Brace yourselves as pictures are not for the faint of heart. The motorcyclist astride the Kawasaki is fine, but the impact with the ground is scary.
Let’s go back to avoidable crashes. This time a powerful Kawasaki Ninja is the protagonist. When it comes to safety distance, the benefits of careful driving are too often underestimated. An elementary formula to keep in mind to calculate, approximately, a good safety distance is the following: divide your speed expressed in km/h by 10 and square the result.
Good mathematicians will take little to calculate the resulting number which will indicate, in meters, the appropriate distance from the vehicle in front of you. Trivially, without too many calculations, always consider having space for at least three cars on the motorway. Without the right distance, accidents like the one you will see below can happen. If the car in front of you stops, for no reason or for safety reasons, you will have no escape. In the car, all this results in a rear-end collision, while in motion in a probable crash to the ground.
Article 149, paragraph 1, of the Highway Code establishes that “while driving, the vehicles must keep a safety distance with respect to the vehicle in front, such that timely stopping is guaranteed in any case and collisions with the vehicles in front are avoided”. Our code also provides for sanctions. In the event of failure to respect the safety distance: the fine ranges from a minimum of 42 to a maximum of 173 euros. Too? Not really, because the consequences can be devastating.
The Kawasaki Ninja crash
The road racing car of the Japanese company is among the most popular in the States. On 10 January 2023, a young woman got on the saddle of her Kawasaki ZX-6R as usual. The green has become a wreck due to the sudden braking of the motorist aboard a massive Ford SUV. The motorcyclist did not expect the sudden stop of the car and she was unable to avoid the impact. With a little more experience and a fair respect for the safety distance, the Ninja could have stopped her race.
The video proposed by the MotoRides Az YouTube channel lasts more than two minutes, from which several lessons can be drawn. Racing motorcycles should be ridden by highly skilled riders or people. The motorist’s mistake is evident, but it is equally clear that a highly experienced motorcyclist would have avoided the fall without problems. A professional would have managed with a “stubble” on the front wheel to avoid the worst. The person could have also saved the thud by playing with the rear brake and then the front one. Crazy chase between an Audi R8 and a Kawasaki Ninja: shocking images.
The speed was just over 100 km/h. Nothing impossible for a vehicle with powerful disc brakes, but he would have had to keep the right safety distance. Luckily she didn’t sustain serious physical injuries, but she was able to get back on her feet immediately after the shock of the fall. The blow on her arm was heavy. The driver of the Ford continued on her road without stopping. Horrible Accident: Valet destroys 2 Lamborghinis in one fell swoop.
It’s unclear whether or not he helped, but when the police stopped, there was no sign of the SUV. Luckily the cars behind the Kawasaki stopped in time, without taking full advantage of the driver. Several stopped to help the motorcyclist who ended up with a broken Ninja at the side of the road. The rear area looks very damaged. It will be difficult to ascertain the responsibility of the Ford SUV because with greater caution and with the correct distance, the motorcyclist’s accident would not have occurred.
