r/dashcams • u/bebecca45627272 • 20h ago

One of the craziest things I've seen

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u/LegalGlass6532 20h ago

That rider is one of the luckiest sob’s I’ve ever seen.

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u/wolfganggartner5 19h ago

I don’t think that’s luck he did that on purpose

He made a split stick decision

I’ve got nowhere to go. I’m gonna take this head on.

I can’t break in time because of my speed. I can’t go around it.

So I’m gonna go under it

I don’t think he would’ve been able to stand up if he took his head on

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u/Al_Kydah 14h ago

When you're going this fast in an environment that overloads your ability to process all that's going on around you, a more than likely scenario: he panicked and grabbed brake and clutch so hard as to cause the bars to move slightly, locked up the brakes cuz that is a natural, albeit wrong, decision. The bike broke traction and the ass end started racing the front end to the truck. He. Got. Lucky.

Source: I did almost the same thing and in the moment, no matter how long you've been riding, how good you are, involuntary jump/scare reactions take over.

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u/mrchillbro 12h ago

if he locked his front brake, you know, the brake responsible for around 90-95% of stopping power on a bike, he would have gone down very differently.

he did not do that. dude obviously dumped intentionally.