This video is almost a textbook example showing why tailgating is a dangerous business, regardless of who's behind who: bike following bike, cars behind bikes or the other way around. The reason is dead-simple: if something goes wrong or somebody makes an unexpected maneuver, there's no room for steering clear from the danger.
While tailgating someone from inside a car is less dangerous due to the very stable nature of the vehicle and all the metal surrounding the driver and passengers, things are so much different aboard a motorcycle.
These guys were not as safety-focused as they could have been riding so closely to the VW, and the bag thing happened: the driver pulled over without signaling and in a very short distance. The guys behind him were really lucky he did not brake more violently and they had their eyes on the road.
Such a predicament could have turned out a pretty bad outcome, but the YZF-R125 rider kept cool and rode like he should have, searching for a way out, instead of panicking, giving in to the infamous target fixation and eventually crashing. Good riding, there! Ride safe and keep an eye for those who don't.
These guys were not as safety-focused as they could have been riding so closely to the VW, and the bag thing happened: the driver pulled over without signaling and in a very short distance. The guys behind him were really lucky he did not brake more violently and they had their eyes on the road.
Such a predicament could have turned out a pretty bad outcome, but the YZF-R125 rider kept cool and rode like he should have, searching for a way out, instead of panicking, giving in to the infamous target fixation and eventually crashing. Good riding, there! Ride safe and keep an eye for those who don't.
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