The shocking video of an accident during a clandestine motorcycle race in Camagüey came to light this Wednesday and warns of the danger of combustion engines with 13 wheel tires, which make the vehicle more unstable, they say.
Although the video is not current, it was posted in the groupFacebook Murasaki Power, where people close to the driver claim that the young man survived.
The material shows the exact moment of the accident: In the middle of the race the motorcycle loses control and slides off the road, while the driver, identified as Robertico, is ejected several meters forward from the vehicle.
The incident occurred in Camagüey, and the motorcycle involved was a Kawasaki, friends of the injured person confirmed.
"That was on the Vertientes highway and luckily for everyone nothing happened to him, a week later he was running again, thank you very much," said a witness to the event.
Likewise, the young man's wife said that "thank God nothing happened to him," and that "he was not running that day." "The leg of the motorcycle was left on and the sensor was broken, it was an accident," he said.
In 2017, an accident in another clandestine motorcycle race leftat least one fatality on the Monumental road in Havana. Despite the danger that these challenges represent, Cubans continue to participate in them because they claim that they can earn thousands of pesos in 20 seconds.
In 2018 a motorcyclist said that he can win10,000 pesos in 20 seconds in the illegal races organized in Holguín if he managed to be the fastest on a 200 meter straight line. The world of two wheels has become a lucrative business in several provinces of Eastern Cuba.
Last January the Cuban writer Nelson Simóncriticized the Pinar del Río police for allowing motorists from that city to do illegal races.
Almost every day, until after midnight, 10 to 20 motorcycle drivers gather at the intersection of Comandante Pinares and Martí avenues, in the center of the city, and carry out competitions and noise, according to Simón's story in Facebook.
"They seem to defy the night, the silence. They start. The streets become a motocross track. They walk away and a few minutes later they return. They repeat the same operation. Where is the police?" he asked.
In Cuba, speed competitions on public roads are prohibited without proper authorization from the authorities, who can seize the means used for this violation, in accordance with article 106 of Law 109 "Road Code", in force since 2010.
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