Me thinks Brakes and maneuver instead of Horn would be a better option here

[cusso ken]

Lassie should have gone home!

 

[1olbull]

Looks to me as if he has a minimum of 80-100 feet when the dog becomes visible (@6 seconds in the video), IF he's keeping a proper lookout. Assuming he's below 50 MPH - should have had plenty of time to brake (even in a straight line) and stop short of the dog, even without a swerve. Swerving would have been dicey where he was positioned - swerving left puts him into the dog's likely path (and there appears to be some loose dirt in the left path as well) and probably no chance to swerve right given the position of the other cars to the right.

A solid lookout and non-emergency braking should have been enough to avoid this accident.

Nice work, Amigo; however (being devil's advocate here), if at 60 kph (37.3 mph) his emergency stop distance would be a minimum of 66 feet. His perception response time (1.6 sec) would be 87 feet. Total perception to stop would then equal 153 feet.
Just saying . . .

 

[skydog1000]

If people would just take care of there animals this kind of sh*t would not happen

 

[ricochet]

You bastard, I wish I didn't see that video. I love dogs and hearing that dog cry when he got his broke my heart.

He was definitely riding WAY too fast for that area, in my town the speed limit in area's like that is 40KPH. He is an arsehole.

Second thing, the owner of that dog is a *****as well. Never let your dog off the leash, especially near a **** street!!

 

[1olbull]

If people would just take care of there animals this kind of sh*t would not happen

Hey Bug Teeth!
Fat Boy knows better that to use "there" when the proper word is "their"!

PS: I do agree with you about keeping the animal safe. Poor dog may have just escaped and become confused.

 

[skydog1000]

Yea I always loved a FAT BOY that knows how to spell

 

[1olbull]

Yea I always loved a FAT BOY that knows how to spell

It's not the spelling, Pablo.
It's the grammar.
'Bout time I jabbed one in yer ass, Amigo.

 

[skydog1000]

Yep you are gay I always knew it

 

[ksquared]

Nice work, Amigo; however (being devil's advocate here), if at 60 kph (37.3 mph) his emergency stop distance would be a minimum of 66 feet. His perception response time (1.6 sec) would be 87 feet. Total perception to stop would then equal 153 feet.
Just saying . . .

I think you're high on perception/response time. Whenever one is on a motorcycle he/she is (or should be) in a state of heightened awareness, especially for transitory hazards. In such a state, average adult (non-impaired) response time from perception to application of brakes could be as short as .75 seconds, or less than 1/2 of what you're quoting. (I, myself, have been professionally tested at .61). I am aware of human factors experts ringing in, as you do, at 1.5 seconds or longer, but they are, ordinarily, considering situations where a heightened state of awareness is not present, or distractions (passenger conversations, radios, cell phones and the like) are present. Plus, if we assume that the brakes on his sport bike are high powered (and possibly, ABS), then we might also shave a few feet off of the stopping distance. (I understand that neither of us is controlling for coefficient of friction of the roadway surface, since, in this problem, that is an unknown. Likewise, we cannot control for the condition of the rider as impaired or unimpaired, nor can we control for the rider's level of skill - especially braking skill.)

Indeed, I could be totally off in my estimate of his initial distance, it might have been as little as 60 feet or as much as 150 feet. Without knowing more about the camera focal length and lens angle of view - these are variable also.

All things considered, your estimate, given what we know here, is just as likely as my own and neither could be conclusively eliminated. That's what makes this kind of thing so much fun.

 

[Steel]

Hey Bug Teeth!
Fat Boy knows better that to use "there" when the proper word is "their"!

PS: I do agree with you about keeping the animal safe. Poor dog may have just escaped and become confused.