Terrible Nautique Representative

I followed a brake drum and rotor recycling truck It took a dozen or so bouncers before i thought....Hey wait why not slow down and let him get away from me.
then i called the mass troopers

I was thinking of you as I scrolled from the bottom up and sure enough....HW. LOL! TACO!

Stuff happens. The bike rider ought to thank God and get rid of the bike and buy a boat. Weird phenomenon how watching the object draws him to it.

And here's a poor guy who screwed himself

It would be nice if people strapped their stuff better or had more courtesy but the bottom line is you cannot control their actions, only yours.

I know lots of people that seem to mysteriously find themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time time and time again.... Hmm, maybe it's you not them.

Hate to see a rider get his experience that way but with that little time on a motorcycle should not be on interstate following that close. Reaction time painfully slow. Been riding 40+ years and still a bit nervous on interstate when riding alone.Always assume that's going to fall off,the guy behind you isn't paying attention on and on.

Used to always strap a blow up doll in the drivers seat of the boat when traveling, never lost her once though I think there were times she wanted to jump, guess my knots were too good.

Gary S wrote: Just found this

Glad to see the boat owner came forward. The rookie motorcyclist said this:

“I didn’t want to just swerve and possibly hit a car and get run over so I tried to get to the furthest part of the right of my lane,” said Jankowski. “I checked to see if the [next] lane was clear, and you know the rest.”

You should always have an escape route when riding a bike when things begin to look sketchy. His should have been to the left, so as not to be concerned with going into other lanes with motor vehicles. This is a lesson I was taught way back in the day when I got my first bike and took my riding classes.

I'm sure he learned a lot from this experience and will be riding safer for years to come.

I worked with a guy who's son hit a deer on his bike. The car behind him is what did him in,this guy was very lucky especially with all that traffic.

Hollywood wrote: barrel rolls are boring, how about that AIR he caught?

AAM196 wrote: +1 on stop 10 mins into journey from lake etc to double check everything! Takes a minute to stop and check everything. The strap on ports side came loose from wind... He was overtaking the vehicle recording event so no problem with him in the left lane... That biker was dumb for: - wearing shorts - following so close behind - not reacting correctly once he saw the float mat fall off platform - jumping like a lazy wuss!!! sitting on his but... Obviously a lousy rookie rider! Like Paul said... idiots keeping emergency response people busy and fully employed!

barrel rolls are boring, how about that AIR he caught?

I watched it 4-5 times. I used to ride a bit, and I know that at 60 mph tossing a bike around to avoid flying objects probably wasn't my forte. It isn't just "which way does the ***************g mat sail?" it's also which cars are in which lanes, is someone coming up behind me, etc. I watch that guy do 8 barrel rolls on pavement and have nothing but sympathy for him.

Seemed fine to me that the tow vehicle was in the left lane. I also am not sure the motorcycle was too close, the perspective from the dash cam is hard to judge. Maybe as a new rider the guy was going too fast, but I don't have perspective on that either since I don't know how fast the dash cam car was going.

All in all, I have a hard time blaming the bike rider for this. He has a quick split second to decide where to go, even experienced riders can guess wrong with a flying object in front of you. To me it's 100% the fault of the idiot tying crap to his platform.

I'm another one that checks 10-15 minutes into the tow to double check all is secure.

+1 on stop 10 mins into journey from lake etc to double check everything! Takes a minute to stop and check everything.

The strap on ports side came loose from wind...
He was overtaking the vehicle recording event so no problem with him in the left lane...

That biker was dumb for:
- wearing shorts
- following so close behind
- not reacting correctly once he saw the float mat fall off platform
- jumping like a lazy wuss!!! sitting on his but...

Obviously a lousy rookie rider! Like Paul said... idiots keeping emergency response people busy and fully employed!