Daytona vs. Porsche

[Wolf]

Last weekend outside of Austin:

Rider survived with several broken bones.

https://www.reddit.com/r/CalamariRa...ammienoob_squidding_it_up_on_destination_way/

 

[KrustyKruser]

Whoa!!! Wonder what happened? Rider cut corner or Porsche ran wide? Or both? Crazy, glad rider is gonna survive.

 

[Sharky]

Holy smokes!
That's a spicy meatball!

 

[dowlinginchico]

Reminds me of Redwood Rd, ie. a popular place to test cars and bikes alike.

Looks like the bikes were pushing it at a minimum, the front guy has a good lean, I assume the rest do too. Trying to keep up with the front rider?

Wow!!! I hope all people came out OK. Scary stuff!

 

[phocup]

Holy crap. The Porsche won that one.

 

[Escape pod]

Seems the bike was in the the other/wrong lane.
Excellent crumple zones on both the Porsche and the Triumph.

..... holy smokes!

 

[Tally Whacker]

Last weekend outside of Austin:

I hate when that happens.

 

[Wolf]

Whoa!!! Wonder what happened? Rider cut corner or Porsche ran wide? Or both? Crazy, glad rider is gonna survive.

Bike was in the wrong lane.

Looks like the bikes were pushing it at a minimum, the front guy has a good lean, I assume the rest do too. Trying to keep up with the front rider?

Yup, they were all running fast. Porsche too, from the looks of it. The closing speed between the bike and car must have been crazy fast.

 

[mean dad]

Fuck him for using the road as a racetrack.

 

[Outta Control]

Bike was in the wrong lane.

He thought he was in Australia? :toothless

 

[Owl]

Fuck him for using the road as a racetrack.

both of them?

 

[jumph4x]

It does look like Porsche's engine being in the back let the front of the car be a softer/emptier impact zone. It's miraculous the rider lives with just some broken bones, don't you think?

 

[Wolf]

Fuck him for using the road as a racetrack.

Although Destination Way pretty much is a racetrack.

In 2008 they were building a housing development there, they had all the infrastructure in place, then the housing market crashed so the homes were never built. Now it's just a few miles of perfectly paved curvy road used by speed freaks.

https://www.google.com/maps/@30.4501271,-97.9589995,15.79z

 

[Killin_ix]

Is that a mounted air horn?

 

[mototireguy]

Ho Lee Fook

Ding Bang Ow

 

[NSR500]

Damn, that's nuts!

 

[El Feo]

From reddit:

The curve wasn't the problem. He was showboating and trying to pass everyone in the oncoming lane.

Is that a mounted air horn?

:laughing Second most interesting part of the clip.

 

[GAJ]

Bike was in the wrong lane.



Yup, they were all running fast. Porsche too, from the looks of it. The closing speed between the bike and car must have been crazy fast.

Car seemed to have a reasonably tight line and it looks like the impact happened in his lane.

Amazing the rider survived.

Hopefully all involved learned a lesson.

 

[Sharky]

Car seemed to have a reasonably tight line and it looks like the impact happened in his lane.

Amazing the rider survived.

Hopefully all involved learned a lesson.

The picture of the car shows it well into the correct lane of travel.

 

[BlitzkriegWulf]

Whoa!!! Wonder what happened? Rider cut corner or Porsche ran wide? Or both? Crazy, glad rider is gonna survive.

Porsche sure looked like he was in control, and holding a line on his own side of the road, even if he did appear to be speeding.

Reminds me of Redwood Rd, ie. a popular place to test cars and bikes alike.

Yep... Reminds me of RWR too. I've had more than one or two close shaves with people who either had, or were in the process of, losing control of their car.

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To add insult to injury... The sticker on that bad boy is probably north of $140K OTD (Guessing a 997 Turbo, possibly Turbo S from the scoops on the side), and I'll bet was a $80-100K write-off. Bike, an obvious write-off, and the 675 is $13K OTD.

Hospital bills for both parties? If mine is anything to judge theirs off of, likely $500K+ for the motorcyclist and probably $100K+ for the driver.

Hope the motorcyclist has insurance, cause that one left a mark.
Whether he learned a lesson or not, who knows. I'm sure he will have a lot of time in the hospital to mull over his decisions. At the end, only he will be able to change his Edit: (future) actions.