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Old 08-07-10, 12:34 PM   #1
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Default Crash Proof Motorcycle safety system developed in Germany

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Old 08-07-10, 12:57 PM   #2
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OUCH!

Maybe he needs something like this:

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Old 08-07-10, 01:00 PM   #3
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What!? It was a brilliant success! As they intended to demonstrate, the rider was not hit by the car. If this had been a demonstration at the Pentagon, there would be fleets of those vehicles in service right now!
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Old 08-07-10, 01:01 PM   #4
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I had to wait 1 minute and 10 seconds...this is not good enough.

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Old 08-07-10, 01:02 PM   #5
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Please tell me that was staged.

ouch, I hope everyone was ok.
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Old 08-07-10, 01:05 PM   #6
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Please tell me that was staged.
From the way his helmet hit the hood of the truck I don't think so. I freeze-framed it and it looks real - and hard - to me.
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Old 08-07-10, 02:12 PM   #7
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Ouch!
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Old 08-07-10, 04:24 PM   #8
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Please tell me that was staged.
I think it is staged. The entire presentation was so unprofessional that it is hard to believe that this would be real and there is no RTC channel in Germany.
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I just passed this link to The Frau. She is under the impression it was staged also.
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Old 08-08-10, 10:56 AM   #10
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I think it is staged. The entire presentation was so unprofessional that it is hard to believe that this would be real and there is no RTC channel in Germany.
Its an online tv channel:
http://www.tv-online-live.com/watch-...tv-online.html
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I've never hear of it before and even a quick internet search didn't get me any results.
Oh well, it was still so bad that it can't be true.
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