The Cellar - View Single Post - 8/29/2005: Swedish cycle/car wreck @ 155 MPH

Tug · 03-17-2006, 01:45 AM

Glatt still doesn't get it - the bike was NOT travelling at 155mph - it's not possible! 155 is a random figure plucked out of thin air to scare / enrage easily led (glatt) drivers into biker-hatred. Also, it is intended to slow motorcycles down somewhat. The problem with such clearly fabricated, exagerated stories is that a) dumb people believe them and b) they immediately lose all credibility and therefore effect when you start questioning the details (as in how come so little damage to the bike? or where does a 125mph vehicle suddenly find an extra 20% speed increase etc).

Look past the quoted figures, think for yourself for once and question what is clearly a staged exhibition....

That said, irrelevant of blame, it remains a tragic accident and a lesson to us all.

03-17-2006, 01:45 AM	#40
Tug Neophyte-in-training Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 3	Glatt still doesn't get it - the bike was NOT travelling at 155mph - it's not possible! 155 is a random figure plucked out of thin air to scare / enrage easily led (glatt) drivers into biker-hatred. Also, it is intended to slow motorcycles down somewhat. The problem with such clearly fabricated, exagerated stories is that a) dumb people believe them and b) they immediately lose all credibility and therefore effect when you start questioning the details (as in how come so little damage to the bike? or where does a 125mph vehicle suddenly find an extra 20% speed increase etc). Look past the quoted figures, think for yourself for once and question what is clearly a staged exhibition.... That said, irrelevant of blame, it remains a tragic accident and a lesson to us all. Last edited by Tug; 03-17-2006 at 08:04 AM.