Hitting to close to home

[cougar8000]

DB, take your time to relax.

It won't always prevent an accident, but it sure helps to slow down at every intersection and assume that someone is going to pull out in front of you from somewhere and your job is to find them. And when you pass through safely and slowly, you win..........

I would second this. Just yesterday one guy on another forum complained about the same thing, left turners, while he is taking an intersection at 60-70. His solution to the problem is to buy a good leather suite to protect him, while he is not wearing his helmet :blink:

WE have to do our part because we know they wont do theirs. Slow down and predict the worst.

Hope the trooper will recover.

 

[Scab]

Damn, Bruce. Not a good week at all. You know, I believe that the motorcyclist has an intuition not shared by the regular motorist. If it don't feel right, park it. While riding any day is a risk, sometimes you just get the feeling that the lottery is fixing to pull your name. That's when you step away from the game for a minute. That lottery is one that requires you to be present to lose, so be somewhere else.

 

[Bull]

Damn, Bruce. Not a good week at all. You know, I believe that the motorcyclist has an intuition not shared by the regular motorist. If it don't feel right, park it. While riding any day is a risk, sometimes you just get the feeling that the lottery is fixing to pull your name. That's when you step away from the game for a minute. That lottery is one that requires you to be present to lose, so be somewhere else.

hell ..... I like that idea.

Take some time and be somewhere else for a wee while DB - and give the tides time to change, so to speak.

I hope the riders that you mentioned (and their families too) get through this as best they may.

 

[donaldb]

Not much info to pass along....privacy act standards and all.....

but I can say that the trooper is now breathing on his own. An improvement.

Still a very long road ahead.

From MS DPS website:

UPDATE - Trooper Jeff Cunningham has now been moved from the trauma unit in Memphis to a private hospital room in Oxford. This is OUTSTANDING news! He continues to get better every day. His recovery is far from over. If you’re in the area, go stop in and check on him or call and visit with him over the phone. Keep those thoughts and prayers coming - UPDATE.

MSTA Board Member and Trooper Jeff Cunningham, out of Troop F, was severely injured yesterday afternoon (June 19). He was on his MHP motorcycle going to work a wreck in New Albany. A van pulled out in front of him causing the accident. Jeff was quickly airlifted to The Med in Memphis. After undergoing surgery late Thursday night, he is now in the ICU. For updates on his condition, we ask that you keep checking our web site or call the Trooper Store at 601.987.1458. Please keep Jeff and his family in your thoughts and prayers.

Statewide News, Featured News, Troop F

 

[Caba]

Having spent 18 months driving all over eastern and southern europe, I will say that people pay more attention here to what is going on around them. Part of it is because they have to. Generally in the states, everyone goes within 5 mph of the same speed. Here on the same road, one person is doing 25 in an old Skoda and the new Audi driver is doing 90 or better. Makes you have to drive with your mirrors.

It's one habit IMHO is needed in the states.