Bike Crash Evasion and Mitigation

[Motofool]

Copied from:
http://www.bikesafer.com/evasion.html

"The impossible happens, the adrenaline kicks in, and you have one chance to deploy the right evasion tactic. Maybe you'll live........

We conclude that having the right skills and making the right decision on evasion is a rare set of skills worth acquiring.......

We have two basic evasion techniques, swerving and emergency braking. There are a few other possibilities, including putting the bike down in very limited situations, baling out in even more limited situations, accelerating away from a problem, and some techniques for dealing with bike issues, including tire deflation and weave or wobble situations.....

Roadcraft estimates reaction time as 0.7 of a second. That's about one foot of roadway for every mile per hour......

If you want to swerve and brake, consider doing the swerve first. If you brake before swerving, your front suspension is down, or compressed, and your rear suspension is up. Performing a swerve with your suspension set after braking makes the swerve more likely to be unstable if your wheels hit a pothole or bump.......

Is there a situation that suggests baling?....... "

[choneofakind]

but Hernan, sometimes you just gotta lay'er down.


Cracks me up hearing people say that. "I had to lay'er down". No dummy, you locked up a wheel in a knee-jerk reaction to a panic (likely from not paying enough attention to what was ahead of you) and then lowsided...