Bike Accident on 25th

[DelSlow]

TwistedAngel;236059 wrote:
From the way the police report sounds, the 15 year old girl, who was driving a vehicle WAY too f***ing big for her

Ill come to you when i need help deciding what person should drive what kind of vehicle. You must me an expert on that.

[SPANISH-RICE]

TwistedAngel;236090 wrote:
If you're being sarcastic, that's not what I'm saying. It just gets so damn old hearing people bash motorcyclists because some decide to drive like idiots. Do you know how many people don't see bikes coming down the street? Too many. Riders do have to drive defensively because of all of the drivers that decide to not take the time to check their mirrors and look around.
This guy for instance. What if he had never done a wheelie? Would people still be making such a fuss over the issue? Probably not. Whether he was on one wheel or two, the girl pulled out in front of him because she did not look before she pulled out into the road. That, or because she's an inexperienced driver, she couldn't judge how fast he was going and thought she had time to get across the road. I don't know how many times I have seen this happen or have had it done to me.

the thing is no here has yet to say anything as bikers as a group. only things about this particular biker specifically. theres no reason why the girl should be criticized for driving escalade, it doesnt matter if she was in a 5500lb suv or a 1600lb geo the biker was doing a wheelie in rush hour traffic AND HIT HER.

this had nothing to do with "everyone knows someone whos done it" or "its not like you dont ever drive like an idiot" becuase this guy was doing something he obviously shouldnt have been doing, especially without a helmet! dont try and defend him in this particular case

[TwistedAngel]

DelSlow;236102 wrote:
Ill come to you when i need help deciding what person should drive what kind of vehicle. You must me an expert on that.

Yeah. Because that's what I said right?

Oh, and I think you meant be

[Slowica]

This happening is most likely going to bring up the legal age to drive being changed and i'm sure we will also see enforcements in helmet laws. The legal age really should be 16 the 14 year old license age was mostly intended for farmers

[Slowica]

both drivers are at fault not just one or the other

[TwistedAngel]

SPANISH-RICE;236103 wrote:
the thing is no here has yet to say anything as bikers as a group. only things about this particular biker specifically. theres no reason why the girl should be criticized for driving escalade, it doesnt matter if she was in a 5500lb suv or a 1600lb geo the biker was doing a wheelie in rush hour traffic AND HIT HER.

this had nothing to do with "everyone knows someone whos done it" or "its not like you dont ever drive like an idiot" becuase this guy was doing something he obviously shouldnt have been doing, especially without a helmet! dont try and defend him in this particular case

And just why should she be defended exactly?? She is afterall the one that pulled out in front of him. CORRECT??

[TwistedAngel]

Slowica;236109 wrote:
both drivers are at fault not just one or the other

I agree with you 100%

[00Accord]

Slowica;236107 wrote:
the 14 year old license age was mostly intended for farmers

There are separate laws for farmers. We had a guy in our school that got his license when he was 12 because he lived on a farm. He was the most popular guy in 7th grade!

[DelSlow]

Feel bad for both parties, but from what iv heard and what not i place the 'blame' on the stunta. Just makes me angry how almost every single freaking power ranger that rides around on their crotch rocket that i see drives like an asshat and fucks around. Then when something like this happens and people point that out, they get all defensive and cry about it. Happens everytime...

[Slowica]

none the less, 14 is really stretching the legal age to drive

[zbrown]

TwistedAngel;236090 wrote:
. Do you know how many people don't see bikes coming down the street? Too many.

TwistedAngel;236101 wrote:
but you can't tell me you wouldn't notice if someone was going that fast.

hmm...:icon_scratch:

[zbrown]

DelSlow;236114 wrote:
. every single freaking power ranger that rides around on their crotch rocket that i see drives like an asshat and fucks around. ..

HAHAH... sig worthy

[DelSlow]

bow ah thank ya, ah thank you

[Slowica]

DelSlow;236114 wrote:
Feel bad for both parties, but from what iv heard and what not i place the 'blame' on the stunta. Just makes me angry how almost every single freaking power ranger that rides around on their crotch rocket that i see drives like an asshat and fucks around. Then when something like this happens and people point that out, they get all defensive and cry about it. Happens everytime...

Show me someone who owns a rocket that hasn't done something stupid at one point or another. It's very easy to get carried away on them. i get defensive when i hear that the only person at fault is the bike drivers.

[bubba]

As much of as fault he was for riding a wheelie and all that... i'm sure there's more than that to the story, I mean how close of attention do u think a 15yo girl was paying with a car load of friends... i'm guess not much, judging by most chicks (especially that age) I have seen... Either way it's sad to see that someone lost their life in this....

A kid I graduated died like this a few years ago... He was driving UNDER the speed limit and wearing a helmet, not even screwing around... truck and cattle trailer pulled out in front of him and there was nothing he could do... but judging by most ppls reactions on here it woulda been the kids fault, just cuz he had a motorcycle...

[Guest]

MisterCMK;236081 wrote:
Second, how do you know it was hers? Are you telling me that nobody has driven their parent's vehicles?

Yeah, that turned out well for Nikki Catsouras too.
http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Nikki_Catsouras

It's great when the keys of powerful/huge vehicles are turned over to irresponsible drivers.

[Guest]

bubba;236122 wrote:
As much of as fault he was for riding a wheelie and all that... i'm sure there's more than that to the story, I mean how close of attention do u think a 15yo girl was paying with a car load of friends... i'm guess not much, judging by most chicks (especially that age) I have seen... Either way it's sad to see that someone lost their life in this....

A kid I graduated died like this a few years ago... He was driving UNDER the speed limit and wearing a helmet, not even screwing around... truck and cattle trailer pulled out in front of him and there was nothing he could do... but judging by most ppls reactions on here it woulda been the kids fault, just cuz he had a motorcycle...

Well said Bubba.

[Link]

Slowica;236121 wrote:
Show me someone who owns a rocket that hasn't done something stupid at one point or another. It's very easy to get carried away on them. i get defensive when i hear that the only person at fault is the bike drivers.

and on top of that, show me one of you car owners that hasn't done something completely fuckin stupid. I know for damn sure, every last one of you have done something stupid. so stfu bout bikers driving like asshats when most of yall have done it before to. :icon_salut:

[KA-T_240]

It does not matter what the girl was driving. Car/truck/SUV ect... bike hitting a car front tire first is going to be a bad situation.

[Guest]

STiSchucky;236078 wrote:
Oh i dont know, maybe cause if I got rear ended by a biker doing wheelies,standing on his bike showing off, and I get injured cause of it...i'd be pretty pissed off, wouldnt you be? Or is it my fault cause Im at the wrong place at the wrong time and I should let the guy who drives wrecklessly in traffic do his thing?

The girl sure did get physically injured due to this accident didn't she? The argument that motorcyclists doing stupid shit risks the lives of others is pretty much totally bullshit, since 999 times out of 1000 the biker alone is the one that's injured/killed, especially when tangoing with a SUV + teenage driver.