Downed rider

[Mr Lefty]

Damn... if he was left... fuck those guys...


I will ALWAYS stop if I see a biker stopped... even if (most of the time) they're just taking a piss or reading a map)

thanks for stopping... keep in touch with the guy... sounds like the guy needs some positive biker friends

[MissHell]

Good for you guys for stopping to help. I always try to stop if I see a biker on the side of the road, thankfully I have never come across a moto accident, that didn't already have emergency personnel.

[karl_1052]

I had a similar incident happen right in front of me last thrusday.
17 year old girl turned left in front of a dude on a Triumph bonneville.

He was luckier, he only suffered some rash and a broken thumb.

I stuck around as a witness, and an off duty cop blocked traffic for him.

[6doublefive321]

The latest update is this:

The guy was going to have his foot and leg operated on, but had a heart attack, and is not stable enough to be put under. Its not looking good at this point.

[marko138]

Originally Posted by 6doublefive321

The latest update is this:

The guy was going to have his foot and leg operated on, but had a heart attack, and is not stable enough to be put under. Its not looking good at this point.

Wow. Terrible news.

[ericr]

That sucks for the guy. And that's why I rarely ride my bike south of Cartersville, just too much traffic the closer you get to ATL. I like to go north and get farther out in the country,

[Mr Lefty]

well let's hope dude pulls through... sad it has to go this far... but maybe his situation will enlighten a few riders to the hazards of drinking and riding and not looking out for your buddies... (if that's what happened... still speculation right?)

[6doublefive321]

So I got some clarification on the situation the night of the accident. The guy was riding with a friend at the time. Where the accident happened, the friend took a right in a turning lane, but the accident victim went straight to go home. Its still unknown whether or not the guy ran the light, but his friend had no idea the accident occurred. So, one good thing to take out of the story, is that the rider's friend(s) didn't leave him for dead.

Below is a diagram of the accident. The car is the red arrow, the downed rider in black, and the rider's friend in green. As you can see, the friend could not have known that there was as accident.

[Captain Morgan]

Wait...the car turned left? With her comment that he ran the light with a pack of riders, and seeing that she turned left, I'm not believing her story now...not that I completely believed it before

[6doublefive321]

Originally Posted by Captain Morgan

Wait...the car turned left? With her comment that he ran the light with a pack of riders, and seeing that she turned left, I'm not believing her story now...not that I completely believed it before

The map is a little misleading. There is no island in the middle of the intesection as shown on the map. A car doesn't have to slow down to make the turn at this particular intersection. The driver of the car said they had the turn arrow. So, the car turned left and t-boned the bike. It definitely turns into a he said - she said at that point. The part about a pack of bikes is complete bullshit, however. Its possible they saw the other rider veer off, but highly unlikely.