And 3/4 of a second is .75 seconds and that actually is quite accurate.
reaction time on a two wheeled bike is different than a 4 wheel cage.
Plus you have other forces acting on you more directly than in a car.
If he was going into a curve as somewhat indicated, he was applying
a certain percentage of throttle based on sharpness of curve, his combined
weight working against centrifugal force, plus the amount of lean and other factors.
To suddenly pull in the clutch to compensate for the over revving and over speeding
could cause the bike to fall into the turn and thus go down anyway.
and your .088 = 9/10 needs to read .88. which means my .75 (3/4) to 1 falls right
in with your statement.
uh oh I got to go here comes my admiring lover chasing me again. .............
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ORIGINAL: XTrooper3936
If someone actually got killed, I'm sorry for the family's loss, but I have to call Internet BS on the alleged cause. Sounds like someone is looking for a big payday via a trumped up lawsuit to me. If it WAS an out-of-control throttle (electronic or otherwise), and assuming the guy knew where the clutch lever was located, why in hell didn't he just disengage the clutch? Put yourself in the same scenario. What would you do? I never had a bike throttle stick, but it happened to me several times in the junker cars I had when I was young. When it happened, I pushed in the clutch pedal, and pulled onto the shoulder of the road to get it unstuck. Problem solved and without drama.
P.S.- If anyone here has a reaction time of between "3/4 to 1 sec," I suggest they stay the hell of the road. FYI, the average driver's reaction time is .088 seconds, that is, less than 9/10ths of a second.
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