Motorcyclist killed by idiot with mattress
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He will walk with only probation at the most. Killing a biker in Iowa means nothing.
But they are up in arms to reinstate the helmet law cause some old guy was run over by a truck and another lost a leg in an accident. WTF good would a helmet have done in either case????
NOTE TO SELF: 1) SEND ABATE MORE MONEY. 2) KICK EM ALL OUT IN NOVEMBER.
But they are up in arms to reinstate the helmet law cause some old guy was run over by a truck and another lost a leg in an accident. WTF good would a helmet have done in either case????
NOTE TO SELF: 1) SEND ABATE MORE MONEY. 2) KICK EM ALL OUT IN NOVEMBER.
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Wife and I rode up to Maine a couple weeks ago. Some dumbass had 2 kiyaks come loose on the interstate. Phukin things were all over the road. I stay well away from anything that is tied to but is not part of a vehicle.
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Like Oldairboater, I was lucky. 1980 and my mother was dying in Hutzel Hospital in Detroit. I was in a hurry. Tailgating the car in front of me coming down off the Rouge River Bridge and the nice guy in front of me must have thought I was too close. At what must have been the last second for him, he swerved hard left and left me looking at a mattress laying in the center of the lane. When he swerved, I started to also, wondering what the heck, and luckily missed the mattress. (God looks out for drunks and idiots - and I wasn't drinking). Taught me a couple of things others have already stated. I no longer close in on the person in front of me. I don't trust what I can't see. I think, without knowing how, that was when I learned to countersteer. I'm slower now, so I give everyone much more room.
My sympathy to the family of the deceased. Truly sorry for their loss.
My sympathy to the family of the deceased. Truly sorry for their loss.
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