Caught on helmet camera: CA motorcyclist crashes with truck

vmax1968 · Jun 29, 2015

Scary stuff, it looks like a narrow 2 way road. Reminds me of the second most common crash that is failure to negotiate a curve. Good for him he was wearing helmet and gear.

http://www.kcra.com/news/caught-on-camera-ca-motorcyclist-crashes-headon-with-big-rig/33749368

Ride safe

Biker Dash · Jun 29, 2015

He is lucky. Even with the gear he was wearing, it could have been much more tragic.

Watching the video closely seconds before the crash, it appears that he experienced front end wobble as he was going through the curve. Also, he was doin about 50 through the curve. I am guessing that he only recently started riding, and that the uneven road surface through the curve, combined with speed probably in excess of what is considered safe for the road and his inexperience caused him to stiffen up, making it so he was unable to recover his line, and placed him into the path of the truck.

I am an experienced rider. And unfamiliar roads can easily catch me by surprise. That is why I have learner to take it easy when riding. Fortunately, this man lived to learn that lesson.

blaxmax · Jun 30, 2015

I agree with you- i have been riding for 35 years and the best advice i've ever recieved was to relax. Glad he's ok.

customizedcreationz · Jun 30, 2015

Sometimes **** just happens, new/old, experienced or not. He is DAMN lucky to be alive.

Its scary having something like that happen.

I am glad he lived and didnt damage himself terribly.

98Redlne · Jun 30, 2015

Im thinking that there might have been a bit of target fixation thrown in there as well. He kept looking at the truck thus he kept heading toward the truck.

That man need never buy a lottery ticket for the rest of his life. He used up all the luck one person can have in that instant.