Bad scooter day in China

PeteH · Post by **PeteH** » Wed May 22, 2013 2:43 pm

iamryan25 · Post by **iamryan25** » Wed May 22, 2013 3:02 pm

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The fun starts at about :15

Wow.

easy · Post by **easy** » Wed May 22, 2013 5:07 pm

Scooter pinball

Stephen Gomes · Post by **Stephen Gomes** » Wed May 22, 2013 5:12 pm

But, did he exchange driver's license and insurance info with the bus driver?

Made my day, thx for sharing.

Steve

Post by **ericalm** » Wed May 22, 2013 5:45 pm

A friend posted this on my Facebook with the comment, "Have fun on your vacation?"

wschmechel · Post by **wschmechel** » Wed May 22, 2013 7:24 pm

I like how the guys in the bus just get back in and go about their own business. I suppose...1.3 billion people...who's gonna miss one more, right?

PeteH · Post by **PeteH** » Wed May 22, 2013 7:30 pm

I laughed at the splash of water that sprays up from the bottom of the hole. Sort of a Chuck Jones vibe.

az_slynch · Post by **az_slynch** » Wed May 22, 2013 7:34 pm

At least by falling into the hole he's ensured that he won't be riding into anyone else on that day. Darwin takes care of business.

What impresses me most is that a Chinascoot survived at least three accidents and was still running.

bluebuddygirl · Post by **bluebuddygirl** » Wed May 22, 2013 7:51 pm

az_slynch wrote: What impresses me most is that a Chinascoot survived at least three accidents and was still running.

It looks like part of the problem was that it wouldn't stop running, as in the accelerator was stuck on. That or he was incredibly drunk. But if you look closely, after each incident he seems to be just trying to control the direction but can't stop it from going forward. I think I would have shut it off and started pushing.

TVB · Post by **TVB** » Wed May 22, 2013 9:49 pm

I'm wondering if he was impaired before the video started, or if it was just the result of running into things.

JohnKiniston · Post by **JohnKiniston** » Wed May 22, 2013 10:41 pm

Reminds me of a robot: Hit thing, Backup turn left, go forward, run into thing, backup turn left go forward.

CTB170i · Post by **CTB170i** » Wed May 22, 2013 10:55 pm

I watched a whole bunch of these on YouTube the other night…LOL

Once thing I noticed, there seems to be no driving laws, lights, merge lanes, lanes or just plain old respect for anyone on the road regardless cage or scooter…

Patiently waiting for my scooter to arrive…

dakotamouse · Post by **dakotamouse** » Thu May 23, 2013 2:37 am

wschmechel wrote:I like how the guys in the bus just get back in and go about their own business. I suppose...1.3 billion people...who's gonna miss one more, right?

That is what I noticed.......kinda well, gotta get back to work. See ya!

peabody99 · Post by **peabody99** » Thu May 23, 2013 4:26 am

CTB170i wrote:I watched a whole bunch of these on YouTube the other night…LOL

Once thing I noticed, there seems to be no driving laws, lights, merge lanes, lanes or just plain old respect for anyone on the road regardless cage or scooter…

Patiently waiting for my scooter to arrive…

This was my observation when I visited Beijing. Madness

agrogod · Post by **agrogod** » Thu May 23, 2013 9:04 pm

The ending was priceless. Earlier when the guy finally ran into the bus and grabs his stomach I'm thinking "OW, your bus hurt my stomach"

peabody99 · Post by **peabody99** » Fri May 24, 2013 3:56 am

As I take another look at this, isn't it really a nightmare to be so out of control? I swear I've had bad dreams like this. I feel bad for the guy. I seriously hope he stayed as indestructible after falling in the hole as he did running into everything else.

michelle_7728 · Post by **michelle_7728** » Fri May 24, 2013 6:15 am

bluebuddygirl wrote:It looks like part of the problem was that it wouldn't stop running, as in the accelerator was stuck on. That or he was incredibly drunk. But if you look closely, after each incident he seems to be just trying to control the direction but can't stop it from going forward. I think I would have shut it off and started pushing.

I agree. Looked like his throttle was stuck...but who knows. Whacky!

az_slynch · Post by **az_slynch** » Fri May 24, 2013 7:00 am

I watched it some more and had a thought:

The bike only seems to accelerate abruptly when he turns the bars to the left. I'd suspect that the bike has a short throttle cable that's getting stretched each time he pushes the throttle grip farther away from the carb, e.g. turning left. Either that, or the cables snagging on the frame someplace. I recalled seeing this problem on a Diamo before. Had to re-route the throttle cable to resolve it.

Still, the key or kill switch would have been a smart move.

Tocsik · Post by **Tocsik** » Fri May 24, 2013 12:29 pm

Guess the scooter just decided to place the guy in the most available grave site.
Which happened to be quite conveniently located.

Modern Buddy

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