1980's WORLDS MOST DANGEROUS VEHICLE Documentary (or BS fest "87" )

[czac]

So I saw this on You tube and started watching it ...lol while Its not funny that so many people (mostly kids that is) died or got hurt on a trike but this seems like a boat load of Propaganda from those who were so opposed to trikes... It actually reminds me of all the ruckus earlier in 2013 about new gun laws. Interesting... lol anyhow, this part at 4 minutes in where the guy shows how easy it is to flip a trike had me giggling.. mostly because A) they even say that it would not happen or be less likely to happen if the trikes had front suspension.. lol also, What could be the chances of hitting two close bumps that are like the bumps they used in this video? Maybe crossing a rail road track but that's all I can figure... and at 18 MPH, how'd the guy get such air and why didn't he pull his front end up to go over the bump? it was the size of a small car, he couldn't see it? How many of the riders who were hurt back then were not wearing their glasses? Ya know, I can see falling in a turn, landing a jump wrong or hitting a tree or car or what ever... but it just seems like a lot of rider error and a lot of blame and maybe some BS stories went into ending the trikes lives. The father with the beard? he sounds like "Oh, my kid was doing everything correctly, the machine just had it in for him, he wasn't drinking (he was what/ 12? 14?) he was going slow, (I don't know how you'd prove or disprove it but....) I dunno, im sure a lot of you have seen this, if not..what's you take?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1I5DweHlnQ

[bigdaddyvw185]

their are 2 parts to this video, here the second half http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbptQDcLo-E

[ezmoney1979]

Guess what you win for being the 1,000th person to post this?

[Dave_D]

That test was a bit rediculous lol those forks are bent so bad he clearly dident put any effort into correcting the problem
So in this case in real life situation if this were to happen
Rider error forsure

[honda200x1987]

I also noticed they let the air out of the tires, they looked really low to me.
That test was a bit rediculous lol those forks are bent so bad he clearly dident put any effort into correcting the problem
So in this case in real life situation if this were to happen
Rider error forsure

[Dave_D]

To add to that "trike flip" that situation will work on anything with wheels minus a unicycle
Bit stupid again

[czac]

lol... and the "Father" they interviewed reminded me of every person they interviewed during the whole "gun laws" thing last year... his kid was "doing everything right, wearing a helmet, going slow, was 300 feet away so I know he wasn't doing anything wrong, that machine just up and flipped over on top of him!" really? it just decided to flip all on its own? like, without hitting anything, without going up a steep hill? just riding along and "FLIP!" it goes ass over tea kettle? This is a great example of how Propaganda works... they should play it in schools to teach about how our government gets laws to pass. "Just scare the sheep really bad and they will do almost anything you say!" and the quote of what was it? 20 thousand deaths and serious injuries due to trikes... and most of those are children... Well first off, you didn't tell us what the numbers were? 20 thousand out of how many?10 million trikes? and most were kids, of course, who else is going to get hurt more often? Children who are inexperienced or foolish or just plain don't know how to ride! That and the fact that most of the trikes purchased back then were most likely bought as presents for kids!

[czac]

Guess what you win for being the 1,000th person to post this?

a whole pile of nothing? lol

[barnett468]

"Howdy" Czac;


Unlike some others, I don't care how many times this video has been or will be posted. I'm guessing that you missed the FULL PAGE FLASHING POST that appears when new people sign up which lets them know it has been posted 1000 times before and are grateful for the friendly, helpful notification to this effect, posted by another above.


If you have interest in the ban, check out the thread posted below if you haven’t seen it already. My comments below the link are ones I posted on that thread.

http://www.3wheelerworld.com/showthread.php/163820-History-Question-What-did-they-do-with-all-the-recalled-Three-Wheelers?highlight=afdfirefighter



"I worked at Kawi at the time. The government was on a witch hunt and made an appointment to come in and interview whoever was in charge of the ATV dept. Well, Kawi told me to go on vacation that day and they took the watercraft supervisor [Gary B.] who was actually an electrical engineer that originally worked in the snow mobile dept in Kawi’s Nebraska plant before it closed down, and who knew nothing about watercraft, much less ATV’s, and threw him under the bus. Our legal dept prepped him for several days on what, and what not to say, and to just play stupid.


The grossly misleading, one sided, TV program was the first time any of us at Kawi had heard publicly about any sort of big brew ha ha over injuries incurred while riding 3 wheelers, and the show was that beginning of the end for 3 wheelers. If my old brain remembers correctly, there was no interest by the gov to do anything about 3 wheelers prior to the show but the show brought the issue to their attention and they pursued it only after the show was aired.


Enjoy hearing comments on the show from people that want to blame everyone and everything other then themselves, for injuries they or others might have incurred while riding a 3 wheeler.


Hear grown people [adults if you want to call them that] NOT assume responsibility for their own actions and imply things like, “Hey, even though I was required to be at least 16 years old [18 in some places now], and take 6 months of driving lessons in High School, then a written and driving test at DMV before they felt I was competent enough to drive a car on a SMOOTH flat road that is extremely UNLIKELY to tip over in a turn at ANY speed, and where I can see for MILES around AND which I "shouldn't" be suckin back a pint of Jack Daniels blue label or E85 corn gas while I drive it, I still don’t think I, or even my kids, need any training to ride an ATV simply because I and they can ride a bicycle, and an ATV has 3 wheels which is one more than a bicycle...I think, and I used to have a tricycle when I was 12…uh…I mean 5, that I rode with no problem, and even though this new ATC250R model tricycle has a 40 hp engine attached to it, it still couldn’t be that hard to run it wide open in a turn or blindly over a dune not knowing what is on the other side like maybe a cliff or another happy rider heading right at me at full throttle or maybe a truck or an ambulance that is picking up a rider that that used to think the same way I do before he went into a coma after smashing his head on his handlebars landing off a 30 foot jump while not wearing a helmet, and, because it is an off highway vehicle with no drivers license required to operate it I can pound back all the Jack I want before and during my ride.".


My favorite part of the program is where dad [who looks a bit unstable on his feet imo], while holding a beverage of some kind [must be a soda because goodness knows he is WAY to responsible to be getting H A M M A R E D in front of his kids [ESPECIALLY when he has to drive back home with them in the car in a few hours], sends his tiny kid out for what I think was their FIRST ride, UNSUPERVISED, with no USEFUL instructions whatsoever, BLINDLY, from the side of his van into oncoming traffic WITHOUT A HELMET, where the kid INSTANTLY gets mowed down by another rider. Then you hear the announcer say how dangerous 3 wheelers are and NOT that dad is a blithering idiot. It’s absolutely hilarious…I think. I must have replayed that part a dozen times in total disbelief.


Most of you here have probably gotten your foot off the peg at one time or another for some reason or another and ran your foot over and possibly got sucked off the bike in the process. Well the same thing happens with a quad also, and imo, this is one of the most common occurrences and causes of injuries on either of these bikes, at least for beginner riders, yet they still make quads. Last time I looked there seemed to be plenty of injuries from motorcycles too but they still make those too, hmmm.


I’m sure no one has EVER seen a quad or any kind of motorcycle on it’s side or upside down or has crashed on one themselves, yet I don’t remember if there is even any mention or footage of a quad or a motorcycle in the program.


Obviously riding a 3 wheeler is not as safe as sitting on ones couch, but at some point, imo, at least SOME of the responsibility for ANYTHING that happens to someone while riding, driving, flying, fishing, walking, drinking and so on, should be assumed by the person performing that particular activity."

[czac]

thanks Barnett468!

Yeah its funny how out of the blue, the trike was the most evil machine ever made... Im sorry, people get hurt every day, from every day common things. Wasn't it said that you are most likely to get hurt at home than anywhere else? I don't see any talk of banning homes... lol I wonder who was really behind the push to ban trikes and what their motivation was or better yet, how much $$ their motivation was? it just seems strange that they were all crazy and up in arms about the trikes but totally accepted the quads with open arms and all someone had to do was to tell the sheep how bad trikes are.

[DohcBikes]

At least now we get to be the cool guys riding trikes while all the scaredy pants' ride their couches hoping nothing bad happens to them!! Three Wheeled Outlawz forever LOL!!

[czac]

At least now we get to be the cool guys riding trikes while all the scaredy pants' ride their couches hoping nothing bad happens to them!! Three Wheeled Outlawz forever LOL!!

F*** yeah!!!