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Incredibly Dumb Scooter Driver Inches Away from Horrible Crash with Bus
Incredibly Dumb Scooter Driver Inches Away from Horrible Crash with Bus

7 Aug 2013, 12:42 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / There must be some sort of deity which protects idiots.. or maybe some sort of universal force which limits the numbers of those aspiring for a Darwin Award. While we have no proof fir this whatsoev...

 
Vodka and Scooters Make a Lousy Cocktail
Vodka and Scooters Make a Lousy Cocktail

6 Aug 2013, 16:12 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / A street in a place where people speak a language resembling to Russian, a scooter riding in he midday sun. Sounds like the start of a casual story, doesn't it? Well, it may be so... but it ...

 
Some Drivers Are Simply Too Stupid to Understand Traffic
Some Drivers Are Simply Too Stupid to Understand Traffic

6 Aug 2013, 14:38 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Sorry to say it guys, but this is the only decent conclusion we could come to after watching this video. Honestly, we believe even a child would have done better than this old man in the video, p...

 
Watch and Learn: Close Call for Yamaha YZF-R125 Rider
Watch and Learn: Close Call for Yamaha YZF-R125 Rider

6 Aug 2013, 11:51 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / This video is almost a textbook example showing why tailgating is a dangerous business, regardless of who's behind who: bike following bike, cars behind bikes or the other way around. The reaso...

 
Early Dainese D-Air Street Test
Early Dainese D-Air Street Test

5 Aug 2013, 12:28 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Remember when we used to report on the imminence of a wide spreading of motorcycle-specific airbag systems from motorcycle gear manufacturers such as Dainese? Well, things are going the right way, e...

 
More Dainese D-Ai Street Motorcycle Airbag Tests
More Dainese D-Ai Street Motorcycle Airbag Tests

4 Aug 2013, 09:23 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Dainese surfaces new footage from the extensive series of tests for their D-Air Street rider airbag, and this time it's about the "non-interference" factor. The most important thin...

 
A Little Bit of Speed and a Car Door
A Little Bit of Speed and a Car Door

3 Aug 2013, 07:52 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Riding fast in the first lane passing parked cars is definitely not the safest thing to to, regardless of the country. Judging by the swear words in Russian, you've probably guessed the par...

 
Lane Changing, the Russian Way
Lane Changing, the Russian Way

3 Aug 2013, 07:23 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Discussions about lane splitting have been around for quite a long time, and in some states and countries, this maneuver became legal, provided the riders comply with several safety-focused regulati...

 
Ford Pays $17 Million to Settle Escape Recall Charges
Ford Pays $17 Million to Settle Escape Recall Charges

2 Aug 2013, 12:49 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Ford Motor Co. has agreed to pay a $17.35 million fine to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) as settlement over a recall concerning certain older Escape models. The automa...

 
Why Better Wait a Bit after Green Light in Russia
Why Better Wait a Bit after Green Light in Russia

1 Aug 2013, 16:12 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Red light, green light, right of way and everything else you like, they seem to be of a rather lesser importance for some Russian motorists. This video shows exactly how wise it is to wait some m...

 
Running While Crossing the Street Is Bad for Everyone
Running While Crossing the Street Is Bad for Everyone

1 Aug 2013, 15:18 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Due to the poor quality of the recording it's really hard to figure out whether the traffic lights were green for the child or for the bike, but judging on the incoming cars and the speed of t...

 
Scorpion EXO-R2000 Gets Massive Ad Campaign
Scorpion EXO-R2000 Gets Massive Ad Campaign

1 Aug 2013, 14:04 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Scorpion has debuted their EXO-R2000 sports motorcycle helmet at this year's MotoGP round at Laguna Seca, but things went so much further, a massive ad campaign has been set in motion, to let p...

 
Ducati Streetfighter versus Dog
Ducati Streetfighter versus Dog

1 Aug 2013, 13:05 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / There are rather few encounters between motorcycles and various animals which end good for the bikes and bikers. Whether we're talking about dogs, sheep or birds, it's an almost sure recip...

 
More Scooter Craziness
More Scooter Craziness

31 Jul 2013, 14:53 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Yes, your eyes are just fine, and the guy you saw in the thumbnail of this piece is indeed carrying a ladder on his scooter. After seeing this, any sort of talks on scooter and road safety simply se...

 
How to Kill Yourself on a Honda CBR
How to Kill Yourself on a Honda CBR

31 Jul 2013, 12:48 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / There's absolutely nothing wrong with riding a powerful and fast bike such as a Honda CBR, be it a 600cc or a liter-class machine. Some wise, old rider once said that bikes are ridden using the...

 
Honda CBR1000 Can't Steer by Itself
Honda CBR1000 Can't Steer by Itself

30 Jul 2013, 12:10 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Here's another hard crash happening just as incredibly silly as this one involving a Hayabusa. Uploaded by the same youtuber, both videos show the extreme lack of skill when it comes to turning...

 
70 MPH Crash Seen by the Helmet Cam
70 MPH Crash Seen by the Helmet Cam

29 Jul 2013, 16:07 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / As the rider in this video says, this bad crash occurred because of insufficient riding experience. A more seasoned motorcyclist would test a bit the brakes of a motorcycle before heading out in ...

 
Teenager Killed in Indian Police Action against Illegal Stunting
Teenager Killed in Indian Police Action against Illegal Stunting

29 Jul 2013, 14:57 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Sad news from New Delhi, India where a teenager was accidentally killed in a police action against illegat street stunting. Due to the risks stunting on public roads bring into the lives of the l...

 
Spectacularly Stupid Hayabusa Crash
Spectacularly Stupid Hayabusa Crash

29 Jul 2013, 14:35 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / After watching this video the only thing which came into mind was to continuously ask why get aboard a Hayabusa before being able to make it safely through a turn on two wheels? It looks like the...

 
Zero Excuses for This Ducati 848 Crash
Zero Excuses for This Ducati 848 Crash

29 Jul 2013, 11:44 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / No pity, but no bashing also, for this Ducati 848 rider, as it looks like he kind of knew what could happen. Riding hard on mountain roads, it was only natural that gravel and sand waited after one ...