I know this is a dirtbike site. But I hate idiots who can't see street bikes on the roads. This just really gets my blood boilng. To make a long story short. Since it rained Thursday and Friday here, and all the MX tracks were wahsed out. Me and a few buddies decided to get out the street bikes Saturday. Good ride. Get back to a buddies house to hang out. One guy leaves. Five minutes later his neighbor knocks on the door saying "Man I thought that was you laying in the ditch up the road". So we rush down to see if it was him. And guess what, it was. Turns out, 1/2 mile down the road (2 lane) a car coming the opposite direction was wanting to turn left and turned right into him! I mean I can't see how he could have not seen him. The bike stuck the car in the passengers side, right in the headlight. Our buddy said, (between pain killer injections) he saw the guys blinker on, and looked the guy right in the eyes and thought everything was cool. Until wham, almost a complete head on.
Before you start, he was speeding. I asked the cop to guess the speed (you know, impact, projectile) and said around 40-50. And it's a 40.
He got lucky though. He only broke his arm, shattered his knee cap, and dislocated his hip. And meesed up the ball and socket joint pretty good. Good thing about leathers, they save the skin. Too bad they don't prevent broken stuff :p
And they have even been advertising on the local TV stations around here for motorist to watch for bikes on the road. And to give them respect like they would other cars.
He's lucky. But these drivers just chap my ass.
Then wouldn't you know it. I had to tell his ER doctor to shut up, and do what he went to College for, and do what he was being paid for. Because he was talking smack, saying crap like, "We call those things Donor Bikes" You know Organ Donor. I should have decked that ..............
Sorry I'm just mad as crap
Before you start, he was speeding. I asked the cop to guess the speed (you know, impact, projectile) and said around 40-50. And it's a 40.
He got lucky though. He only broke his arm, shattered his knee cap, and dislocated his hip. And meesed up the ball and socket joint pretty good. Good thing about leathers, they save the skin. Too bad they don't prevent broken stuff :p
And they have even been advertising on the local TV stations around here for motorist to watch for bikes on the road. And to give them respect like they would other cars.
He's lucky. But these drivers just chap my ass.
Then wouldn't you know it. I had to tell his ER doctor to shut up, and do what he went to College for, and do what he was being paid for. Because he was talking smack, saying crap like, "We call those things Donor Bikes" You know Organ Donor. I should have decked that ..............
Sorry I'm just mad as crap