ran into a steel cable

[SnowFlake]

I hit a 2 inch thick steel cable that i could not see, it was about a handle bar hight so i got a nice gash on the side of me, i was lucky it was that low
Crash (http://community.webshots.com/scripts/controlPanel.fcgi)

[TheFontMaster]

The link to your pics doesn't take me to the pics. But you are lucky that the cable was that low. I remember a couple years ago up here in the winter someone put a thin cable across part of a snowmobile trail, and some guy got his head taken off. Consider yourself very lucky, and how fast were you going?

[SnowFlake]

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I was in bottom of third ( dont know how fast)

[Toadz400]

Got any pics of the gash in your side?

I know if I had my head chopped off riding on one of my trails from someone else, I'd come after them as a ghost...and I would make them go in the worst way possible...watching Barney rap with a bunch of ricers dragging in the background!:eek:

[SnowFlake]

its aboout 4in long 2inch wide (the gash)

[MY450R]

yeah i know of someone up here that got thier head taken off too
some farmer put up cables across his land just to hurt someone on a sled going on his property
what a f ing *********
consider yourself very lucky

what did it not break on that 400ex? GOD DAMN....bummer man...I would sue

[SnowFlake]

Well i gotta get a new headlight and those things are damn expensive, new front fenders and left spindle,my steering stem might be bent and other little stuff

[Ralph]

i would sue who owns the land:D , have u been on the trail before cause it could have been there to harm you

[SnowFlake]

i was on private property in a sand quary and it was anchering(sp) something and i could not see it.

dude that sucks my dads friend died when he ran into a cable and it broke his neck on his quad

[Atreyu]

That sucks PZ. :(

[K_Banger125]

Originally posted by Atreyu
That sucks PZ. :(

[crday98]

consider yourself very lucky...there was a kid that was just killed locally by the same thing last week. i hope the land owner is happy his cable took a life.there were not any trespassing signs on the property either.even if there were,it still gets to me how some people think it justified.i don't see how having your life taken from you for riding on someones property is right.there is a guy who lives by a pole line in my area.he doesn't own the pole line but there is a path there that leads to an area near his property.he put barb wire across the path and covered it with bushes.luckily i was going slow or i could have died.it's something i haven't forgotten and i will pay his *** back some day.:grr:

[bansheeguy77]

Originally posted by crday98
consider yourself very lucky...there was a kid that was just killed locally by the same thing last week. i hope the land owner is happy his cable took a life.there were not any trespassing signs on the property either.even if there were,it still gets to me how some people think it justified.i don't see how having your life taken from you for riding on someones property is right.there is a guy who lives by a pole line in my area.he doesn't own the pole line but there is a path there that leads to an area near his property.he put barb wire across the path and covered it with bushes.luckily i was going slow or i could have died.it's something i haven't forgotten and i will pay his *** back some day.:grr:

yeah i just read that in the paper today. the guy was like 38 years old and was killed :(

[bulkdriverlp]

in most cases if you string a cable you must have little ribbons or something every foot or so to make it visible to everybody. talk to a lawyer see if that law exist in ur area.

[SnowFlake]

This cable was an anchor for a dredging machine in a pond and there was a pile of dirt where it went into the ground so i could not see that part. And at the same time there was a flock of a about a hundred seagulls taking off cause i was coming so i slowed down so i would not get **** on and then i hit it. And yes i was VERY lucky.

[TC426EX]

yup, youre lucky, there is a field that has powerlines for a radio station in it behind my buddy's backyard practice track (also goes down into some big trails and hillclimbs thats not his....) and some dude got completely decapitated. He was drag racing some guys on a KX250 and they were going back and forth without letting the dust settle. He was on the outside line and couldnt see. Next thing you know, he hit one of the anchoring cables in like 5th gear and it took his head all the way right off.... I wasnt there that day, but my friend who lives right in front of that is the one who called the ambulance. Obviously there was no saving him... Now they patrol that area like mad via a side access road and impound anything anyones riding on that part.

[cool 300ex]

DUde ouch your lucky you didn't get hurt very ba dor killed. A few years ago around here a guy wa sridign a dirtbike and flyign and hit a cable like that and got killed. The scary part is i knew right were that cable was he was there the same week he got killed. I neve reve rwent bakc there again and i forgot how to get there now. I ha d aclose call with a cable befor good thing i ducked quick.

[Chanman420q]

ha thats nothing, i ran into a chain top of 4th that hit me dirrectly at the neck. im sure some of you remember that thread i made

[kamikaze_rzrbak]

chanman your lucky you're still alive! your neck was completely black:eek2:

[Chanman420q]

Originally posted by kamikaze_rzrbak
chanman your lucky you're still alive! your neck was completely black:eek2:

i was more lucky that it didnt even leave a scare, u wouldnt of even known that it happend. the spot where the chain hit was pretty tuff, felt hard but that went away after a month or 2

[Smokin 440]

Glad ur not hurt dude...

not to flame anyone, but sueing is just plain gay, watch ur surroundings and if ur not sure of them jusy take it easy, never just assume... In most cases when people sue its for their own stupidity or something they dont want to take responsibility when its their fault

[Antnee77]

The stupid thing is: there could be a kid say 16 riding a quad on private property. Kid hits a pole or stake in the ground and gets thrown off the quad and gets hurt. Even though the kid was illegally riding on private land, his parents can sue the poor land owner and win! That's really ***ced up!

[SnowFlake]

I do not plan on sueing any way cause yes it is partly my fault. And so many people ride there it would ruin it for them.

[JR3]

Originally posted by Ralph
i would sue who owns the land:D , have u been on the trail before cause it could have been there to harm you

thas wuts gets ridin spots closed down im sure he was ridin in a illegal area thas whats brings cops to where we ride sum idiot with no helmet will wreck then sue the town land owner and be like well there were no signs or chains or cops there to say i wasnt allowed to ride there and stop me

[SnowFlake]

I was riding in a big san quarry and the cops dont mind us being there on the weekends when no body is there. Like i said i dont want to ruin this good riding spot for others.

[Antnee77]

Originally posted by SnowFlake
I was riding in a big san quarry and the cops dont mind us being there on the weekends when no body is there. Like i said i dont want to ruin this good riding spot for others.


That's awesome. The cops around here are total |)ouchebags!

[redrunner]

Wow that gash has gotta hurt, not a nice clean cut I'm sure. Way back when I rode dirt bikes I caught a cable under the front fender, my uhm, crotch dented the gas tank and then I flew 20' over the bars landed flat on my back but thats not what hurt the most!:eek2:

[Big400EX]

How could people be so cruel, they dont know that if they get sued the riders could own his property and he could be sent to jail.:rolleyes:

People these days.