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22. 400 lbs traveling at 160 miles an hour is a potential bomb. 350,000 ft/lbs. give or take.

Tue Oct 10, 2023, 07:24 PM

Oct 2023

Have you ever seen the damage a 100 pound deer can to to a car driving 70 MPH? That is not counting the damage from the reaction of the driver, if he or she survives. Think in terms of the idiot kids dropping rocks off an overpass, killing drivers.

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Cops looking for motorcyclist who did 180mph from COS to DEN [View all] AntivaxHunters Oct 2023 OP

What an ass! PJMcK Oct 2023 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 #3

I was going to post the same. Every single driver he passed could have had an accident. It's selfish debm55 Oct 2023 #24

A threat to everyone around him ailsagirl Oct 2023 #50

That dude has balls Shermann Oct 2023 #2

? Skittles Oct 2023 #19

Yeah masculinity is STILL a metaphor for bravery Shermann Oct 2023 #23

no Skittles Oct 2023 #28

That dude is courageous Shermann Oct 2023 #29

People often confuse "reckless" with "courageous." ZZenith Oct 2023 #36

Courageous? Nope...wrong adjective. likesmountains 52 Oct 2023 #37

I agree...read the whole post nt Shermann Oct 2023 #42

omfg Skittles Oct 2023 #39

He was a menace to all drivers he encountered. He wants to drive like that, go out in the desert. debm55 Oct 2023 #25

Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam! SalamanderSleeps Oct 2023 #4

Oh, gawd. I know that stretch so well: when he got to the Ikea at County Line Road/Park Meadows Mall hlthe2b Oct 2023 #5

Ah you're from here then! AntivaxHunters Oct 2023 #6

I hear some accent markers, but I couldn't say for sure. Where do you think? hlthe2b Oct 2023 #11

Ding ding! AntivaxHunters Oct 2023 #12

Yeah. He's got a bit of that hlthe2b Oct 2023 #13

here he is gassing up for a date, so TX is a good guess Celerity Oct 2023 #32

Bicycle gloves, tennis shoes, shirt sleeve shirt. mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 #7

I can respect the t-shirt and sneakers thing, I used to ride that way myself Shermann Oct 2023 #21

10% of every population consists of sociopaths according to some estimates. ZZenith Oct 2023 #8

It's all fun and games until someone trips and falls, poking an eye out. marble falls Oct 2023 #9

What an entitled ass. likesmountains 52 Oct 2023 #10

Is that real? Chainfire Oct 2023 #14

Yes very real AntivaxHunters Oct 2023 #16

That 400 lb bike would just create a small thud on a 4000 lb car Shermann Oct 2023 #20

400 lbs traveling at 160 miles an hour is a potential bomb. 350,000 ft/lbs. give or take. Chainfire Oct 2023 #22

Oh he can make a big mess of a wreck, no doubt Shermann Oct 2023 #27

I could do that. Mr.Bill Oct 2023 #15

He is going so fast that even somebody checking their mirrors would not realize he's coming up behin keithbvadu2 Oct 2023 #17

In a way, going between cars is safer Shermann Oct 2023 #18

Just one little pothole ... Earth-shine Oct 2023 #26

My problem.. chouchou Oct 2023 #30

I watched the whole thing. The was a black vehicle with bright yellow paint printed on the side. I debm55 Oct 2023 #33

Guy Is Nuts ProfessorGAC Oct 2023 #31

and unsafe. debm55 Oct 2023 #34

He's a dick Bristlecone Oct 2023 #35

Not condoning what he did at all VMA131Marine Oct 2023 #38

There are similar contests at the Tail of the Dragon Shermann Oct 2023 #47

He's not the brightest bulb in the lighting aisle. LudwigPastorius Oct 2023 #40

I seen idiots like this in my travels. Motorcycles are everywhere, stay alert. Emile Oct 2023 #41

I first saw this on Reddit the other day. LuckyCharms Oct 2023 #43

I did something similar once when I was a young idiot on a borrowed superbike... hunter Oct 2023 #44

where's darwin? pansypoo53219 Oct 2023 #45

Probably has a death wish. Laffy Kat Oct 2023 #46

For some reason, Codifer Oct 2023 #48

My dad was a dare devil on his motorcycle when he was young. Elessar Zappa Oct 2023 #49