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  The
Honda rider was traveling at such a "very high speed", his reaction
time
was
not sufficient enough to avoid this accident. Swedish Police
estimate
a
speed
of 155mph before the bike hit the slow moving car
side-on
at
an intersection. At that speed, they predicted that the rider's
reaction
time (once the vehicle came into view) wasn't sufficient enough for him to
even
apply the brakes. The car had two passengers and the bike rider was
found
INSIDE the car with them. The Volkswagen actually flipped over from
the
force of impact and landed 10 feet from where the collision took
place.
  All
three involved (two in car and rider) were killed instantly. This
graphic
demonstration was placed at the Stockholm Motorcycle Fair by the
Swedish
Police and Road Safety Department. The sign above the display also
noted
that the rider had only recently obtained his license.
At
155 mph the operator is traveling at 227 feet per second.
With
normal
reaction time to SEE-DECIDE-REACT of 1.6 seconds the above
operator
would have traveled over 363 feet while making a decision on what
actions
to take. In this incident the Swedish police indicate that no
actions
were taken.
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