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Now, This Is Less than Inches from Death – Video
Now, This Is Less than Inches from Death – Video

16 Feb 2015, 16:49 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Two reckless scooter drivers are involved in a crash, with one of them literally brushed by the wheels of two large trucks

 
Rider Slides under Truck to Miraculously Tell the Story
Rider Slides under Truck to Miraculously Tell the Story

25 Sep 2014, 15:15 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Below you can watch a motorcycle accident which could have easily ended with the unfortunate rider turned into a pulp smeared all over the highway, mixed with the burning, contorted remnants of his ...

 
Lucky Russian Cyclist Makes You Believe in Guardian Angels
Lucky Russian Cyclist Makes You Believe in Guardian Angels

22 Sep 2014, 16:06 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Recent footage taken with a Russian dash cam shows a cyclist miraculously getting away with no injure after he found himself between a truck and a sedan, right before they crash. Not only does the m...

 
Ultra-Lucky Drag Bike Racer Crashes in Big Style
Ultra-Lucky Drag Bike Racer Crashes in Big Style

8 Sep 2014, 13:38 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / When things go wrong in drag racing, the results are usually very nasty, with suffering major injuries, losing limbs or being killed being the perspectives each of these brave riders have to live wi...

 
UK Rider Found Guilty of Reckless Driving after Uploading Close Call Footage Online
UK Rider Found Guilty of Reckless Driving after Uploading Close Call Footage Online

21 Aug 2014, 12:37 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Earlier this spring we brought you a rather disturbing video showing a fast ride in the UK countryside which ended with the camera motorcycle running off the road and down an embankment, after being...

 
When Bikes Start Falling from the Sky
When Bikes Start Falling from the Sky

26 Jun 2014, 13:49 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / With high-tension action expected in the Sunday morning’s Race to the Clouds, the Pikes Peak has become one of the hottest road racing points of the planet, especially as this weekend’s ...

 
That's Why They Call It the Classic Bike Crash
That's Why They Call It the Classic Bike Crash

14 May 2014, 13:37 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It would be really interesting to find out how many such motorcycle crashes occur each day around the world. Dozens, hundreds, more? It’s hard to tell, but this is by far the most common type ...

 
Watch and Learn: Biker Girl Has Incredible Brush with Death
Watch and Learn: Biker Girl Has Incredible Brush with Death

13 May 2014, 12:18 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / This video was recorded on a countryside road in Southern Romania, in an area where carriages can still be met on public roads, with more or less sober people in them, sometimes leaving the horses f...

 
Meet the Luckiest Scooter Rider in the World
Meet the Luckiest Scooter Rider in the World

11 May 2014, 10:28 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / A lot of road crashes make innocent victims who happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, even in situations which seemingly had nothing dangerous about them. Still, many road users and p...

 
Why Tailgating Is Bad for Your Health
Why Tailgating Is Bad for Your Health

15 Apr 2014, 13:20 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Riding with some buddies is of course, one of the very good ways to enjoy both the pleasure of riding a motorcycle and hanging out with friends at the same time. It also brings tighter bonds in a gr...

 
Stupid, but Lucky Scooter Rider Escapes Death by Inches
Stupid, but Lucky Scooter Rider Escapes Death by Inches

11 Apr 2014, 12:11 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It’s again time for some more haute tension-action from Taiwan, and just like you’ve maybe been expecting, it’s about one more mindless scooter rider. At times I cannot help w...

 
Clumsy Rider and His Passenger Almost Squashed by Truck
Clumsy Rider and His Passenger Almost Squashed by Truck

8 Apr 2014, 13:33 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / They say that the rider of a motorcycle bears the whole responsibility for the safety of his or her passenger, and common sense tells us this is true. While passengers may have zero riding experienc...

 
And the Idiot Makes It in One Piece
And the Idiot Makes It in One Piece

31 Mar 2014, 15:34 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / I am not sure if “extremely lucky to be alive” is powerful enough to describe the unearthly luck this rider had. While being an idiot on wither 2 or 4 wheels usually comes with a very d...

 
Incredible Head-On Crash, Motorcyclist Flies Through the Air with Minor Injuries
Incredible Head-On Crash, Motorcyclist Flies Through the Air with Minor Injuries

23 Feb 2014, 12:28 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / As violent as this crash looks, you'll most likely be as surprised and relieved as I was to learn that the unfortunate rider made it through the day with only minor injuries. The scenarios i...

 
Reckless Driver Smashes Bike Against the Wall
Reckless Driver Smashes Bike Against the Wall

12 Feb 2014, 15:59 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / A sunny Brazilian afternoon in the outskirts of Sao Paulo tuned into nightmare for an innocent motorcycle driver. He was literally crashed into by a reckless driver, causing his bike to smash har...

 
Incredible Brush with Death for Speeding Rider
Incredible Brush with Death for Speeding Rider

28 Jan 2014, 15:46 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / After watching this video, the only thing I said to myself was something like "well, you get to live another day, buddy." Watch it for yourselves and see what comes into mind... Some sa...

 
Rider Dodges 5 Cars in 4 Seconds
Rider Dodges 5 Cars in 4 Seconds

28 Jan 2014, 13:51 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It's luck and the absence of panic which saved the rider's hide this day... though I've met more than half a dozen riders who agreed that the fellow drained the very last drop of luck...

 
Bike 1, Hawk 0
Bike 1, Hawk 0

13 Jan 2014, 17:20 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Birds can happen to fly in front of a motorcycle, and riders going down because of such unexpected encounters are quite a common thing, unfortunately. However, sometimes motorcyclists remain upri...

 
Kawasaki Rider Remains Upright after Hitting a Huge Pond at High Speed
Kawasaki Rider Remains Upright after Hitting a Huge Pond at High Speed

10 Jan 2014, 11:50 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Riding on the highway can turn form fun to disaster quite quickly, especially as one fails to match the speed to the weather or traffic conditions. This Dutch fellow was extremely lucky to remain up...

 
Car with Good Brakes Saves the Life of Scooter Rider
Car with Good Brakes Saves the Life of Scooter Rider

9 Jan 2014, 17:06 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / This video is a textbook example of how important paying attention when driving is, and how big a difference good brakes and tires can make when the going gets tough. For the scooter rider, the f...