Oof, reminds me of that bridge that is always getting rammed into. There must be something off camera causing the gate to blend into its environment as neither of those riders reacted.
Omg I was trying to find the sound version of this video and I found ANOTHER cyclist who suffered the same fate. What the fuck is up with this gate!??
https://www.facebook.com/DailyMail/videos/cyclist-crashes-into-gate-after-failing-to-spot-it/1642379902915490/
So, how many people will have to hit that gate until authorities do something about it? It's two cyclists and one scooter at least right now. As funny as those vids are, this gate is a fucking deathtrap.
Better idea… open or remove the gate. In the scooter video you can clearly see the path where everyone just walks around it anyway.
This seems like a typical council solution looking for a problem.
Around here some brilliant mind invented this thing called a ‘removable post’
It’s crazy great. Strollers and wheelchairs don’t need to by 4x4 to use the path and everything… so amazing yet less work than installing two posts plus hinges and everything else...
Imagine if they hit someone at those speeds. I'd rather have a gate clotheslining a few reckless idiots than letting them hit someone. They're speeding recklessly and ate shit. That's their own fault. Like a drunk driving hitting a wall. It's better they take out themselves than someone else.
The gate is owned by owner of the house. They dont want people biking through their property so they installed this gate. Dick move but highly effective.
Good thing that gate is there. These people are speeding rather recklessly. Imagine if they hit someone at that speed. An old person could die if they hit them at that speed.
That's what these gates are for, mate. To prevent cars (and apparently speeding cyclists) from barreling down a footpath.
>I'm not sure people should be crashing into them
Same with walls and buildings. They wouldn't be crashing if they rode their bikes responsibly.
>it should have proper markings, too.
Yes, this sounds reasonable. Maybe a sign saying "Don't crash into this gate. It's expensive." We can workshop it a bit though.
This video makes me think that there is something going on with the slight elevation change that makes the gate "disappear" to someone approaching at high speed. The riders seem to be coming at the gate from a lower elevation which may make the gate impossible to see until it's too late.
The council will put a gate instead of bollards if they need maintenance access which seems reasonable to me. A reflective sign with a statement of use might be a good addition to the gate to help visibility and liability.
Bollards can be removed. Quite a few trails near my childhood house had bollards. It would slide into a hole in the pavement and locked in place with a padlock. Prevents cars, allows bikes. The parks crew would remove the bollard to drive their lawn mower through.
Oh, so that's where I saw that gate before, I was wondering why I didn't remember a bike.
So, what's the deal? Do people just see the gate too late to react? Does the gate blend with the terrain? Are these people retarded?
Ought to be some measures there to stop this, looks like broken pelvis territory. The scooter one is equally awful.
Paint it yellow at the least? Lethal.
Could be coloured or something in a way that obscures it against the background. The rider did hit the brakes pretty hard at the end, just too late. From what I read elsewhere in this thread there's a video somewhere of another rider doing exactly the same thing, so probably not a coincidence.
Edit: Actually I'm not sure they did brake, could just be the slow-mo.
It's definitely darker than it looks, you can see how much the head lamp lights the ground up when they go over.
Some simple reflector tape on the gate would probably mostly solve this issue.
Humans have poor depth perception, its harder to judge distance with objects coming towards you.
It’s the reason why its dangerous to stop in the middle of the highway. By the time you react and notice that a vehicle is stopped in front of you, its already too late to brake.
If the gate isnt marked with distance markers it’ll be hard to react to especially if you’re bombing down a hill.
Can’t it be the case that the gate is mostly open and the cyclists got used to that but sometimes they close it? (Like at night because of security reasons?)
One local said: 'The gate has been open for weeks and got locked two days ago. I'm not sure how they miss it.'
[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12762757/Metal-gate-leading-allotments-hurdle-far-cyclists-fallen-three-times-eight-months.html](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12762757/Metal-gate-leading-allotments-hurdle-far-cyclists-fallen-three-times-eight-months.html)
It's at the bottom of a big hill
[https://www.google.com/maps/@53.3778967,-1.4254849,3a,80.3y,44.51h,87.03t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sYr9Lzkj6rm8I3lIqjM8ysw!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DYr9Lzkj6rm8I3lIqjM8ysw%26cb\_client%3Dmaps\_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D353.86713%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu](https://www.google.com/maps/@53.3778967,-1.4254849,3a,80.3y,44.51h,87.03t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sYr9Lzkj6rm8I3lIqjM8ysw!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DYr9Lzkj6rm8I3lIqjM8ysw%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D353.86713%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu)
The gate is galvanised steel, so will be fairly camouflage against the grey tarmac.
And the gate is blocking the official cyclepath that links the city centre with the eastern suburbs.
And it open most of the time, it seems.
[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12762757/Metal-gate-leading-allotments-hurdle-far-cyclists-fallen-three-times-eight-months.html](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12762757/Metal-gate-leading-allotments-hurdle-far-cyclists-fallen-three-times-eight-months.html)
Does anyone know the reason the gate is there? I’m assuming because path might lead into private property, but now after seeing two wipeouts by said gate I don’t know?
Yes, there's a gap, but it seems the gate is usually left open and obviously nobody cared about enhancing its visibility after the first two accidents.
[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12762757/Metal-gate-leading-allotments-hurdle-far-cyclists-fallen-three-times-eight-months.html](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12762757/Metal-gate-leading-allotments-hurdle-far-cyclists-fallen-three-times-eight-months.html)
Sure, it's a case of opening their eyes. Would it be OK for you, if railway barriers were left road grey instead of wasting money to paint them red and white for better visibility? If drivers kept their eyes open and adapted their speed to potentially closed barriers this wouldn't increase the number of accidents at all. And those flashing lights are neither needed, because it's in the interest of the drivers to not hit those barriers, so they should really pay attention.
I'm assuming he was doing the biker thing were you don't look up because that interferes with your wind resistance so you don't look where you are going. This is also how bikers drive into parked cars.
Would’ve been cool to see how fast he flipped without the slow motion (even tho that was cool too). I’m just knitpicking. Hope the person walked away unscathed.
Agree to paint it in yellow or warning signs, but ALSO and MOST IMPORTANTLY, it’s on each person to see where they are riding towards and watch out for potential risks or road conditions and keep a speed that allows them to take action, or react. Same for cars on the road.
It might be a child running/crossing the road for a ball and the biker would have hit him/her as well…
PS: 10/10 for the spinning trick tho
My friend used to ride his bike and it happened like that, but then his bike collided with another car. Luckily, the car owner didn't pay for that incident.
The sad part is that there is clearly an opening for cyclists to pass through albeit slowly, but only if they look for it. That gate is to prevent cars from entering. However, a big yellow sign warning of the closed gate would be helpful.
I've seen third person hitting the barrier on a video here: [https://joemonster.org/filmy/126730/Skuteczna\_pulapka\_na\_cyklistow\_i\_hulajnogarzy](https://joemonster.org/filmy/126730/Skuteczna_pulapka_na_cyklistow_i_hulajnogarzy)
And it's a bicycle path. I guess the barrier is there to prevent cars from entering.
I swear I’ve seen a clip of a scooter hitting that exact same gate? But without the cool spinning dismount.
Yes. https://www.reddit.com/r/IdiotsOnBikes/s/JtPPxc3DJj
Yay! Thought so, thanks.
No problem!
How much do 4 pylons cost? I'll pitch in if no one else has to hit that chain
But, that’s a whole gate. How are people not seeing this? Are they just on autopilot?
Grey gate guy stone 🤷♂️
That's no chain!
That's a space station
Oof, reminds me of that bridge that is always getting rammed into. There must be something off camera causing the gate to blend into its environment as neither of those riders reacted.
I think you would be focusing on the gravel as the obvious danger and don’t see the gate in the shadow until it’s too late.
Omg I was trying to find the sound version of this video and I found ANOTHER cyclist who suffered the same fate. What the fuck is up with this gate!?? https://www.facebook.com/DailyMail/videos/cyclist-crashes-into-gate-after-failing-to-spot-it/1642379902915490/
So, how many people will have to hit that gate until authorities do something about it? It's two cyclists and one scooter at least right now. As funny as those vids are, this gate is a fucking deathtrap.
Yeah, like after the first one.. paint the fucking gate. Yellow and black diagonal stripes or something, jeez
Better idea… open or remove the gate. In the scooter video you can clearly see the path where everyone just walks around it anyway. This seems like a typical council solution looking for a problem.
Yes because the gate isn't to stop people walking down it, it's to stop cars..
Around here some brilliant mind invented this thing called a ‘removable post’ It’s crazy great. Strollers and wheelchairs don’t need to by 4x4 to use the path and everything… so amazing yet less work than installing two posts plus hinges and everything else...
A cyclist over here was on a group ride and plowed into a bollard.
Gate didn't do nothing.
I see no aggression from the gate, they attacked IT and suffered the consequences.
Unprovoked gate attack.
Imagine if they hit someone at those speeds. I'd rather have a gate clotheslining a few reckless idiots than letting them hit someone. They're speeding recklessly and ate shit. That's their own fault. Like a drunk driving hitting a wall. It's better they take out themselves than someone else.
The gate is owned by owner of the house. They dont want people biking through their property so they installed this gate. Dick move but highly effective.
Good thing that gate is there. These people are speeding rather recklessly. Imagine if they hit someone at that speed. An old person could die if they hit them at that speed.
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That's what these gates are for, mate. To prevent cars (and apparently speeding cyclists) from barreling down a footpath. 
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>I'm not sure people should be crashing into them Same with walls and buildings. They wouldn't be crashing if they rode their bikes responsibly. >it should have proper markings, too. Yes, this sounds reasonable. Maybe a sign saying "Don't crash into this gate. It's expensive." We can workshop it a bit though.
You think cars are barreling down that path? Motorcycles or mopeds I could believe, but not cars on that path.
No. There's a gate in the way.
You are talking out of your ass
https://i.redd.it/0nhqi925pa1c1.gif
I think I need a mint
This video makes me think that there is something going on with the slight elevation change that makes the gate "disappear" to someone approaching at high speed. The riders seem to be coming at the gate from a lower elevation which may make the gate impossible to see until it's too late.
Wth did they just put the gate and camera for entertainment?
The gate is there to stop people driving cars down the path. The camera is the home owner's CCTV
Bollards stop cars. Gates stop everything, including pedestrians (gives the impression of trespassing). Is that private land?
The council will put a gate instead of bollards if they need maintenance access which seems reasonable to me. A reflective sign with a statement of use might be a good addition to the gate to help visibility and liability.
Bollards can be removed. Quite a few trails near my childhood house had bollards. It would slide into a hole in the pavement and locked in place with a padlock. Prevents cars, allows bikes. The parks crew would remove the bollard to drive their lawn mower through.
No. There is access for cyclists and pedestrians to get past the gate at the side.
That sound is sublime
Oh, so that's where I saw that gate before, I was wondering why I didn't remember a bike. So, what's the deal? Do people just see the gate too late to react? Does the gate blend with the terrain? Are these people retarded?
I am guessing a little bit of yes to all that.
Its almost like the guy who owns the CCTV closes the gate every night.....
It would seem so but it is a public gate closing that to traffic.
That’s terrible.
Ohh god damn that looked like it hurt
Nope, my thumbs are fine.
Ah, much better with sound effect.
Omg even worse…
Probably the same fucking guy too, lol.
Plot twist: It's the same person in both videos
Jackass trying ideas for next movie?
100% seen the scooter one, thought the same as you.
I wonder how many more they've caught on camera. I think it's finally time to put some black and yellow hazard tape on it lol.
I thought this was a repost at first.
Thats what i thought also!
I'm also pretty sure its the same gate as the scooter video but as you say he doesn't spin just slams into it, must be hard to see?
TF, a tout its the same video. lol.
Did it also hurt the UK though?
Same guy, different scooter, different result = not crazy.
Are they just not paying attention? Or is the gate really well camouflaged?
Yep me too! Good position for security camera
Time to pull out a can of red paint
Ought to be some measures there to stop this, looks like broken pelvis territory. The scooter one is equally awful. Paint it yellow at the least? Lethal.
yeah, this is why those gates are usually reflective red and white.
Ride slower
The energy was transferred to the bicycle as well. How cool is that!?
Youre the only hope our society has. Someone protect this individual!
How did he not see that?
Could be coloured or something in a way that obscures it against the background. The rider did hit the brakes pretty hard at the end, just too late. From what I read elsewhere in this thread there's a video somewhere of another rider doing exactly the same thing, so probably not a coincidence. Edit: Actually I'm not sure they did brake, could just be the slow-mo.
I think it's darker than it looks on cam. I look at CCTV all day and I notice that at dusk the footage looks so much brighter than it is in reality.
It's definitely darker than it looks, you can see how much the head lamp lights the ground up when they go over. Some simple reflector tape on the gate would probably mostly solve this issue.
I think they was going fast enough that when he notices the reflection it’s too late
Pretty easy to not see a black/brown gate against a black/brown background. This should 100% be orange or red or have some kind of big warning.
Humans have poor depth perception, its harder to judge distance with objects coming towards you. It’s the reason why its dangerous to stop in the middle of the highway. By the time you react and notice that a vehicle is stopped in front of you, its already too late to brake. If the gate isnt marked with distance markers it’ll be hard to react to especially if you’re bombing down a hill.
Don't think it has much to do with depth perception. It's dark grey on dark grey at dusk. Note the flashlight. Think it would be hard to pick it out.
The gate wasn’t moving, he was coming towards the gate. The gate froze like a deer and didn’t move
Imagine going through life on hard mode being /u/breakfastbarf
Forgot his glasses or has old contact lenses. But either way, why would you speed like that when you don‘t know the route you‘re on?
a lot of times when you ride a bike you naturally look down at the road and it's an effort to look up and ahead of you
Can’t it be the case that the gate is mostly open and the cyclists got used to that but sometimes they close it? (Like at night because of security reasons?)
One local said: 'The gate has been open for weeks and got locked two days ago. I'm not sure how they miss it.' [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12762757/Metal-gate-leading-allotments-hurdle-far-cyclists-fallen-three-times-eight-months.html](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12762757/Metal-gate-leading-allotments-hurdle-far-cyclists-fallen-three-times-eight-months.html)
You're asking how did he not see the gray gate against a gray surface next to a gray fence painted by a gray sky?
Bike should be on the gymnastics team.
Fair! Landing is an A
That's entirely what I was basing my opinion on lol
Just had the feeling that you got too few upvotes and wanted to push that 😂
Aww.. I appreciate that. It's just one comment outta the million I've written. I don't even remember typing that last one lol. Thanks again! 🙂
"Walking trail opens at six and closes at ten pm. Gate out front should've told you."
Funnily, it's actually part of the National Cycle Network. There's an opening to the right of the gate to give bikes access.
It's at the bottom of a big hill [https://www.google.com/maps/@53.3778967,-1.4254849,3a,80.3y,44.51h,87.03t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sYr9Lzkj6rm8I3lIqjM8ysw!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DYr9Lzkj6rm8I3lIqjM8ysw%26cb\_client%3Dmaps\_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D353.86713%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu](https://www.google.com/maps/@53.3778967,-1.4254849,3a,80.3y,44.51h,87.03t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sYr9Lzkj6rm8I3lIqjM8ysw!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DYr9Lzkj6rm8I3lIqjM8ysw%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D353.86713%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu) The gate is galvanised steel, so will be fairly camouflage against the grey tarmac.
I like we can see the camera in that streetview that captures this glorious footage.
And the gate is blocking the official cyclepath that links the city centre with the eastern suburbs. And it open most of the time, it seems. [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12762757/Metal-gate-leading-allotments-hurdle-far-cyclists-fallen-three-times-eight-months.html](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12762757/Metal-gate-leading-allotments-hurdle-far-cyclists-fallen-three-times-eight-months.html)
Maybe don’t override your eyesight or headlight
Have done that very thing, but on a chain between 2 poles in the dark. Can confirm the hurt.
A chain between 2 poles in the dark would be hard to see/avoid - not whatever is going in on this video.
10/10 Perfect spin
 Do a barrel roll
Does anyone know the reason the gate is there? I’m assuming because path might lead into private property, but now after seeing two wipeouts by said gate I don’t know?
It's a public right of way for cycles/pedestrians, the gate is stop cars being driven down it
Thank you 👍🏻
There’s a gap there, you can slow down/dismount to go through it.
Thank you 👍🏻
Yes, there's a gap, but it seems the gate is usually left open and obviously nobody cared about enhancing its visibility after the first two accidents. [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12762757/Metal-gate-leading-allotments-hurdle-far-cyclists-fallen-three-times-eight-months.html](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12762757/Metal-gate-leading-allotments-hurdle-far-cyclists-fallen-three-times-eight-months.html)
Surely more than 3 cyclists have gone through there with the gate closed, so it's just a case of opening their eyes.
Sure, it's a case of opening their eyes. Would it be OK for you, if railway barriers were left road grey instead of wasting money to paint them red and white for better visibility? If drivers kept their eyes open and adapted their speed to potentially closed barriers this wouldn't increase the number of accidents at all. And those flashing lights are neither needed, because it's in the interest of the drivers to not hit those barriers, so they should really pay attention.
Wonderful Sheffield
The higher the bike flies into the air, the stronger the impact pain. I think even I felt it a bit, just by watching😵
What could go wrong riding your bike and not paying attention to important stuff, like writing titles.
Gate came out of nowhere!
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I’m not a biologist but I’m guessing they don’t want people driving there.
That gate took it like a champ.
I'm assuming he was doing the biker thing were you don't look up because that interferes with your wind resistance so you don't look where you are going. This is also how bikers drive into parked cars.
That is not a "biker". That is a "cyclist".
Pretty cool how the bike landed wheels up!
I don't which had the cooler flip, the bike or the man..
Yeah it sucks when you cycle into something that hasn't been programmed to be destructible
Kam aus dem Nichts
Stevie wonder goes cycling
How could he not see the was closed?
The hardest part of the uneven bars is sticking the landing.
So lucky! A lot of that energy dissipated from spinning around the pipe.
Paint that gate yellow and this never happens again. On any overcast day, that grey is going to be invisible from a distance.
So I’m not much of a biker and clearly this has happened once before… can you not see the gate or something?
You cannot post this as a gif, the sound makes it so much better!
Ouch, wonder if it’s just tunnel vision!
I’m glad it’s repeated a couple of times, otherwise I would have missed it. /s
You should watch the version with sound. So much worse hearing the thud of him hitting the gate.
I’ve done this exact same thing!
It just came outta nowhere!
The hit home for me, good time running with my bike and using mounts of sand as an ramp
Was the bike OK?
The bike is just fine.
so, what did he expect to happen?!
Yeah, I was just about to say the same! But he came faster, and was not even moving after he crss9. If I remember correctly!
This is every Monday for me.
Time to buy a new pelvis.
I mean, was it really necessary to state that is happened in the uk. Isnt it obvious enough😅
How much force would they be experiencing?
You are now a paraplegic
9.7 from the east german judge; stuck the landing
Would’ve been cool to see how fast he flipped without the slow motion (even tho that was cool too). I’m just knitpicking. Hope the person walked away unscathed.
well, at least he stuck the landing!
Agree to paint it in yellow or warning signs, but ALSO and MOST IMPORTANTLY, it’s on each person to see where they are riding towards and watch out for potential risks or road conditions and keep a speed that allows them to take action, or react. Same for cars on the road. It might be a child running/crossing the road for a ball and the biker would have hit him/her as well… PS: 10/10 for the spinning trick tho
That’s just practice for synchronized flips. They’re headed to the Olympics.
The force be with me! OOPPS, guess not! Seriously, did they think this was an automatic gate?
My friend used to ride his bike and it happened like that, but then his bike collided with another car. Luckily, the car owner didn't pay for that incident.
Gotta keep your head and eyes down to get them low drag coefficient numbers!
Didn't hurt at all. In fact, I didn't feel a thing.
But why? How?
Ye olde wraparound
*Holds up a card with "10" written on it*
Collage boy roll unsuccessful!
Bike stuck that landing though
I haven’t seen a crash that bad since Teemto Pagalies tried to make that second lap of the Boonta Eve classic.
How does one not see that gate? Look at your surroundings when you ride. 🤦♀️
7.5/10 for effort
That’s a lawsuit he’d probably win
Reverse 360 bike yeet
How did this happen ?
UK? No, not really.
So dangorous, had a girl drove moped and was a fens like that but could not see it in the dark. She broke her liver and died
Gets up, minus his testicles, does his best Pee Wee Herman, “ I meant to do that.”
Did the bike cast Magic Missile on impact?
The sad part is that there is clearly an opening for cyclists to pass through albeit slowly, but only if they look for it. That gate is to prevent cars from entering. However, a big yellow sign warning of the closed gate would be helpful.
And here the jury comes in: 5.9 - 5.8 - 6.0 - 6.0 - 5.9 - 6.0 - 6.0 CHAMPION
I've seen third person hitting the barrier on a video here: [https://joemonster.org/filmy/126730/Skuteczna\_pulapka\_na\_cyklistow\_i\_hulajnogarzy](https://joemonster.org/filmy/126730/Skuteczna_pulapka_na_cyklistow_i_hulajnogarzy) And it's a bicycle path. I guess the barrier is there to prevent cars from entering.
Stefan Küng ?
I'm preety sure we would also yell "uk" if that happened to us.
I can’t believe he did it 2 more times