People who saw motorcycle travelling 299 km/h on Victoria highway are contacting police - Polidicks

Granted what everyone is saying about that being irresponsible that was pretty badass imo

I don't see what the big deal is here, people drive this fast on motorcycles all the time in Miami and no one gives a shit.

[QUOTE=l l;35630673]Some people just enjoy the rush you get from doing things like this, I wouldn't necessarily call them stupid for it. His burst at 1:22 and on was killer.[/QUOTE] yeah no it's called sky diving and all that for a reason if you want a rush you can do something less obviously stupid. [QUOTE=FreakyMe;35630729]Slow your roll, highway patrol. He didn't kill anybody.[/QUOTE] Your posts back in the thread about that kid texting while driving was ok but... Now I think you're completely dumb. Please, never get in the drivers seat of a car, or use a gun. It's ok to do that because no one got hurt? Yeah, no. Infact, how about you just stay inside at all times?

[QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;35630773] "Endangering others is fine if no one dies" -FreakyMe, 2012[/QUOTE] I was high - forgive me.

[QUOTE=FreakyMe;35631111]I was high - forgive me.[/QUOTE] ok I still love you

[QUOTE=InsanePyro;35630903]Who gives a shit...he splatters himself across someones bumper its his problem[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;35630917]Yeah, a 400 pound bike traveling almost 200 miles an hour is definitely not the problem of anyone else on the road![/QUOTE] And one WolframAlpha later: [img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17581644/ZScreen/2012-04/Screenshot-2012-04-19_01.32.58.png[/img] [img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17581644/ZScreen/2012-04/Screenshot-2012-04-19_01.33.28.png[/img] At that speed he could hit with the force of a car.

vehicle safety veterans of fp 2012 no risks allowed

[QUOTE=FreakyMe;35631111]I was high - forgive me.[/QUOTE] what a terrible way to backpedal honestly, what I said was dumb but I didn't cover it with excuses

[QUOTE=MIPS;35630633] Man, if he wiped out.....[/QUOTE] They'd be hosing bits of him off the highway for a hundred meters.

Stupid and irresponsible, but fun to watch. Come on, it was. :v:

[QUOTE=Ven Kaeo;35630732]How does he even ride the motorcycle with balls that big[/QUOTE] Right? I would be like "SHITSHITSHIT..." the whole time [editline]19th April 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=FreakyMe;35631111]I was high - forgive me.[/QUOTE] Don't pui outside DD dude, haha

[QUOTE=S31-Syntax;35630706]Perspective for those in the US that don't feel like converting it, thats 186MPH.[/QUOTE] that is [i]rather[/i] fast [QUOTE=FreakyMe;35630729]Slow your roll, highway patrol. He didn't kill anybody.[/QUOTE] I equate driving on the highway to shooting a gun at a range. If everyone's following all the rules of traffic, it's like everybody's shooting in the same direction. If someone's driving the wrong way, it's like they're in front of you, shooting at a target next to you. If you're on a bike going triple the speed limit and weaving in and out of traffic, it's like somebody is behind you, shooting a machine gun between you and the next guy over, at a target in front of you. Sure, you can do that and not hurt anyone - but sneeze too hard and somebody dies.

[QUOTE=Ven Kaeo;35630888]"too thick" That's thick traffic to you? Fuck, man. Where I live traffic like that is light if non-existent.[/QUOTE] To thick for a full sized vehicle attempting to go 299km/h.

[QUOTE=michaeldim;35631129]And one WolframAlpha later: [img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17581644/ZScreen/2012-04/Screenshot-2012-04-19_01.32.58.png[/img] [img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17581644/ZScreen/2012-04/Screenshot-2012-04-19_01.33.28.png[/img] At that speed he could hit with the force of a car.[/QUOTE] That is only true if he hit something stationary. You'd have to subtract the speed of the other cars first so its more like he'll hit at (300 - 120) = 180 kmph (111 mph) which is still absurdly fast.

"Tomorrow his breakfast will taste better than any meal you or I have ever tasted."

[QUOTE=Averice;35631333]"Tomorrow his breakfast will taste better than any meal you or I have ever tasted."[/QUOTE] if he's looking for thrills he should sell his bike and buy one of those flying squirrel suits people jump off mountains with

I can understand wanting to go fast and all that, but do it somewhere with out cars, when you're splitting cars at 299 km/h you deserve whatever happens to you.

[QUOTE=Sector 7;35631251]that is [i]rather[/i] fast I equate driving on the highway to shooting a gun at a range. If everyone's following all the rules of traffic, it's like everybody's shooting in the same direction. If someone's driving the wrong way, it's like they're in front of you, shooting at a target next to you. If you're on a bike going triple the speed limit and weaving in and out of traffic, it's like somebody is behind you, shooting a machine gun between you and the next guy over, at a target in front of you. Sure, you can do that and not hurt anyone - but sneeze too hard and somebody dies.[/QUOTE] Good analogy.

[QUOTE=Funcoot;35630758]So that suddenly makes what he did not stupid? Playing Russian roulette is fucking stupid, even if you don't lose.[/QUOTE] unless you won a large amount of money!

I heard about this on the radio this morning. I had to take my mum to get a blood draw, so I just listened to the radio rather than my music CD. We always listen to 100.3 "The Q" (I believe that's the frequency), which is a classic rock station broadcasted from Victoria (we get it because we're just across the Strait from Victoria). The announcer said something like this. Not exactly word for word: "I'd like to take a moment to posit a scenario to our listeners. Imagine you and a friend are walking downtown, and your friend has a gun with him. Now imagine you tell your friend that, every time you take a step, he should close his eyes, spin around, and randomly fire off a round. Step. Bang. Step. Bang. Every step is a dance with death. Behavior like that would be absolutely unacceptable in our modern society, wouldn't it? So, how, exactly, is just such a thing different from driving a motorcycle 299 kilometers an hour down the <insert highway name here>? It's not. Imagine if one car had swerved, just a little bit, as the motorcycle was going by. Bam. Splat. That's it. No more motorcycle. No more rider. That fast, and he'd be dead." :v:

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Holy shit I felt a slight rush from watching this video

its not like anyone died or anything right guys lol

Whenever i travel east through the rockies across the BC / Alberta border there's people on motorcycles ripping around the mountains during the summer doing insanely stupid speeds and cutting the corners. Honestly i have yet to see someone riding a crotch rocket who isn't excessively breaking the speed limit

Didn't I see something like this before, but with a Russian motercyclist? Seems to be a sport for some people.

[QUOTE=s0m3_guy;35631140]vehicle safety veterans of fp 2012 no risks allowed[/QUOTE] Are you 15?

See this way too often on US-22/I-476/Schuylkill Expressway, some even have the nerve to do such a thing in cars and trucks.

wow, he'd have no time to react if someone decided to change lanes without looking properly in front of him

[QUOTE=nikomo;35630679]Because he was going 299kmph, not 300.[/QUOTE]Its worth pointing out that those instruments aren't exact. They typically have a fair margin that can actually make you several kmph faster or slower. So rounding up to 300 wouldn't exactly be incorrect.

[QUOTE=Doctor Zedacon;35632323]Its worth pointing out that those instruments aren't exact. They typically have a fair margin that can actually make you several kmph faster or slower. So rounding up to 300 wouldn't exactly be incorrect.[/QUOTE] Speedometers are far more likely to overread than underread, so rounding up would be incorrect. Sticking to the given 299 is most accurate.