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Old 08-19-2009, 04:23 AM
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Look what motorbikes can do :(

This resulted from a speeding vespa ramming into me head to head

He was driving on 50 km/h in the wrong direction of a one way road !
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Ouch!!!

How's the driver of the vespa?
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hurt pretty badly...but thank god he made it alive
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It's funny but I have noticed the Scooter guys seem to ride like he!!. I ride a motorcycle and always follow the rules of the road but it seems people on scooters tend to bend/break them often. Hope the guy turns out ok and this will teach him to at least break the rules with a little forethought and care.
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wow, looks bad and happy to hear the scooter rider survived.

I have been to Cairo and the streets are crazy there.
I ride a scooter and can't imagine doing it over there.
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Scooters in pretty much every asian country drive like crazy too. They believe they're invincible there...
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Does the sucker driving the scooter have insurance????? it looks pretty bad !!!
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It's funny but I have noticed the Scooter guys seem to ride like he!!. I ride a motorcycle and always follow the rules of the road but it seems people on scooters tend to bend/break them often. Hope the guy turns out ok and this will teach him to at least break the rules with a little forethought and care.
Just this week somewhere around here a biker was doing wheelies at high speed on the Interstate when he lost control and hit a bridge abutment.

The bridge was not damaged.
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I wonder if it was the same wheelie dude we saw last week. I was trying not to think bad thoughts, but him falling backwards did cross my mind.
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Originally Posted by twinspark
This resulted from a speeding vespa ramming into me head to head

He was driving on 50 km/h in the wrong direction of a one way road !
So my question is, what else did u hit?? In the pic the hub assembly is facing the front of the vehicle, I find it hard to believe just a Vespa and a person could damage that car that bad.
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So my question is, what else did u hit?? In the pic the hub assembly is facing the front of the vehicle, I find it hard to believe just a Vespa and a person could damage that car that bad.
Actually, i didnt bump into anything else I forgot to mention that my airbag blew off too !!
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Any injuries from the airbag?

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