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[MEM]

I'll be hearing about this local accident at work tonight

One doc, in particular - out of concern for my safety - makes a point of telling me about all of these accidents :blink:

 

[BikerGeek99]

Dang.

I hope they wind up walking away.

 

[airboss]

Those people tend to irritate me. They can't wait to tell about the latest MC accident, but the guy driving his car that made the left turn in directly into the path of a semi with a full load of grain isn't even worth talking about.

 

[user 6393]

Prayers for father and son. Damn

Last summer we had a nasty double fatal, father and son, on a short but tight downhill turn headed to a popular beach on a glorious summer Sunday.

No one knows what happened, but dad blew the corner and they both slammed into the concrete waist height containment curb on the outside of the turn. He blew both lanes and hit the wall. Single vehicle, but still incredibly sad.

Let's all be careful out there

 

[madmike2]

I'll be hearing about this local accident at work tonight
One doc, in particular - out of concern for my safety - makes a point of telling me about all of these accidents :blink:

Does he make a point of discussing the fact that the car driver decided to operate her vehicle without paying attention?

That is she was distracted, exactly how and by what?

That pedestrians are run over by drivers like that one? Trains are struck by the same drivers? Those drivers are killed because they "attack" semi trucks?

Or does he major in "motorcycle" accidents because of his own fears and other personal issues thus gaining him some feeling of superiority and semi-control in his own life?

 

[MEM]

I'll be hearing about this local accident at work tonight
One doc, in particular - out of concern for my safety - makes a point of telling me about all of these accidents :blink:

Does he make a point of discussing the fact that the car driver decided to operate her vehicle without paying attention?

That is she was distracted, exactly how and by what?

That pedestrians are run over by drivers like that one? Trains are struck by the same drivers? Those drivers are killed because they "attack" semi trucks?

Or does he major in "motorcycle" accidents because of his own fears and other personal issues thus gaining him some feeling of superiority and semi-control in his own life?

You know that people who don't ride see only the accident and the felled rider - they neither consider nor (want to) understand HOW it happened.

Riding DOES invoke fear in those who don't do it. I used to let that attitude affect me and make me second guess my own passion for it. But no longer. I understand and accept the risk.

Unfortunately, if I have a get-off, it's highly unlikely anyone on the Forum will even know about it let alone bring me food

 

[Scoops]

Unfortunately, if I have a get-off, it's highly unlikely anyone on the Forum will even know about it let alone bring me food

i call "********!"

 

[MEM]

Unfortunately, if I have a get-off, it's highly unlikely anyone on the Forum will even know about it let alone bring me food

i call "********!"

Well, YOU might miss me if you didn't hear from me for a couple of days

 

[Scoops]

I'll be hearing about this local accident at work tonight
One doc, in particular - out of concern for my safety - makes a point of telling me about all of these accidents :blink:

horrible incident. this is uncharitable of me, but i hope the car driver is more traumatized than the poor 6-yr-old clinging to his unconscious daddy.

 

[DE OPPRESSO LIBER]

Unfortunately, if I have a get-off, it's highly unlikely anyone on the Forum will even know about it let alone bring me food

i call "********!"

+1! I'd at least bring ya McDonalds or sumpin'!

 

[MojaveFJR]

Always sad to hear about this, especially when a child is involved.

Now to on your fellow employees. I always point out how many car accidents there were that day and if there was a motorcycle accident that involved a cager, how normally its the cagers fault do to turning into the RIGHT OF WAY of the motorcyclist. Also inform them not to eat. People die while choking on their food so maybe they ought not to do that either.

People who sit on the bleachers of life and critize those of us that are out enjoying the game of the risks we take doing the things we enjoy just tick me off.

 

[Wee Willy]

Don't know where the forum's sensibilities lie, but putting a 6 year old on pillion on the street for anything but a small joy ride troubles me.

When I was going to school at Cal Poly SLO, we had 1 son (5-7 yrs old), one car, one MC and about 12 miles to get him to school. Mom took the car to work (teaching at a school about 1 hr away) and we left about an hour later to get him off to school then me to college. I remember to this day the exceptional care and slow speeds I did for that 12 miles every day. We avoided the slab, we took back roads that were lightly traveled, all to give myself the best chance that nothing like what happened here would happen to us. I really was on my tip toes...kinda like being on patrol in enemy territory. Slow & methodical with all senses on high gain. We did this for a couple of years and never had a close call, but I sweated it.

Hope they come through all right.

Cheers,

W2

 

[Scoops]

good point Wee Willy. just wanted to add that size matters ( ) along with age. We have two girls: at the ages of 6, one looked like a 9-yr-old, the other looked like a 4-yr-old. The "big kid" had a helmet and gear at the age of 6 and enjoyed the careful ride home from school (less than 5 minutes through neighborhood streets). The "little kid" is now 9-yrs-old and has only now grown tall enough to reach the pegs (our personal standard for "ready-to-ride" size). She has a helmet that fits well, but is so skinny we haven't located gear small enough. She has had one ride down the street and back.

Age aside, there are many considerations for when it is all right to pillion a child . . . and they should all be thought through carefully.