well - I'm sure he was panicking when he locked up the brakes on the bike, looked like he let off and got back on 'em so he did well in keeping it upright........until........at least he's ok and hopefully this hard lesson will be one learned by him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 If the wife sees this my commuting days are over, and my bike will be for sale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helmutt Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 ^^ Hahaha!! Funny, but like Ralphie May says...."You can be whipped, or you can be hand-tossed" I choose whipped but it's all good bro......she has sex with me, so we're square. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helmutt Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 Is the rider in this vid playin' the squid, with no lid? Fool got DAMN lucky! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beegreenstrings Posted April 28, 2011 Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 was this posted already? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkow97 Posted April 28, 2011 Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 Glad I'm not the only one who thought the rider should have had an escape route.Looked to me like he locked up his rear tire pretty much immediately, so he (along with everyone else) was following much too closely for the speed they were traveling.Of course the guy who never braked bears the brunt of the blame here, but the rider could have swerved into the median and probably avoided this. Yeah hindsight is 20/20, but it took me exactly ONE close-call in traffic to always be thinking about where I'd go in a worst case scenario. that's one more time than it should have taken. I was an idiot when I first started riding... Now I'm a more experienced idiot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad324 Posted April 28, 2011 Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 was this posted already?technically this was the first thread 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Das Borgen Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 . I was an idiot when I first started riding... Now I'm a more experienced idiot.i m gonna use this as a sig on one of the forums i m on.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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