Odds & Ends And All Things That Don't Fit Anything Else

[Coss]

That

Elsewhere on the site, there's a discussion about self driving cars. Autonomous cars are sooooo 2015.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...ble-self-balancing-motorbike-ride-itself.html

little UNI-CUB would be a riot with a bunch of drunks; can you imaging a gym full of maybe 20 of those with a drunk on each trying to do any organized and orderly? The video would be a viral sensation!!

 

[Elio Amazed]

That

little UNI-CUB would be a riot with a bunch of drunks; can you imaging a gym full of maybe 20 of those with a drunk on each trying to do any organized and orderly? The video would be a viral sensation!!

Are you saying that thought brings back a few memories?

 

[Coss]

Are you saying that thought brings back a few memories?

Absolutely!! It was crazy enough when a bunch of us were playing volleyball.

 

[W. WIllie]

That video almost looks like the biker is carrying a BIKE-BONE in his hand.

 

[Coss]

In the article, they included "Honda says it envisions a future where vehicles will communicate with each other and infrastructure to mitigate traffic congestion and eliminate traffic fatalities".

And as they "learn" can you imagine listening in and hearing "geez I wish my owner would wash me" and another one "wash me. I'm lucky if he ever checks the maintenance schedule, I don't think I've had my oil changed in over a year. I think I won't start tomorrow and see if I can take me to a dealer for a check up"

 

[Elio Amazed]

"Open the pod bay doors Hal."
"I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that."

 

[Coss]

I get emails from a place called Gopher Central
And I have signed up for them since 1998, they have a bunch of different categories, one of them is called Bizarre News.
This week's news started with a story that supposedly happened somewhere in this state; so I thought I would share it:

A motorcyclist who crashed into the back of a car on a Washington state highway had a lucky escape from injury when he ended up sitting on the car's trunk.

Brian Becton posted a dashboard camera video to YouTube showing the scene that unfolded. The video shows a car traveling at a high rate of speed quickly brake when it approaches the rear of a slower-moving vehicle.

A motorcycle traveling behind the car has trouble braking fast enough to avoid impact and the two vehicles collide, leaving the motorcyclist sitting on the trunk of the car.

The car's driver doesn't appear to initially notice the crash, causing the man sitting on the trunk to knock forcefully on the rear window.

The car pulls over a distance down the road and the motorcyclist is eventually seen pacing at the side of the road -- visibly upset, but free from serious injuries.

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I've look for the video and I can't find it; if someone does, and you post it please.

 

[W. WIllie]

What nothing on U Tube.? And a lot of the comments are "stupid".
Facebook if we knew his name.

 

[FC]

Was curious if I could find it, is this it?

 

[Coss]

That was I-5 right by Olympia (State Capitol) But the yutz that had the dash cam stopping in the middle of I-5? Had to be around mid morning,
And it sure looks like what was described in that story.
At least the guy on the bike had full leathers on, and speeding like they were, really surprising in that stretch of road, like I said, that's around the State Capitol, and there is always State Patrol out and around there. It's one of the worst areas to speed on I-5. Speed limit is only 60mph through there, go South about 3 miles more and the speed limit goes to 70 (which usually ends up 75 to 90 if you follow traffic)