Dyna vs Car at intersection..... UGLY
Road Captain
Joined: Dec 2010
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From: Baltimore, MD
I might catch some grief for saying this, but its; worth saying ...
Yeah, it was the car's fault. Got it. But, if that guy was going through a big intersection fast enough to bury his bike into the side of a car like that, he was asking for trouble. We all know the stupid things cagers do and we all know intersections are really dangerous places ... I don't wish bad on anyone, but there's no way he was doing his part to keep something like that from happening (his fault or not).
I hope everyone on this forum sees these pictures and thinks about them every time they're coming to a big intersection ... slow down, put your head on a swivel and get home in one piece.
An accident like that may be the cager's fault, but he's not going to be the one on the way to Shock Trauma ... or the morgue >> news post said, "Police say the driver of the motorcycle was killed. His passenger is in stable condition at Oakwood Hospital. The driver of the Cobalt was not seriously injured" << Figures.
They posted video of the accident. It's kind of hard to see exactly what happened. But not hard to see what happens right after ... there's one more gem of a cage driver in the video. The guy in the big white truck sees the accident happen right in front of him, drives around it and keeps going. I bet he makes his momma proud.
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Yeah, it was the car's fault. Got it. But, if that guy was going through a big intersection fast enough to bury his bike into the side of a car like that, he was asking for trouble. We all know the stupid things cagers do and we all know intersections are really dangerous places ... I don't wish bad on anyone, but there's no way he was doing his part to keep something like that from happening (his fault or not).
I hope everyone on this forum sees these pictures and thinks about them every time they're coming to a big intersection ... slow down, put your head on a swivel and get home in one piece.
An accident like that may be the cager's fault, but he's not going to be the one on the way to Shock Trauma ... or the morgue >> news post said, "Police say the driver of the motorcycle was killed. His passenger is in stable condition at Oakwood Hospital. The driver of the Cobalt was not seriously injured" << Figures.
They posted video of the accident. It's kind of hard to see exactly what happened. But not hard to see what happens right after ... there's one more gem of a cage driver in the video. The guy in the big white truck sees the accident happen right in front of him, drives around it and keeps going. I bet he makes his momma proud.
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Last edited by voudoujoe; Jul 17, 2012 at 09:48 PM.
Tourer
Joined: Sep 2010
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From: wa
Damn, that sucks bad.. and wrecks happen.. I pray every-time I ride... cars fault, But... i hate to say it, holy crap, riding that fast through a REALLY busy intersection, with a green yield turn light for the oncoming lane... and With no helmet... WTF??? I cant imagine riding that careless.. The bike was the fastest moving vehicle on the road in that video by far..
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From: Roseville, CA
I bet 50mph in the center would do it, especially if the vehicle is leaning in that direction anyway.
Entirely, purely speculation and only relevant if there were head injuries. If they flew through the air, it just depends how they land.
Entirely, purely speculation and only relevant if there were head injuries. If they flew through the air, it just depends how they land.
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Road Warrior
Joined: May 2007
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From: West Branch, Michigan
Shame to hear the guy died, but after watching the real time video that was posted, he probably would have been a vegetable. I never try and beat a yellow, never take off when the light turns green and never trust anyone making a turn.
Any way you look at it, it's sobering...
Any way you look at it, it's sobering...
As others have already stated I never take intersections for granted. I simply don't trust that the drivers coming perpendicular to me are paying attention enough to see the light and stop for it. Maybe it's because I have seen it way too many times, some poor innocent individual goes into an itersection on a green light and gets body checked by some moron not paying attention and in a split second some child is minus a parent, some parent looses their child and dreams, some wife becomes a widow, or some husband is left to to explain why mommy won't be coming home and now he has to raise the children on his own.
Another thing I am tired of is sensationalism journalism! Please note how the story begins "Motorcycle T-Bones Car at Taylor Intersection" This is BS. The news report should have been reported as "Driver fails to yeid right of way and turns in front of Motorcycle Killing the rider and severely injuring the passenger".
Yep that'll never happen, just like years ago when SUV's were deemed the evil vehicle and "Unsafe at any speed due to tendency to roll over" or "Deadly due to there extreme size causing injury and death to other drivers". Every larger vehicle, van, station wagon, or pick up involved in any type of accident was labled "SUV involved in accident..." About 70% of the time it wasn't even an SUV or the fault of the accident was the driver of the oversized rollerskate econo tin can doing something stupid.
Bob
Another thing I am tired of is sensationalism journalism! Please note how the story begins "Motorcycle T-Bones Car at Taylor Intersection" This is BS. The news report should have been reported as "Driver fails to yeid right of way and turns in front of Motorcycle Killing the rider and severely injuring the passenger".
Yep that'll never happen, just like years ago when SUV's were deemed the evil vehicle and "Unsafe at any speed due to tendency to roll over" or "Deadly due to there extreme size causing injury and death to other drivers". Every larger vehicle, van, station wagon, or pick up involved in any type of accident was labled "SUV involved in accident..." About 70% of the time it wasn't even an SUV or the fault of the accident was the driver of the oversized rollerskate econo tin can doing something stupid.
Bob
6th Gear
Joined: Oct 2011
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From: Hawaii
That is just sad and unfortunate.
We do not even register in a cager's mind being the visual size of a moving fence post. Add speeding to that equation and it is very difficult to judge a motorcycle's time to collision point. Have fun when you can but please slow down in a dicey area and live to ride longer.
Bad truck driver very very bad!!
We do not even register in a cager's mind being the visual size of a moving fence post. Add speeding to that equation and it is very difficult to judge a motorcycle's time to collision point. Have fun when you can but please slow down in a dicey area and live to ride longer.
Bad truck driver very very bad!!
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It could also be titled: Reckless Motorcycle Rider Traveling at Excessive Speeds Attempts to Kill Self, Passenger.
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From: Egg Harbor Township, N.J.
I think its a FatBob; the rear shocks look to be solid chrome. Gives me the shivers seeing these things. I always slow down at intersections and always will. Don't care who's behind me. After watching the video, Am I the only one that thinks the cager was either making a left from the right lane or running a red light from the left? He really just seems to come out from right behind that white box truck. Also I can not track the origin of the vehicle so that tells me they were either going faster than the bike or coming from the red light from the other direction heading left across your screen. Unless there where two left turn lanes something seems wrong.
3illy
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Last edited by 3illy; Jul 18, 2012 at 02:27 AM.