Another Biker Killed by a Dumbazz

[LateApex]

Bottom line.. it was an accident..

And every single one of us on a bike knows the risks.. knows it's OUR responsibility to make it home safe everyday.

Hopefully you know to think like EVERYONE is out to get you, and EVERYONE is trying to kill you.. and hopefully we all make it home safe everyday.

Like mountain climbing.. skydiving and any other sport, it all comes with risk, and when you turn the key on the bike, you the rider have accepted those risks.

I hope nobody ever pulls out in front of me but I NEVER assume someone isn't..

Agreed.

I bailed from my bike into a mountain side because someone cut me off. Head first into that sucker going 50.

To this day I don't know how I survived. My helmet split. Fractured my patella, femur, radius, and ulna...

Decided to get back in the saddle once I was healed.

And I kid you not - the very first ride out - an old man pulled in front of me. After I got done yelling at him I sold my bike the very same day...

 

[pixiegirl]

She did kill him, she did not murder him. He didn't just lose a clearance, house, job, car, etc.. He lost his life due to her negligence. If it was intentional then it would be murder. He didn't lose stuff, or a way of life, he lost his life. Her punishment should be more than just a few dollars and maybe a guilty conscience.

I hope you never cause an accident.

 

[itsbob]

Of course I'm jinxing myself and will have to be hypervigilant on my way home today.. I just KNOW someone is going to pull out in front of me today..

 

[LateApex]

Tomorrow is my last day.

If she was distracted by something it was negligent. The article mentioned "failing to yield right of way" nothing about negligent driving.

When you fail to yield the right of way that automatically makes you negligent..

defn: Failure to exercise the degree of care considered reasonable under the circumstances, resulting in an unintended injury to another party.

 

[aps45819]

Really, because if I went to jail I'd likely lose my clearance and my job and my house and my car, etc.

Not a problem.
The state will provide you with a place to live within walking distance of your new job making license plates

 

[BS Gal]

Please step off the soapbox

I like being obnoxiously loud. I dont' feel that it takes away from my charm, though.

 

[itsbob]

When you fail to yield the right of way that automatically makes you negligent..

defn: Failure to exercise the degree of care considered reasonable under the circumstances, resulting in an unintended injury to another party.

And nobody has proved she didn't do this..

Did she look left? Did she look right before she pulled out?? If so, is that reasonable?

 

[pixiegirl]

When you fail to yield the right of way that automatically makes you negligent..

defn: Failure to exercise the degree of care considered reasonable under the circumstances, resulting in an unintended injury to another party.

considered reasonable under the circumstances...

Darling, darling, darling, you are assuming that she didn't do this and given her best effort an accident still didn't occur. Bad spot, at night, it's possible she looked 10 times and still caused an accident.

 

[aps45819]

When you fail to yield the right of way that automatically makes you negligent..

defn: Failure to exercise the degree of care considered reasonable under the circumstances, resulting in an unintended injury to another party.

The catch in MD law is grossly negligent. Unless you're stoned/drunk or in the process of committing another crime, you're home free. She'll get the Failure to Yield ticket and that will be the extent of the state's involvement.

 

[Toreadoralpha]

I hope you never cause an accident.

Me too, and I hope the same for you. But to this day I still live in pain because I have been the victim of others hitting me.

 

[BS Gal]

And nobody has proved she didn't do this..

Did she look left? Did she look right before she pulled out?? If so, is that reasonable?

Like I said before, bikes can be hard to see. They can be hidden behind a telephone/electric pole in that moment you look for them. I have had that happen before when I didn't see one, went to pull out and then THERE HE WAS! Didn't hit him, but, as you said, we take a risk when we climb on the bike. People are NOT looking for us.

 

[LateApex]

And nobody has proved she didn't do this..

Did she look left? Did she look right before she pulled out?? If so, is that reasonable?

No.

Reasonable would be not killing someone because you DID see him...

That's reasonable.

 

[pixiegirl]

Me too, and I hope the same for you. But to this day I still live in pain because I have been the victim of others hitting me.

Did you miss the post where I said I had a fracture of C-1? 15 years later (and mind you I'm only 28) I live with a headache and neck ache. I still have many years of fun filled neck problems to deal with.

 

[aps45819]

Me too, and I hope the same for you. But to this day I still live in pain because I have been the victim of others hitting me.

... and dropping fire wood on the road

I won't tell them about the turkery on the Blue Ridge Parkway

 

[Lugnut]

That's the basis of our laws.. now if you were doing something like robbing a bank.. then the saying goes.. "Intent follows the bullet." If she was robbing a bank when she pulled out in front of him it would be murder.. BUT she wasn't in the process of comitting a felony, she violated a traffic law ...unintentionally.

I'm just way too "black or white" to agree with this. :shrug: Oh well.

 

[itsbob]

No.

Reasonable would be not killing someone because you DID see him...

That's reasonable.

Then you have to ask, why didn't she see him?

Did he do everything in his power to ensure she COULD see him?? Was there someone turning right into the parking lot that blocked her view of him? Did he realize he was in a blind spot?

 

[Toreadoralpha]

Did you miss the post where I said I had a fracture of C-1? 15 years later (and mind you I'm only 28) I live with a headache and neck ache. I still have many years of fun filled neck problems to deal with.

Sounds like we are in the same boat, and it only gets worse with time.

 

[Toreadoralpha]

... and dropping fire wood on the road

I won't tell them about the turkery on the Blue Ridge Parkway

 

[Lugnut]

Another Biker Killed by... 01-08-2008 03:05 PM Drive a bike, get killed easier. Price you pay for taking your toy on the road.


Nice outlook jerk off

 

[Toreadoralpha]

Another Biker Killed by... 01-08-2008 03:05 PM Drive a bike, get killed easier. Price you pay for taking your toy on the road.


Nice outlook jerk off

Lug, you've been hit by double dumb. Too stupid to know they are stupid.