EXACTLY. at 150ft a sec (more or less) at 5-6 seconds away, thats nearly 1000 feet away. not sure how long it takes to slow down & turn, but its probably 5-10 seconds.

at 10 seconds, the driver of the car wouldn't even see the guy 2000 feet away.

at 5 seconds he probably wouldn't see more than a black dot.

at 2 seconds, the fricker was still nearly 300 feet away.

no way the driver was expecting a fricking bulletrain coming at him when he turned. he's expecting cars going maybe 40mph or whatever teh limit is.

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Posted by LNCHBOX

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Posted on 9/8/14 at 12:22 pm to CAD703X

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no way the driver was expecting a fricking bulletrain coming at him when he turned.

That doesn't remove fault from the driver not paying attention.

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Posted by upgrayedd

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Posted on 9/8/14 at 12:27 pm to CAD703X

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Turning in front of a bike a few hundred feet away when you have no idea he's going 100 is not the same.

EXACTLY. at 150ft a sec (more or less) at 5-6 seconds away, thats nearly 1000 feet away. not sure how long it takes to slow down & turn, but its probably 5-10 seconds.

at 10 seconds, the driver of the car wouldn't even see the guy 2000 feet away.

at 5 seconds he probably wouldn't see more than a black dot.

at 2 seconds, the fricker was still nearly 300 feet away.

no way the driver was expecting a fricking bulletrain coming at him when he turned. he's expecting cars going maybe 40mph or whatever teh limit is.

Let's just go ahead and end this thread on these thoughts.

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Posted by shel311

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Posted on 9/8/14 at 12:51 pm to CAD703X

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Turning in front of a bike a few hundred feet away when you have no idea he's going 100 is not the same.

EXACTLY. at 150ft a sec (more or less) at 5-6 seconds away, thats nearly 1000 feet away. not sure how long it takes to slow down & turn, but its probably 5-10 seconds.

at 10 seconds, the driver of the car wouldn't even see the guy 2000 feet away.

at 5 seconds he probably wouldn't see more than a black dot.

at 2 seconds, the fricker was still nearly 300 feet away.

no way the driver was expecting a fricking bulletrain coming at him when he turned. he's expecting cars going maybe 40mph or whatever teh limit is.
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I was wondering about that angle, solid breakdown.

At the time he committed to the turn, I wonder if he could even have seen the bike at all or could have reasonablly assumed how quick the bike would get there.

This post was edited on 9/8/14 at 12:52 pm

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Posted by htownjeep

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Posted on 9/8/14 at 12:56 pm to CAD703X

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EXACTLY. at 150ft a sec (more or less) at 5-6 seconds away, thats nearly 1000 feet away. not sure how long it takes to slow down & turn, but its probably 5-10 seconds.

at 10 seconds, the driver of the car wouldn't even see the guy 2000 feet away.

at 5 seconds he probably wouldn't see more than a black dot.

at 2 seconds, the fricker was still nearly 300 feet away.

no way the driver was expecting a fricking bulletrain coming at him when he turned. he's expecting cars going maybe 40mph or whatever teh limit is.

at 5 seconds he probably wouldn't see more than a black dot.
At 5 seconds the motorcycle was behind another car that was seemingly doing the speed limit. No way the motorcycle was visible to the turning car at 5 seconds away.

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