Then there's Japan...Biker fails to notice missing leg

[CathyBogart]

Hooray adrenaline?

[Jessika]

How do you not look down at your leg after you hit something that caused "excruciating pain"? I mean, even minor injuries that I get, it's just habit to at least glance at the area. I don't even think about doing it, I just do it, lol. Probably thanks to the many nights sleeping with Double-Oh attacking our feet when we roll over in bed and waking up with blood on the sheets... got me into that habit.

[CathyBogart]

You don't want to look down while you're riding. You go where you look, so if you look down....

The rear brake provides only about 20% of the braking power, and a lot of people don't use the rear brake, so I can see how he wouldn't notice a difference in how the bike handled.

[Jessika]

You don't want to look down while you're riding. You go where you look, so if you look down....

The rear brake provides only about 20% of the braking power, and a lot of people don't use the rear brake, so I can see how he wouldn't notice a difference in how the bike handled.

Well I understand that, but at least glance, or pull over, or something.

[CathyBogart]

He only went down one intersection, maybe he was looking for a place to pull off.

[RICHARD]

The news just reported a woman who was driving drunk with some friends in the car.

They drove along until they found out that one of the passengers was dead!

They think that he had hung his head out the window and hit his head on a street sign.


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I say sue the car and motor cycle companies for not placing a sticker that says "keep arms and legs inside a moving vehicle".

[RICHARD]

Bikers!

THat always happens in Japan, I remember reading about a guy in a truck that lost his arm driving down the street, the same way.

He hit something and toodled along until he noticed his arm was missing.

Your right foot brakes, left shifts-unless you ride a Triumph or you are missing a limb.

I guess motorcycles are dangerous!