THIS VIDEO IS QUITE GRAPHIC SO BE WARNED (He gets up though) -

I reckon this guy is lucky to be alive, he's not wearing a helmet or any kind of protective clothing -

LiveLeak.com - Brutal Car and Motorbike accident

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This ones even worse -

LiveLeak.com - Biker crashing into car on intersection

BE WARNED THIS IS ALSO VERY GRAPHIC!

It goes to show how bloody vulnerable we all are out there....

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This accident clearly demonstrates the increased hazards at night when traveling fast - LiveLeak.com - Shocking Tragic Accident kills Officer

THIS WAS A FATAL! (Rest in Peace) IT IS CNN film footage so is not too graphic

The purpose of posting these is to show new bikers how vulnerable they are... This is NOT entertainment...

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ANOTHER NASTY ONE -

Slow down at a major crossroads / road junction otherwise this can happen -

LiveLeak.com - Traffic Accident at istanbul Turkey

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ANOTHER NASTY ONE -

LiveLeak.com - Car vs Motorcycle caught on traffic cam

SLOW DOWN!!!!!!!

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enough already, gore-tv is not useful or productive.

Whats up is it fright night tonight? Do you guys save this for when the season gets dryer. Is it to keep the bike population down. We used to do that as local surfers, we'd scare the guys into coming out in big surf. More waves for us. It's instinct I think to behave like that. How about showing videos of dude's crashing without helmets and protective clothing? Is that instinctive? I don't think so. I actually couldn't care less for a dude who's not taking his life seriously. I'm not gonna watch him and say ahhh shame poor dude.

Thanks but no thanks, I won't even look. I'm still trying to build up my biker balls. Reading, hearing, looking at rough stuff does not help me get any more confident. God I can't even get out the car park at this rate.

I rode a 125 for years, there was never an issue back then, prehaps it's cause I was 25 and living a carefree lifestyle. I'm calling having to much info is also bad for ones progression.

Enjoy your vid.

ta-all-the-way

If you really want to bring road safety home to people, read this!

UPDATED: Motorcyclist killed after road collision in Stone - Aylesbury Today

This happened today. Mick was my buddy and in May 2007 we rode our bikes from France to India, returning last September.

He was about 3 miles from home going to work.
A sad day.

John

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Sorry to hear that Redboots.

Really sorry to hear about your riding buddy, brother John.

We're all experienced motorcyclists, and I'm guessing we've all lost friends, riding partners, all seen the potential dangers of bikes from this dreadful perspective. Consequently, we all ride with this knowledge lodged somewhere in our domes. Adapt and survive. Nothing wrong with talking about training, but I didn't like the way this thread seemed to be slipping into 'Who can find the nastiest crash vid?' snuff-circle. That shit's unhealthy.

Again, condolences. Terrible news.

Suerte, Dan

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I too am very sorry to hear that. You're right it certainly does get the safety message over...

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At times it appears that we are our own worst enemies, a lot of sportsbike riders take great delight in taking a video of themselves and posting the film on sites like youtube etc, a more recent observation I have seen is football holiganism rearing its ugly head, I have seen first hand people filming their accomplices fighting at matches, I have seen the footage on youtube, all the time there are websites that are prepared to show this sort of thing then there are always people to oblige.
I used to drive trucks for a living and believe me I have experienced cars as well as bikes doing some incredible things, mainly getting into a 'blind' spot when you are indicating and making a left turn (UK roads). We just have to be very aware, and when riding with no other vehicles about remember our bikes like animals and can at anytime turn nasty and 'bite back'. I once joined a well known 'green lane' organisation, that offered in there leaflets to join them and 'see' the countryside............What a joke. 'see the countryside?' It was as much as I could do to watch 20 feet ahead as I was getting left behind on a 'beginners run' It turned out many of these so called 'beginners' were MotoX and enduro riders out practising, and they wonder why Horseriders and ramblers take such a dislike to us....Wake -up!. A lot of people seem to measure life in MPH....why?.
I mainly agree with Kentfallen, but to the others that boast of 175mph, why? I just hope for their sake they don't learn the 'hard way'

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Thanks for that Neil.

Mick was always safety conscious on his bike. It was me that had the crashed on out trip.
I think he was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Thanks one and all for your thoughts.

John

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That guy was riding like a fool. he wipped right out on the road changed lanes and never head checked. I guess he thought everybody else would look out and keep him safe. I feel as though you can never trust anybody on the road and you should never assume the lane is clear.