Tulsa Crash, ZX-6R vs Semi

I'm not sure if this has graced these pages before, but a friend sent me an e-mail with pictures of a rider, deceased, with his helmet stuck in the back of a semi trailer.
I checked the source with Snopes and saw that the story was true, taking out a few of the e-mail embelishments like the guy was dragged 1/4 mile and he lived because he had his helmet on.
Not as graphic as that Chinese video, by far, but if you don't like to see inanimate people don't open it.
Link:
http://www.snopes.com/photos/accident/tulsacrash.asp
Looks like a 2003/04 ZX6-R.
Looks like from the waist up he was in decent gear.
Must have had some loose footwear on.

The parents comments are interesting. No mention of drinking in the incident accept by them (hmmmm). Stiffer penalties for speeding motorcyclists? If I have something barreling at me at 120 MPH on the highway, I prefer a bike to a Suburban or semi.

 

wow, I'd say he got himself stuck between a rock and a hardplace. Imagine if you saw that semi pass you on the highway with the guy flopping around from the back. I think I'd shite myself.

Goes to show, you can't teach stupid, you just are stupid. Not sure improving speed and safety regulations would ever prevent this. Hell, just as many cars speed that fast regularly as well. Obviously the biker caused his own demise and weeded himself out of the gene pool.

 

You can't save people from themselves, and I don't care for laws that try to "protect me". I do encourage people to learn to ride and become proficient on a small bike before buying a big, fast one. 600cc sportbikes are not beginner bikes, regardless of what the dealer tells you. Those bikes were world-class racers only a few years ago, and their potential cannot be fully utilized by mere mortals. Don't even get me started on liter-bikes!!!


Lane

 

To add a little bit more info:

Some of the younger riders in the Tulsa area had an informal club they called the '169 on 169 Club' (that is 169 MPH to be in the club). There were two accidents that occurred within a week of each other, and within one mile of each other on Highway 169. Highway 169 is an 8-lane expressway is in a very busy area near large shopping malls with a 60 MPH speed limit. It was commonplace to see 100 MPH wheelies in that area. The riders seemed to believe they were immortal (They weren't).
As for me, I like to live on the edge by being a member of the '66 on Route 66 Club'.

 

this piece of psycho-terror trash has been bleeding across bike sites everywhere for months, and posting this is doing nothing useful.

i belive the scene may be faked?????

 

Before I got back into riding recently, I searched for all of the info and photos I could find on the dangerous side of motorcycling. This was one of the photos I found. I have seen much more graffic aftermaths of accidents. Chunks and pieces...burnt bodies, etc. DerStukas recent Chinese video is one of them. I saw all that research as a learning tool and a way to assess the dangers in riding. I chose to ride again. I chose to not do stupid things like this poor chap. I think we all need to understand what choices we make, what ramifications poor choices have, and also understand that sometimes bad things happen to people doing the right thing. Don't hide your head in the sand and think that you are invincible. You can also die driving that "safe" cage, walking down the street or eating a good steak. We are born...we die...make smart choices in between, have some fun, and tell your loved ones what they mean to you. :blah: :blah: :blah: Ok, I'll stop now...

 

Not fake, accident was front page news here in OKC the next day.

 

Darwinism at it's finest... My wife laughs at me because I still think that Darwin's theory of evolution is still at work. This is case and point: 1. too stupid to live, 2. lack of survival reflexes, 3. can't learn from others mistakes, 4. he picked the wrong people to run with or they would've told him just how stupid he really was, and 5. Stupity goes back generations he probably got it from his parents in some shape form or fashion...

 

I agree 100%.

The current day mentality is that it is never your fault. Just ask any of the personal injury lawyers that are lined up just waiting to take these types of cases.

 

That is one of the best things I've read around here for at least......quite a while!

 

yep, that photo has been going on for almost a year now, first time I saw it was on a zx forum. Helps to see it now and then to keep u in check.