RIP rider...

I am not claiming to know what happened here or implying that this guy did anything wrong, but I know that there are some people out there that think it is better to lay down a bike to try to avoid an accident than try to ride through it, out of it, whatever.

It is NEVER a good idea to lay down your bike in an attempt to avoid an accident as you can stop MUCH faster using the brakes and tire traction than sliding across the roadway. I can totally understand if this is what he tried to do and locked up the tires and went down or tried to swerve and went down, but I hate how these articles always say a rider laid down his bike to avoid an accident. It almost implies that you should lay your bike down like you see in the movies sometimes when that is NOT a good idea. You have a much better chance of surviving if you can keep it on two wheels to get the full braking action the bike is capable of before impact or even better swerve to miss the impact all together. Hell, even jumping right before impact to try to get over the car is better than laying it down and sliding under it.

Remember, it is the impact you are trying to avoid. The rest is secondary. Be careful out there and ATGATT (even now that it is getting hot out again).