beware the 18 wheeler

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nearace

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I was travelling east on the 401 when a truck I was behind blew a tire,I was able to slow down quickly and get into the right lane to avoid the flying debree,I may have been following a little too close (lesson learned).just a heads up to all my fellow riders.
 
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Last summer was my first season riding. It think it was about my 3rd time on the DVP and while traveling southbound with traffic I narrowly missed a tire (sans wheel). I believe traffic was down to about 70kph, and bunched-up. I had next to no time to react. It just instantly appeared from beneath the car in front of me, and I passed it by as it bounced a bit on my right. Phew.

As you did... just another reminder through experience - keep your head up and keep scanning the road in front, and around you.
 
Police said the truck driver reported hearing a bump and then seeing debris from the motorcycle going past him. When he managed to pull over, he saw that a man was embedded in the back of his trailer

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Roomie said:
^^^ So that happened at what, mach 2 or 3? That's nuts. Time and a place people.....
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I have to say the rider was a complete idiot...

...it's still sad though =(
 
April 17th 2007 on Highway 169 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. The guy was going over 120+ mph at around 2 am when he hit the back of this Yellow truck. The truck was going at normal speed and the driver did not know what had happened. He was dragged approximately a mile before the truck stopped. Highway 169 is known for late night speed driving and trick driving of motorcycles
 
I wonder if he was a rebel with a yell or did he go quietly in the night?
 
cool said:
ouch... what if the truck driver was in a road rage and brake check the biker?
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Would be hard to produce a closing speed of 60 mph if the rider was only doing 80-90 to begin with and the trucker stomped on the brakes.
 
nearace said:
I was travelling east on the 401 when a truck I was behind blew a tire,I was able to slow down quickly and get into the right lane to avoid the flying debree,I may have been following a little too close (lesson learned).just a heads up to all my fellow riders.
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what are you doing following behind a truck in the first place???
 
stevie t said:
Police said the truck driver reported hearing a bump and then seeing debris from the motorcycle going past him. When he managed to pull over, he saw that a man was embedded in the back of his trailer

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edit: never mind, who cares
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