[TheCruxofBag]

Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil

A 22-year-old Venezuelan motorcyclist, José A.S.H., died after colliding with a chain strung between traffic cones blocking a road.

Security camera footage of the incident shows José attempting to pass through a gap in the cones before being struck in the neck area by the chain, causing him to be thrown from the motorcycle. His helmet was also dislodged in the impact.

[DiabloLucky13]

Stupid for trying to pass thru the barriers, but DAMN! a chain across a road chest high without any way of actually seeing it? It doesn't show up on the video until after he has already run thru it.

[Mecrupulent]

This is a chain massacre. Had it been in southern USA and he had seen it, it would have been a Texas Chain-saw Massacre.

[Necrotic Bowel]

What a great idea for traffic control

[DarkSighted]

Maybe he'd been contemplating suicide but hadn't quite hit on a method (he was halfway there simply by owning a donorcycle), and suddenly there it was, no effort or planning required. Also, many pepole in 3rd-world countries who have super-shitty eyesight, also lack the mean$ to correct it: a savage case of near-sightedness could've been contributory here.

[William May]

"You Shall Not Pass!"


Wonder if he was a chain-smoker? I'm sure the investigators will follow the chain of evidence, link by link.

[Mr.NoCredit]

Playing the fool and he wins an Oscar.

[kellyhound]

guess they ran out of expandable mobile barricades. no wonder the camera was aimed at this spot.

[rhubarb_king]

If that happened in the country that I'm in, I can guarantee you that the motorcyclist would be seen as the "victim", and the person who put the chain there would be the one punished. Having said that, I used to have an "open" motorbike license, and would sometimes break the rules too, but I would have NEVER been so stupid as to go through those barriers without a very, very high degree of caution (not just for chains but also for change in surface etc. I would have done it at walking pace. Does that make me better than the idiot in the video? NO - IT DOESN'T! Shame on ME! Truth be told. I no longer hold an open MB license because I've been to too many funerals, and knew from knowing thyself, that I was "next". It's not "wrong" to ride a motorbike, but please, take all the care you can. <- I mean that!
(EDIT - Just to fill in the blanks, in my country an "open" motorcycle license means you can legally ride any type of legal bike of any engine capacity or horse power. I had a 1250)

[foxfantastic]

"His helmet was also dislodged in the impact."

This made me laugh for some reason. Like why is it included?

"Ma'am, I'm afraid we have some bad news for you. Your son died in a tragic motorcycle accident, but it gets worse. His helmet was also dislodged in the impact. I'm very sorry, ma'am."