Post by mplsscooteruser on Aug 3, 2008 23:47:46 GMT -5
This may get a little preachy but witnessed and accident between a Croch-Rocket and a Bicyclist Saturday morning and wanted to make sure to remind young and old the importance of personal responsiblity when your riding.
I was heading home from work and about 2 miles from the house on a normally busy street, which I call the highway to hell durrnig normal traffic flow, a guy on a really nice Croch-Rocket pulled up next to me. He hit the gas just enough to take off in a flash with out pulling the front end off the ground. He was at the next light by time I got through the intersection I instantly thought "there is an accident waiting to happen."
Now keep in mind the stretch of road I was just about to go through is an "S" curve section with three turns which is hard to resist on a 2 wheeler. Goose your throttle on the curves to get a nice lean out of the bike. Which in the city is dumb anyhow other people or not, hit loose gravel and your gonna find you and your bike smashed up against a curb or worse. This guy though wasn't paying attention to the road or his surroundings though because he didn't even attempt to stop or slow until he was 3 feet from the guy; who, by the way, was wearing a white shirt that I picked out as a rounded the first curve a good 50 yard back.
It was one of those slow motion moments in life that you can't do anything to change but have to watch every detail of. " Oh SCHMIDT! he's gonna hit him." I said. And sure enough on the second curve he goosed the throttle to make the light (which was no where near ready to change) and took out the back tire of a guy riding a bike. He had to be going atleast 35 to 40 when he hit and was so lucky he didn't kill the guy or bust himself up on the curb.
He laid the bike down and did a few rolls of his own but otherwise unscathed. The bike rider came out with only a few minor road rashes on his arm and leg, and the back tire of his 12 speed was bent into a brand new shape.
To be fair the bicyclist was crossing on a red light; however, the motorcyclist did the same thing as cagers do to us, he didn't pay attention to the more volnerable people on the road.
This little story fortunately had a happy ending, they shook on a gentalman's agreement, the motorcylist gave the bike rider money for a new rim, and both went away in one piece. In hinde sight the police should have been involved if for no other reason than to take down the report incase unseen injurys had occured.
The moral? Be carefull people, we may not be able to as much damage as cage but we can just as easily get ourselves and others killed by negelecting safety first.
I was heading home from work and about 2 miles from the house on a normally busy street, which I call the highway to hell durrnig normal traffic flow, a guy on a really nice Croch-Rocket pulled up next to me. He hit the gas just enough to take off in a flash with out pulling the front end off the ground. He was at the next light by time I got through the intersection I instantly thought "there is an accident waiting to happen."
Now keep in mind the stretch of road I was just about to go through is an "S" curve section with three turns which is hard to resist on a 2 wheeler. Goose your throttle on the curves to get a nice lean out of the bike. Which in the city is dumb anyhow other people or not, hit loose gravel and your gonna find you and your bike smashed up against a curb or worse. This guy though wasn't paying attention to the road or his surroundings though because he didn't even attempt to stop or slow until he was 3 feet from the guy; who, by the way, was wearing a white shirt that I picked out as a rounded the first curve a good 50 yard back.
It was one of those slow motion moments in life that you can't do anything to change but have to watch every detail of. " Oh SCHMIDT! he's gonna hit him." I said. And sure enough on the second curve he goosed the throttle to make the light (which was no where near ready to change) and took out the back tire of a guy riding a bike. He had to be going atleast 35 to 40 when he hit and was so lucky he didn't kill the guy or bust himself up on the curb.
He laid the bike down and did a few rolls of his own but otherwise unscathed. The bike rider came out with only a few minor road rashes on his arm and leg, and the back tire of his 12 speed was bent into a brand new shape.
To be fair the bicyclist was crossing on a red light; however, the motorcyclist did the same thing as cagers do to us, he didn't pay attention to the more volnerable people on the road.
This little story fortunately had a happy ending, they shook on a gentalman's agreement, the motorcylist gave the bike rider money for a new rim, and both went away in one piece. In hinde sight the police should have been involved if for no other reason than to take down the report incase unseen injurys had occured.
The moral? Be carefull people, we may not be able to as much damage as cage but we can just as easily get ourselves and others killed by negelecting safety first.
