True love and motorcycle crashes

23 November, 2007 — Wolfie

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There’s a piece of video (well, more a PowerPoint presentation really) doing the rounds at the moment that purports to be the true story of a couple who crashed on a motorcycle; the story supposedly illustrates the meaning of true love. Watch the video (click here) and then we’ll talk about it.

Back? OK. Firstly, a confession; I was expecting this video to have a punchline - a funny picture or something - to offset the saccharin of the words and the accompanying music. So I was quite disappointed when it didn’t. I’m also amazed that the person that posted this video on YouTube would believe that it’s a true story of true love. Let’s look at some of the reasons why it’s not:

If he loves her so much, why isn’t she already wearing the helmet? If they’ve only got one between them, then surely he’d want her to wear it regardless of whether they were about to crash or not?
If he loves her so much, why is he going 100mph with a pillion passenger who isn’t wearing a helmet? Even when fully protected, it’s always the pillion passenger that comes off worse in any crash.
If they are going 100mph, why isn’t she already holding on tight?
If they are going 100mph, how in the hell are they able to swap helmets? Not possible without hastening the crash.
Motorcycles have independent brakes; that is, you apply the front brake with your hand, and the rear brake with your foot. They are powered by separate hydraulic mechanisms. It would be some sort of miracle if both failed at the same time leaving them without any braking ability whatsoever.
Even if the impossible has happened and both brakes have failed, they are obviously on a long straight stretch of road (to have time to go through all this rigamarole), so they have time to hit the kill switch and coast to a stop.

So, I don’t believe it. I was going to say it’s a nice story to illustrate true love but it isn’t. It’s just sick.

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