Car carrying Mrs Obama collides with bike

[TheAxeman]

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What is it with motorcades and motorcycles?

 

[jwilly]

Biker prolly had a Hillary 08 sticker on his helmet?

JW

 

[v65]

Well there's an interesting twist, the motorcycle was making the left!

EDIT: Oops, I think I read that wrong. Can't really say for sure, what the hell is it in that sentence?

 

[uctofeej]

Sure am glad *she* and her staff escaped injury. Oh yeah, the motorcyclist, that's another story.

Trying....... real........... hard............... not................. to ......................... be............................ political! :angry:

 

[05fjrBluedevil]

Yeah, that sentence is confusing, but i think it is van turning left infront of bike, man the front of that van took a hit, whre are the phots of the bike??????

selective reporting?????

 

[v65]

According to a couple of Chicago newspapers the van was turning left: Chicago Tribune. A huge thumbs down to USA Today for their headline: Van hit motorcyclist. The Tribune did about as good a job as I think we can expect from this in terms of reporting on the cyclist, he's not news unfortunately.

 

[uctofeej]

According to this article, " The sheriff's department said the van was struck as it was making a left turn into a park driveway near a pavilion where Michelle Obama was expected to appear."

 

[madmike2]

According to this article, " The sheriff's department said the van was struck as it was making a left turn into a park driveway near a pavilion where Michelle Obama was expected to appear."

How dare that motorcyclist strike that van as it turned across his lane! What's the matter with him, anway?

 

[Neil San Diego]

The comments at the end of the articles are saying the the motorcyclelist was traveling in the same direction as the van and tried to pass it on the left when the van was turning left. Although I can't find that anywhere in any of the articles. The damage to the vehicle is consistent with that story however. With all the shoddy reporting, its kinda hard to say what really happened at this point.

Passing Mrs Obama on the left...snicker...

(hope that doesn't get me warn meter points)

 

[Calimus]

Yea, the report my wife showed me last night stated the bike seemed to be trying to pass the van on the left in the emergency strip/soft shoulder and struck the van. Only those who saw it prollie know for sure with all the crappy reporting. It's bad when any vehical turns left infront of a bike, but it sure gives us all a blackeye when one of our own pull a stupid move like trying to pass on the soft shoulder. I see it happen far more often then I like.

 

[Kevin Daly]

Well there's an interesting twist, the motorcycle was making the left!
EDIT: Oops, I think I read that wrong. Can't really say for sure, what the hell is it in that sentence?

Typical reporting thats what! why cant americans communicate clearly anymore?

 

[wfooshee]

Plain language is too hard to slant. <_<

 

[OrangevaleFJR]

Well there's an interesting twist, the motorcycle was making the left!
EDIT: Oops, I think I read that wrong. Can't really say for sure, what the hell is it in that sentence?

"The vehicle was hit by the motorcycle as it attempted a left turn just south of Hampton, where Michelle Obama was due at a rally."

"it" is a pronoun. The antecedent of the pronoun is 'vehicle' based on the rule that the subject of the sentence is usually replaced with any later pronouns. It could be argued that 'it' is a pronoun for motorcycle, but I feel that this would be less correct in this understandably confusing use of a pronoun.

Therefore, I think the vehicle attempted a left turn into a motorcycle.

 

[Joe2Lmaker]

I'm not sure how both airbags are going to be deployed in the van if the motorcycle was traveling in the same direction.

 

[v65]

Well there's an interesting twist, the motorcycle was making the left!
EDIT: Oops, I think I read that wrong. Can't really say for sure, what the hell is it in that sentence?

"The vehicle was hit by the motorcycle as it attempted a left turn just south of Hampton, where Michelle Obama was due at a rally."

"it" is a pronoun. The antecedent of the pronoun is 'vehicle' based on the rule that the subject of the sentence is usually replaced with any later pronouns. It could be argued that 'it' is a pronoun for motorcycle, but I feel that this would be less correct in this understandably confusing use of a pronoun.

Therefore, I think the vehicle attempted a left turn into a motorcycle.

I agree with you having had some time to think about it , but that sentence could have been written a lot more clearly. My issue is not so much with the it, you can decipher the meaning, but that a professional writer for a major newspaper would piece together such a sentence. I am going to cut my diatribe short here, the tone of this thread points to us all being in agreement the level of reporting we see.