crashed my rx8
03-18-2007, 01:47 PM
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We all learn from are mistakes 
. I learned the hard way to take it to the track. It coasted me my license for six months 2500 bucks and 60days. Shortly after I became involved with the SCCA and VIR and i have learned alot since then. I can say I have been lucky a few times in the past and I have had friends not so lucky. One lost his life on a bike at 20 when he was hit and sent over the rail 
. I can say that at least you and he where not hurt and you will take something from this. And I hope you get another 8 and can enjoy this excellent machine in Mazda’s finest 
. Next time take it to the track 10 bucks for a night at the drag strip is a lot cheaper than a few hundred dollar speeding ticket any way 
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. I learned the hard way to take it to the track. It coasted me my license for six months 2500 bucks and 60days. Shortly after I became involved with the SCCA and VIR and i have learned alot since then. I can say I have been lucky a few times in the past and I have had friends not so lucky. One lost his life on a bike at 20 when he was hit and sent over the rail . I can say that at least you and he where not hurt and you will take something from this. And I hope you get another 8 and can enjoy this excellent machine in Mazda’s finest . Next time take it to the track 10 bucks for a night at the drag strip is a lot cheaper than a few hundred dollar speeding ticket any way .
03-18-2007, 03:29 PM
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Even if the car is like that the important thing that no one got hurt or killed....except for that palm tree. I hope that you get another 8 and this incident doesnt make you afraid to drive. Good luck on getting a new car.
03-19-2007, 09:08 AM
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If you were going fast enough to kill the dude on the bike if you had tried to stop you would have clearly slammed into the car 6 feet in front of the bike had the bike not been in the picture. From the limited info you're giving seems like you were going way too fast.
03-19-2007, 09:41 AM
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Seems like 90% of the crashes posted on the forums are front end impacts.
It seems to me you know that road well, why didnt you slow to let him pass. Honestly have both you and the biker never driven down that road? Normally the cars dont notice the bikes on the road, the other way around sounds odd, unless he was looking over at you for some reason.
It seems to me you know that road well, why didnt you slow to let him pass. Honestly have both you and the biker never driven down that road? Normally the cars dont notice the bikes on the road, the other way around sounds odd, unless he was looking over at you for some reason.
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03-19-2007, 12:11 PM
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Well, I think that you did the right thing by going off-road. It's a painful lesson to have learned, but as you point out it could have been much, much worse. So, you totalled a car and freaked out a tree. Who cares about the car. They are always replaceable. The lesson here is to remember that when you drive you always drive within the limits of your car. If you are racing a bike then you have to remember that the bike can both out accelerate you and out brake you, and if well driven, it can also out turn you. The biker did a stupid thing too. He braked harder than the person behind him could possibly have braked to keep up. It sounds like you recognize your responsibility in this accident and hopefully won't do it again, but accidents are accidents. Often they are just unavoidable circumstances.
The worste accident I never had was a when I was in college. I was on my way back from a date to the hardware store with a girl that I ended up dating for five years. We were having a great time, and I was driving the speed limit. The road was a two lane, one way road, and I was in the left lane. There was a truck in the right lane a nose ahead of me, and a toyota in the right lane two car lengths ahead of him. That Toyota turned without signalling and with no warning hard left directly in front on me. She then realized what she had done, slammed on the brakes to a dead stop in front of me, turned, and screamed. I could see all of her teeth. I was going forty (speed limit). I was heading right for her driver's door with a two ton mercedes. I couldn't turn to the left lane because the bread truck was right in the way so I went left. I jumped an 8 inch curb just barely missing a telephone pole, I counted to one to make sure that I missed her, and I turned to the right avoiding a fire hydrant. I gotten around her, and started to be relieved, when I was horrified to find that the bread truck was now right in my path. He had been forced to drive around her stern because there was just no room to stop, and he was now right in my path. I turned left hard and straightened the car out. I coasted it to the side of the road, threw it in park and fell out of the car onto the road because I was too weak kneed to stand. I thought that I wanted to puke. That accident was virtually unavoidable. I had to go off the road or hit her. The brakes would never have stopped the car.
In the last accident that I had which was a month after I bought the 8. A guy three cars in front of me on a very crowded four lane fast moving highway got cut off. The cars in front of me braked hard. I knew that the car behind me was a fat lumbering JEEP Grand Cherokee because I was aware of my environment. I had over three car lengths between me and the girl in front of me because I wanted plenty of room to stop in case something like this did happen. The guy behind me was too close to stop that fat car and I could easily out brake him. So, I hit the brakes hard to show him that I was serious about stopping. I then let up a bit to give him a chance to stop. He didn't take the hint and brake hard. I gave him all the room that I could braking firmly and donating the three lengths in front of me until I needed to just stop. I put the brakes down. The ABS engaged, and the 8 stopped on a dime leaving several feet between me and the girl in front of me. The moron clipped my right rear bumper because he had to maneuver around me instead of just stopping. He's lucky that he didn't hit someone else. It turned out when we pulled over that he was a completely stoned college boy.
It's a dangerous world out there and accidents happen and sometimes you can't avoid them, but you should always drive thinking about how you can control the environment so you don't get hurt because nobody else out there is going to protect you.
In your case, you should have been looking beyond the bike to see what was in front of him. When on the highway, I always watch the brake lights several cars ahead to try to get warning as to traffic conditions and emergency braking. Never rely on a bike. They maneuver like demons. Best of luck and do get another 8. They're great cars, and it looks like it protected you pretty well in the accident. Best of luck.
The worste accident I never had was a when I was in college. I was on my way back from a date to the hardware store with a girl that I ended up dating for five years. We were having a great time, and I was driving the speed limit. The road was a two lane, one way road, and I was in the left lane. There was a truck in the right lane a nose ahead of me, and a toyota in the right lane two car lengths ahead of him. That Toyota turned without signalling and with no warning hard left directly in front on me. She then realized what she had done, slammed on the brakes to a dead stop in front of me, turned, and screamed. I could see all of her teeth. I was going forty (speed limit). I was heading right for her driver's door with a two ton mercedes. I couldn't turn to the left lane because the bread truck was right in the way so I went left. I jumped an 8 inch curb just barely missing a telephone pole, I counted to one to make sure that I missed her, and I turned to the right avoiding a fire hydrant. I gotten around her, and started to be relieved, when I was horrified to find that the bread truck was now right in my path. He had been forced to drive around her stern because there was just no room to stop, and he was now right in my path. I turned left hard and straightened the car out. I coasted it to the side of the road, threw it in park and fell out of the car onto the road because I was too weak kneed to stand. I thought that I wanted to puke. That accident was virtually unavoidable. I had to go off the road or hit her. The brakes would never have stopped the car.
In the last accident that I had which was a month after I bought the 8. A guy three cars in front of me on a very crowded four lane fast moving highway got cut off. The cars in front of me braked hard. I knew that the car behind me was a fat lumbering JEEP Grand Cherokee because I was aware of my environment. I had over three car lengths between me and the girl in front of me because I wanted plenty of room to stop in case something like this did happen. The guy behind me was too close to stop that fat car and I could easily out brake him. So, I hit the brakes hard to show him that I was serious about stopping. I then let up a bit to give him a chance to stop. He didn't take the hint and brake hard. I gave him all the room that I could braking firmly and donating the three lengths in front of me until I needed to just stop. I put the brakes down. The ABS engaged, and the 8 stopped on a dime leaving several feet between me and the girl in front of me. The moron clipped my right rear bumper because he had to maneuver around me instead of just stopping. He's lucky that he didn't hit someone else. It turned out when we pulled over that he was a completely stoned college boy.
It's a dangerous world out there and accidents happen and sometimes you can't avoid them, but you should always drive thinking about how you can control the environment so you don't get hurt because nobody else out there is going to protect you.
In your case, you should have been looking beyond the bike to see what was in front of him. When on the highway, I always watch the brake lights several cars ahead to try to get warning as to traffic conditions and emergency braking. Never rely on a bike. They maneuver like demons. Best of luck and do get another 8. They're great cars, and it looks like it protected you pretty well in the accident. Best of luck.
03-19-2007, 12:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Raptor2k
Sucks dude. Hope you get a new 8. Did the airbags come out?
03-19-2007, 12:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Haze
The worste accident I never had was a when I was in college. I was on my way back from a date to the hardware store with a girl that I ended up dating for five years.
03-19-2007, 02:25 PM
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Originally Posted by MazdaMonkey
You must have been doing something right to stay with her for 5 years with taking her to the hardware store for a date!
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