Dude never should have been on the road in the first place...goon riding with both feet off the pegs. He clearly had no clue what he was doing.
My background, since that's the direction this thread went. Started riding at five years old, got serious racing motocross and hare scrambles (GNCC, AWRCS, CRA) at thirteen. Went on to win a few championships and several individual races over the next five years. After graduating high school a shoulder injury kept me out of work and off the bike for six months. A few years later I had a terrible crash at an indoor track (broken Tib, fib, and crushed Talus