>> ^westy:

>> ^hermannthegerman:
Ouch, only the real fall wasn't 350 feet, since the Rope snapped on the way back up, but still ouch...and crocodiles..yikes..

Yah I read about this lol its one of those things that media hyps till the point its 100% bullshit
as you say she probably fell less than 20m easily survivable even if you belly flopped it , as for the crocodiles the water was fast flowing and she was in the middle so it sunlikely they would have gotten her.
the only really remarkable thing about this is that the bunjee rope broke in the first place and that she was lucky she didn't drown / the water was deep enough to brake her fall.

Idk, it looks to me that the cord snaps pretty much as soon as it takes up tension. No doubt it would have slowed her down a bit but I can't imagine by much considering that it was only holding her weight for a fraction of a second.


As for the Crocs, well yes, I agree. The more significant risk was drowning, especially if she had been knocked unconcious from the impact. I'd say it was a pretty close call that didn't really need hyping up.

Wow... close call for the store clerk. Good that he was able to walk away. I thought he was a goner.

This was Gizmag's Loz Blain testing the bike for a review. Youtube link here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TxEw1LunfM which has a link to the article.

I still don't know where it was. It looks like Australia/NZ, but why is he talking mph and inches?

I was kind of shocked when I was in Afghanistan and working with Brits - they'd be talking about back home and say "oh yeah, it was about 60 miles..." and I was all "...eh? No kilometers?" >> ^dannym3141:

>> ^PHJF:
If that were England they'd be using kilometres like sane, rational people.

If that were england they'd be using miles, trust me mate

>> ^PHJF:

>> ^dannym3141:
>> ^Trancecoach:
guy was clearly speeding. There were crosswalks on that road and a speed limit of no faster than 20 MPH (or 25 KPH) is my guess.

I don't think so.. country road, not built up, no housing etc... if that was england it would be a 60 mph road.

If that were England they'd be using kilometres like sane, rational people.


If that were england they'd be using miles, trust me mate

>> ^dannym3141:

>> ^Trancecoach:
guy was clearly speeding. There were crosswalks on that road and a speed limit of no faster than 20 MPH (or 25 KPH) is my guess.

I don't think so.. country road, not built up, no housing etc... if that was england it would be a 60 mph road.


If that were England they'd be using kilometres like sane, rational people.

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>> ^Trancecoach:

guy was clearly speeding. There were crosswalks on that road and a speed limit of no faster than 20 MPH (or 25 KPH) is my guess.


I don't think so.. country road, not built up, no housing etc... if that was england it would be a 60 mph road.

>> ^cito:

wtf, why did they swerve? that was worth 10 points!


Don't be a fucking retard.




They're like 250 pts, at least!

thanks for the quality!

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Ah--I remember standing in a freezing paper-thin-walls shower with mortars coming down in my "camp." My nuts were shriveled, but my pride wouldn't let me take cover on the shower floor. So I stood. *quality

Aww! Thank you, Lawdeedaw!
You have caused/been near/knew of many a close call, but I notice you've kept your bacon safe. Nice work.
I had a run-in with a pit bull once, I was sure I was gonna die.

The list of all the death I've caused however...is long and distinguished.
Even so, you get the hug. (((Law)))

Downvote for the butt shake, upvote for the chick, upvote for the socks suck, downvote for ball showage, upvote for realizing why I never got laid in school.

Close call--but I guess it wins an upvote.

It had to have been strapped down for it to have not left the trailer. It looked like it may have been an off-road truck like they run in the Dakar Rally... and instead of strapping it down by the frame and compressing the suspension, they strapped the wheels or only the front which allowed it a lot of movement.>> ^MarineGunrock:

Why the fuck wasn't that thing strapped down!?!?

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A lot of these "close calls" the video shows really arent all that bad.