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Originally Posted by TIGGER
Well there you go... the biker was totally at fault and I retract my previous statements.
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Oh, I agree about there being 2 sides, but:
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Originally Posted by TIGGER
Just for the sake of being on the other side of this...
1. As reported he hasn't had any motorcycle related violations. In fact, they went all the way back to 2002...  okay...
2. He may have been doing wheelies BEFORE the accident but no one is accusing him of doing them during the accident. True and I agree that the doing wheelies part is irrelevant to the story but typical news sensationalist crap
3. Perhaps if the lady had been wearing her seat belt... just saying. I don't think a seat belt would have helped (though that's a completely baseless opinion)... just based on the article "the motorcycle's engine hit her sister in the head" so I'm thinking a seatbelt wouldn't have helped
4. "Alcohol is a factor" but not necessarily for the rider. True but that doesn't change the fact that the rider passed a car in a no-passing zone going the same direction as the lady who died... had it been the driver turning left in front of a bike going the opposite direction I'd be far less sympathetic to the driver of the cage
5. Who's to say that this lady didn't turn right in front of this guy? "1999 Honda 900 RR motorcycle headed in the same direction"
In fact maybe she was drunk and driving super slow, causing a back up. This dude gets impatient and attempts to pass too many cars and the drunk chick decides to make that left turn she's been thinking about for a 1/2 mile...  I understand impatience... but a few minutes of time sitting in traffic > dead or injured |
Don't get me wrong dude, I agree with where you're coming from and see a ton of media sensationalism here but the dude ended up doing something stupid and killed someone (regardless of the events causing him to pass illegally). The lady may have been driving slow and holding up traffic... she may have been drunk... but there's a reason no passing zones are no passing zones and as soon as he crossed the yellow line he broke the law ad ended up killing someone...
But, that's just my $.02
Either way, the guy ended up effing up people's perception of riders even more.