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Offline Bryn

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Re: Zero for observation skills
« Reply #1 on: August 01, 2013, 01:13:39 PM »
Seems like more aggressive braking could have prevented that. I mean besides not riding like an idiot and getting it on video, it looked like he had plenty of time to stop from the first "$hit!".

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Re: Zero for observation skills
« Reply #2 on: August 01, 2013, 01:44:59 PM »
What a dumbass...  :nuts:


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Re: Zero for observation skills
« Reply #3 on: August 01, 2013, 02:01:31 PM »
****, ****, ****.

Yep, dumbass squid.

I don't imagine that the cage drivers that he passed felt too sorry for him.
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Re: Zero for observation skills
« Reply #4 on: August 01, 2013, 02:19:54 PM »
I wouldn't.
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Re: Zero for observation skills
« Reply #5 on: August 01, 2013, 02:58:51 PM »
I don't know- he might have still saved a bunch of time getting to work. Unless of course the ambulance and tow truck slowed him down. But maybe, just maybe, he was able to walk it off and STILL pass those two trucks!

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What a dumbass...  :nuts:
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Re: Zero for observation skills
« Reply #6 on: August 01, 2013, 03:49:38 PM »
"There's no way I was gonna stop"
Dude, you should have stopped in your driveway

I didn't have my sound on the first viewing
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Re: Zero for observation skills
« Reply #7 on: August 01, 2013, 05:21:22 PM »
 - another filtering disaster ... albeit a bit more serious ...

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3c5_1374770806

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Re: Zero for observation skills
« Reply #8 on: August 01, 2013, 05:52:15 PM »
Ya can't fix STUPID!
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Re: Zero for observation skills
« Reply #9 on: August 01, 2013, 06:11:50 PM »
Just did

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Re: Zero for observation skills
« Reply #10 on: August 01, 2013, 09:47:29 PM »
some folks shouldn't be allowed to touch a motorcycle.  wow

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Re: Zero for observation skills
« Reply #11 on: August 02, 2013, 04:30:03 AM »
- another filtering disaster ... albeit a bit more serious ...


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Re: Zero for observation skills
« Reply #12 on: August 02, 2013, 06:41:30 AM »
Definitely one for the Darwin awards.
Bloody hell - its a heavy bike!

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Re: Zero for observation skills
« Reply #13 on: August 02, 2013, 08:02:14 AM »
- another filtering disaster ... albeit a bit more serious ...


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 :'( Man that's hard to watch. A mans last seconds on this earth. 5 seconds earlier, about the time the video starts I'm sure he had absolutely no idea he had a few seconds to live. I know it was a dumb a$$ mistake but RIP brother.