The Yamuna Expressway witnessed a shocking incident, as a Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R rider raced the superbike at a speed of 300 kmph and nearly collided with a truck. In a video that stunned everyone over social media, this superbike rider exhibited alarming carelessness for his own and other travellers’ safety.
The bike rider narrowly escaped a fatal accident, missing the truck coming in their path by a fraction of a second. Such reckless driving sparked outrage on the internet and raised serious concerns over public safety on the usually busy expressway.
Reckless Ninja ZX-10R Rider The Yamuna Expressway, which is a 165.5 km long expressway in Uttar Pradesh connecting Greater Noida with Agra, is India’s sixth-longest expressway. Despite its great
connectivity and extended stretch, the Yamuna Expressway has also been a centre of deadly collisions and accidents. It makes reckless driving there a strict no-no for all travellers. But this Ninja ZX-10R rider looked unperturbed about the potential dangers and kept racing his superbike.
Stacked with a 998 CC engine, 203 PS @ 13200 rpm max power, 12 kmpl mileage, 17 litres fuel capacity and a top speed of 299 kmph, the Ninja ZX-10R is one of the most popular sports superbikes in India that has attracted many automobile enthusiasts, who are willing to pay its ex-showroom price of Rs 17,93,000. But the superbike is not meant for regular roads and highways. Auto experts have reportedly advised motorcyclists to take such superbikes out only on professional tracks.
What The Internet Felt About The Incident
Even as the video exposed the Ninja ZX-10R rider’s unethical road behaviour, many on social media also noted how the truck coming from the other side took an “illegal” U-turn and almost jammed into the bike.
“So no one’s gonna talk about the illegal u turn the truck took?” said one user.
Someone else said, “Illegal U Turn by Truck, you can always see people on highways doing this type of U turn every where in India. It’s become too normal that they forget what’s the rule to take U turn.”
Another person, though, kept their scrutiny mainly on the driver. “Yes the truck took an illegal turn. BUT if the biker was so far, how could the truck driver see. It’s basic math. The biker was doing 299. So when the truck decided to turn, he was pretty far to see in the rear view mirror. I ain’t backing the truck driver but it is what it is. I’m sure he couldn’t see the biker,” the individual said.
Regardless of who was at fault, the incident should certainly alert the authorities and pave the way for increased surveillance on expressways to penalise overspeeding.
/images/ppid_a911dc6a-image-175932133947720706.webp)
/images/ppid_a911dc6a-image-175911858692131339.webp)