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philthymike Serious Thumper Offline Wallowing in my own crapulence Posts: 1413 Philadelphia Area Gender:	Size isn't everything! 03/29/17 at 09:41:53 https://youtu.be/LepCxIBJusU I'm NOT saying this is cool. Nobody should ever try this at home. I couldn't help but to admire the reflexes of the rider though.
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HAPPYDAN Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 268	Re: Size isn't everything! Reply #1 - 03/29/17 at 09:56:56 True Ninja Scooter-Trash. Gotta admire his/her nerve, tho! What's that they used to say? You meet the nicest people on a Honda?
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Ruttly Serious Thumper Offline Thumpers Rule Posts: 5007 Manteca , CA Gender:	Re: Size isn't everything! Reply #2 - 03/29/17 at 10:07:13 Organ Donor !
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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 17827 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: Size isn't everything! Reply #3 - 03/29/17 at 10:08:10 A day in the life of a Scooter Squid! Wonder if he can survive a week driving like that....or if it was done just for a single video?
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LANCER Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Savage Beast Performance Parts Posts: 10606 Oklahoma Gender:	Re: Size isn't everything! Reply #4 - 03/29/17 at 11:29:35 That is normal driving in SE Asia and the Philippians. It is amazing that half of the population is not killed in auto crashes each year.
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jcstokes Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com is very useful Posts: 2119 Mauku New Zealand Gender:	Re: Size isn't everything! Reply #5 - 03/29/17 at 11:58:46 Some day the traffic might get him, but the law never will.
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Papa Bear Senior Member Offline Posts: 476 Canada ... near the Motor City Gender:	Re: Size isn't everything! Reply #6 - 03/29/17 at 13:44:33 I think the vid was edited (cut-off) just before the wreck.
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MShipley Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 681	Re: Size isn't everything! Reply #7 - 03/29/17 at 17:17:35 Lol...wow
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LANCER Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Savage Beast Performance Parts Posts: 10606 Oklahoma Gender:	Re: Size isn't everything! Reply #8 - 03/29/17 at 17:36:48 jcstokes wrote on 03/29/17 at 11:58:46: Some day the traffic might get him, but the law never will. What law ?
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Kris01 Serious Thumper Offline Eat, sleep, RIDE! Posts: 3767 Tennessee Gender:	Re: Size isn't everything! Reply #9 - 03/29/17 at 18:34:03 Geez! My blood pressure just went up "riding" with this guy!
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MMRanch Serious Thumper Offline Evil flourishes if Good Men do Nothing. Posts: 5737 LYNCHBURG TN Gender:	Re: Size isn't everything! Reply #10 - 03/29/17 at 21:30:11 I don't like that driver ... He/she/it thinks he/she/it is to good to wait like everybody else . Just plain RUDE ... and dangerous to everybody else too. Fast and fun is good but Polite is ... ... Polite ! Wait , that had to be a Dr-ed vidio , some of those passage ways to just too narrow to believe .
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Reply #11 - 03/29/17 at 22:17:49

In those countries, there probably aren't a lot of laws. It's got to do with increasing prosperity for people in those countries, they buy a bike or scooter and they're off. Many years ago a similar situation applied here, when anyone could buy a bike and go off. Teenaged men brought 500-660cc British bikes on time payment, in theory you need a helmet over 30mph, learners weren't supposed to ride over 30 mph. Most survived, some were dead a few hundred yards from the dealership.

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Size isn't everything! Reply #12 - 03/30/17 at 04:15:18 some were dead a few hundred yards from the dealership. Hopefully someone would get that cleaned up quickly enough to not affect sales.
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Reply #13 - 03/30/17 at 05:36:41

I am so thankful that I don't have to drive in that environment!

I have watched a lot of the Asian Scooter crash videos on YouTube. Some of it is for entertainment (sick.....I know) - but it also provides me with some understanding of what to watch for when I am out riding.

The majority of the crashes appear to be a result of the riders going much faster than the surrounding traffic, and being obscured/hidden from the folks making turns. A driver who wants to make a turn makes a judgement based on the traffic that is visible....they can't see the speeding scooter hidden behind the other cars - and the scooter rider is going far too fast to be able to stop. It also appears that a lot of the scooter riders don't know how to use a front brake properly....and they lock up the brake and fall down instantly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mFkDJ0rpWA

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philthymike Serious Thumper Offline Wallowing in my own crapulence Posts: 1413 Philadelphia Area Gender:	Re: Size isn't everything! Reply #14 - 03/30/17 at 07:29:51 On a business trip to Brazil I had the opportunity to drive a little Fiat hatchback around the city of Belo Horizonte. I was not cut out for the driving style there at all. After roughly ten blocks I pulled over and let the car's owner drive again. It was too much for me.
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