Mark_Disfree
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Unfortunately, I have read about far too many local motorcycle accidents on somd.com, but for me this one is different. It's not that this is the first time I have thought, that could have easily been me. I have read about other accidents where cyclists were killed on a road that I have enjoyed on my bike. And its not that I could have easily been in the same place at the same time. I was on my bike and in the same exact spot, but lucky enough to be 10 minutes earlier, when last year a cyclist was hit from behind and killed on route 4. With these other accidents, I felt bad, for the victims and their families, and it always made me think about just how much we risk to enjoy doing what we love to do. But somehow these other accidents where at places where there was higher traffic, bad weather or places that I also often drive in my truck as well. With this one, I actually felt the blood drain from my body and felt physically sick. This hadn't happened during rush hour, in bad weather or out on a busy highway. This happened at 2:30 in the afternoon, on a warm sunny day on a quite back road. A back road that happened to be my favorite back road to take my bike on. A road that I had ridden countless times, that was so good that I often would ride it one way and then turn around to enjoy again in the opposite direction. I never even took my truck down that road, only my bike. I hardly ever saw any other cars on that road and had nothing but real good memories of good weather, low traffic and enjoying leaning into the turns. Somehow, I felt safe back there on my bike, that I could really enjoy the ride and not have to worry about some schmuck in a cage. Add to this the fact that there was no sign of driver error on the part of the cyclist, meaning there was nothing he could have done... I don't know, maybe I am being mellow dramatic but I feel like a bit of innocence was lost. Kinda like I did on September 11th, that feeling that we are really not safe anywhere...
The fact that the car that hit him was a drunk driver and that the other guy walked away with out any injuries makes my blood boil. I hope that POS gets what's coming to him while hopefully spending the rest of his worthless life in prison.
Unfortunately, I have read about far too many local motorcycle accidents on somd.com, but for me this one is different. It's not that this is the first time I have thought, that could have easily been me. I have read about other accidents where cyclists were killed on a road that I have enjoyed on my bike. And its not that I could have easily been in the same place at the same time. I was on my bike and in the same exact spot, but lucky enough to be 10 minutes earlier, when last year a cyclist was hit from behind and killed on route 4. With these other accidents, I felt bad, for the victims and their families, and it always made me think about just how much we risk to enjoy doing what we love to do. But somehow these other accidents where at places where there was higher traffic, bad weather or places that I also often drive in my truck as well. With this one, I actually felt the blood drain from my body and felt physically sick. This hadn't happened during rush hour, in bad weather or out on a busy highway. This happened at 2:30 in the afternoon, on a warm sunny day on a quite back road. A back road that happened to be my favorite back road to take my bike on. A road that I had ridden countless times, that was so good that I often would ride it one way and then turn around to enjoy again in the opposite direction. I never even took my truck down that road, only my bike. I hardly ever saw any other cars on that road and had nothing but real good memories of good weather, low traffic and enjoying leaning into the turns. Somehow, I felt safe back there on my bike, that I could really enjoy the ride and not have to worry about some schmuck in a cage. Add to this the fact that there was no sign of driver error on the part of the cyclist, meaning there was nothing he could have done... I don't know, maybe I am being mellow dramatic but I feel like a bit of innocence was lost. Kinda like I did on September 11th, that feeling that we are really not safe anywhere...
The fact that the car that hit him was a drunk driver and that the other guy walked away with out any injuries makes my blood boil. I hope that POS gets what's coming to him while hopefully spending the rest of his worthless life in prison.
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