Foreigners on bikes go down hard near Taichung - on the news

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I just got this link sent to me: >

twbbs.net.tw/1386628.html

Here is a quick software translation:

The anabatic wind vehicle out of control Canada man falls falls ten meters mountain valleys

Morning two public figures of foreign nationality ride emphatically the locomotive, along Nantou 縣道 136 toward the Taichung county direction anabatic wind vehicle, Canadian nationality man, when passes through the clear well bridge curve road section, because rides too quickly, the locomotive out of control hits the bridge pier, the entire person falls to 10 meter deep bridge under, the fire brigade spend for 1 hour only then to rescue the person, fortunately the wounded did not have the life danger.

A heavy locomotive pours on the bridge, again looked toward the bridge under, a foreign youth horizontally lies down in the big stone, saw the lens also can pull clothes to block the face, looks like the life sign very to be also stable. The wounded to the ground 10 meters depth, rescues the personnel to hang with the crane the stretcher hangs, fixes the wounded on the stretcher.

This traffic accident occurs in the morning 7., two heavy locomotives along 縣道 136, from the Nantou country surname township toward the Taichung county peaceful direction anabatic wind vehicle, Canadian nationality 32 year-old male knight, when passes through the clear well bridge big curve road section, 疑似 the vehicle speed too is quick, hits the bridge pier, the entire person departs the bridge floor, falls to 10 meter deep bridge under.

Luckily this foreign man puts on the safety helmet, on the body puts on the coat and the jeans, only has the bone fracture the wounds condition, otherwise falls to the big stone in, the iron 定頭 on blossoms.

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ah…well…I wonder if he was riding an actual “cycle with motor” ?..they seemes to call it an “anabatic wind vehicle” and “locomotive”…

Hope the dude isn’t too shamed by the news coverage!

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Keep them goddam Canadians off those anabatic wind vehicles! Christ on a big wheel they’re gonna get some one killed!

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Anabatic wind btw is a downslope air flow. Gotta chuckle at babelfish translations though. :laughing:

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They should ban trains from public roads.

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When anabatic wind vehicles are outlawed, Only outlaws will have anabatic wind vehicles!

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Oops. I shouldn’t post until I’ve had my morning coffee. Anabatic is an upslope wind, downslope is katabatic. :doh:

Oh, I see TVBS is calling it ‘飈車’ (‘biaoche’, street racing). Nice of them to convict the rider before the facts are in. The caption at the bottom mentions that a strong northeasterly wind was a factor in the accident.

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A body that puts on a coat? … and jeans? … darn those bodies, they won’t stay dead …

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Interesting how wearing a helmet is newsworthy in Taizhong :ponder:

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And he put’s on the helmet while this is hapening.

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I’m also wondering if this person is on this board…there are a few of us “locomotive” drivers (riders) down here in Taichung…There’s myself, Plasmatron, X08 that I know of…anyone else?

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You’re assuming he/she/it was riding a “heavy locomotive”, it would seem to me the pilot was more likely to have been operating a regular size 125cc anabatic wind vehicle, for two reasons… Firstly hitting and then falling off a 10m bridge on te 136 requires a certain, shall we say, deft touch that is very quickly “Darwin’ed” out of heavy locomotive riders… Secondly if it was a big bike he was riding you can bet your bottom peso the headline would have been something along the lines of “Lethal heavy motorcycles and the satanic hordes that operate them again threaten the very fabric of Taiwanese society!!!..Hisss… Booo…”

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Not to quash the anabolic factions, but here’s my take on the article:

FWIW. Gotta love the conclusion, though.

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Thanks for the translation, Ironlady.

I’m glad the rider had nothing worse than broken bones.

[quote=“plasmatron”]You’re assuming he/she/it was riding a “heavy locomotive”, it would seem to me the pilot was more likely to have been operating a regular size 125cc anabatic wind vehicle[/quote]The “heavy” thing is probably meant in the sense that one has a “heavy motorcycle” driving licence for anything over a 50. I forget what the term is for proper big bikes – super heavy or something isn’t it? Don’t know what a GS would qualify as, though. How about “supremely weighty anabatic wind locomotive of the highest order”?

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They seem to be that or launch apparatus for head bursting procedures.

I’m going to have the word “burst” floating up into my subconscious next 120mph expedition. All part of the fun I guess.

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Thanks Iron Lady!..

Got me thinking though, X08 hasn’t posted since Thursday last week, and he rides a heavy locomotive, often fast, and often on the 136, on weekend mornings… :astonished:

He’s not Canadian AFAIK, but TVBS couldn’t find their arse with both hands and an atlas, so who knows…

Calling X08… say it aint so… :astonished:

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Yep…I’m going to inquire about this incident through a shop I know since X08 rides with them most of the time…I’ll post something once I’ve talked to the boss of the shop…

But, the “heavy” motorcycle thing can be a mistake as X08 rides a 250 with white plates…and locals usually refer to motorcycles as being “heavy” when they have the yellow plate…so it could have also been a “rental go mental” situation as there are a few shops in Taichung that do rentals!..more later!

Cheers

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it ain’t so…

sorry for not posting much lately, but i have been rather busy with this new job and the baby… she’s gunna be 1 this sunday… i can’t believe how fast time has gone…

nope… i’ve been out and about a little, but only once on 136, and it was at mid speed only… quite unnatural for me… many of the local riders claim 136 to be one of the toughest roads in taichung to ride at speed… and if u can be fast on 136, you can be fast anywhere…

anyway, i wouldn’t be surprised if it’s at the bridge where they did all that roadworks before… not the long one, but a short one that got taken out by a landslide… they built a detour road while they worked on a new bridge, and though the bridge is now open, it can catch the unwary who try and turn down the detour… not to mention that the long bridge is over a canal-river-ish-thing-a-ma-jiggy, and it wouldn’t take an hour for rescue (unless travel time to-from was counted)

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I think confusion over the word ‘heavy’ stems from the following situation:

I believe that the official term on one’s license for a big bike (over 250cc) is 大型重型機車 da4xing2 zhong4xing2 ji1che1, or ‘large heavy motorcycle’, vs. the term for a medium bike (90-250) 重型機車 zhong4xing2 ji1che1 or ‘heavy motorcycle’. However, the colloquial spoken word for the big bikes is simply zhong4xing2 ji1che1 or ‘heavy motorcycle’.

So ‘heavy’ means different things on the license and on the street. Have I got that right?

Glad x08 is ok! :sunglasses:

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I think confusion over the word ‘heavy’ stems from the following situation:

I believe that the official term on one’s license for a big bike (over 250cc) is 大型重型機車 da4xing2 zhong4xing2 ji1che1, or ‘large heavy motorcycle’, vs. the term for a medium bike (90-250) 重型機車 zhong4xing2 ji1che1 or ‘heavy motorcycle’. However, the colloquial spoken word for the big bikes is simply zhong4xing2 ji1che1 or ‘heavy motorcycle’.

So ‘heavy’ means different things on the license and on the street. Have I got that right?[/quote]That’s what I was getting at above. I forgot the exact term but you’ve clarified that proper big bikes are “large heavy motorcycles”, as opposed to the 51-250cc range which are just “heavy motorcycles”.

Reminds me of a friend who was talking about “huge trees”, which was his (mis)translation of shenmu (sacred trees), the big ancient cypresses up in the mountains. Anyway, one time he started telling me about one particular one of these trees which was not so big: according to him a “small huge tree”!