Another motorcyclist dies

[FJRMGM]

" He was going to pass the truck and pulled into the on comming lane to start his pass. Now a side road makes a "t" interection into road he was on rd.98. At the interection there was a car a toyota that was going to make a left hand turn which would put her direcrly in line heading south for a head on collision with the bike"

Similar thing happened to a co-worker two years ago.. The motorcycle driver was killed on impact and his female passenger has had about 25 operations to try to fix all the damage that ocurred to her in the accident.

Sucks for everyone.

 

[OrangevaleFJR]

Sad for the guy, his friends and family.
If the lady could make it to the lane in front of the cement truck, then she clearly made it through her maneuver without messing up right of way. Therefore she was in her lane, bike decided to pass and hit an oncoming car. It's kind of hard for me to blame the cager at all. Sounds like the guy on the bike screwed up.

As noted in my prior post I don't think the cager, or the cement truck has any "legal" liability for this wreck. However, I scan my mirrors every 8-10 seconds in my semi at work. (Also do so in/on my personal vehicles.) Can't say I pick up EVERY dangerous situation approaching from the rear, but I do see 90% + of them. All I can say is it would have been nice if the lady and the cement truck driver had moved over as far to their right as possible. I'm sure there would have been enough room then for even a Harley to fit. Too Bad.

I won't leave the pavement to avoid killing someone (statistically that is when I get KILLED), but I will move over as far a possible in situations like this. BTDT.

LC

Yup, that would have been nice. There is usually room to spare in these situations. :yes: