Mike and I met many years ago when I did an
accident reconstruction of a crash he had on
one of his turbo Kawasaki bikes just west
of the LAX airport, on a mile-long straight away,
about midnight on his way to work.
I came away impressed with his riding ability.
I remained impressed for all the following years !
When I arrived at the scene of the accident,
the California Highway Patrol officer in charge
of their investigation handed me the accident report.
The officer stood quietly while I read the narrative,
and turned to the diagram of the scene of the accident.
Mike had been heading north to his place of work at the airport,
when a triple-bottom truck unexpectedly
pulled out from a little - used side road.
Mike saw the turning truck, and applied his brake(s) in an attempt to avoid.
The patrol officer, watching me closely,
saw my eyes pause on the skid mark from Mike's FRONT tire.
The skid-mark was 328 feet in length.
If correct, a 328 foot skid mark would be the LONGEST
front wheel skid mark EVER recorded.......
I looked at the officer, and raised my eyebrows ......
The officer handed me a pack of photographs,
17 in all; all of the skid mark.
After looking at ALL of the 17 photo's, each showing
about 20 continuous feet of the skid mark, I
smiled at the officer, and he smiled back.
He questioned: "Would you have believed be WITHOUT the photo's ?"
I smiled: "No !"