Come on, gentlemen, it was a momentary lapse in concentration at the wrong moment. It's happened to all of us, in cars and on bikes, and nearly always we get away with it. He didn't, and learnt an expensive lesson. Because he was going faster than was wise, he was concentrating too hard on the cars he was passing, and lost the wider situational awareness he needed at that speed. S**t S**t S**T, indeed...
I 'make progress' myself on a bike, but not THAT much progress. I'm always aware that my bike's crumple zone is me; and when I crumple, I hurt...
I'm surprised he posted the video, though; it does make him look a d**k.