Saw a dead guy today
Drove past the most horrific motorcycle accident I've ever seen this afternoon. Looks like he hit another car or turning truck at an intersection. Had to be going at warp speed. The bike was reduced to black smoking parts scattered for yards, with the tank some 50 feet away and still burning. He was laying on the pavement with people looking down but not trying to help. Looked deceased to me. The first Sheriff car had just arrived as I drove past, so it probably happened only a couple minutes before.
I could only take a glance because I didn't want to be the second accident there.
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That is rough for the family. Prayers for them.
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A few years ago we had an accident involving a motorcycle . Rider had made suicidal threats to exwife .He was running from the cops and was going an estimated 120mph when he impacted a minivan head on . Torso was found in back seat of van . Hips and legs were found under front of van. Most of backbone and internal organs were in a pile 50 foot from point of impact . Myself ,my brother and one guy from rescue squad were the only ones who could/ would pick up and bag the parts . Motorcycle wrecks are brutal.
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After riding a motorcycle for over 50 years there is just one things that if you do not learn it early you don’t get a 2nd chance to learn it.
Speed kills.
I have a friend who owns a funeral home he despises getting funerals for motorcycle accidents for the reason stated by pulsar came.
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Watched an old woman pull in front of a biker on a left turn. He hit her hard and was stuck in the rear window on a 4 door sedan. She drove into the shopping mall with him dangling out the side. He was more in the car than out. No helmet.. Dead right there.
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Many years in Indy a car rear ended a biker. He went 1/2 way through her windshield. She kept driving to her home and parked in her garage with him in the windshield. The next day she or a family member/friend call the police. I'm glad I didn't see that one.
About 25 years ago I was riding alone on 385 just south of Deadwood headed to my cabin by Pactola Lake. A group of 8 or so riders were a couple of minutes ahead of me. One rider went down (don't know why) he was thrown from the bike and survived if I remember correctly. His lady with him hung on and road it down. She and the bike were in pieces. I couldn't forget that image for 10+ years.
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Sad, I sure like bikes but seems everyone is out to hit me. Even little old ladies.
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I saw a similar accident a couple of years back ......................... still can't get that image out of my head.
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While we're telling grisly tales... A friend of mine told of coming up on a mc accident. He was going to be helpful and take the helmet he saw lying on the shoulder up to the mc where a few were standing around. Unfortunately, he quickly found that the rider's head was still in the helmet.
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Motorcycles,chainsaws,aircraft are a few of the many things that you can screw up,real fast with.
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sad hate to hear but seems common any more to many distracted drivers
a motorcycle Is the only thing my wife has always been against me ever getting ( I did have on early on in our marriage but only a few months it was a 750 triumph I had traded for my cousin bought it from me ) however many friends and family have them . but of all things considered in my life my wifes request / order 😁 I have lived with
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Started riding in '67. Last bike I had was a 1986 Honda VT-700. Shaft-drive, liquid cooled...it was a wonderful machine. Had a very close call in '93, sold it and I never got on a bike again. Put over 100,000 miles on them, but I have not missed riding at all.
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This is incredible. Police report says the guy received only minor injuries. If you had seen the total destruction of that bike and the rider sprawled out motionless, you'd be as gobsmacked as I am now.
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Might be time for him to go buy a lottery ticket.
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That's called survival mode, chiefr.
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Wow. Can't believe this had an ok outcome for the dude.
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buddyb: 30446921580955/comments/30446938879643
Motorcycles,chainsaws,aircraft are a few of the many things that you can screw up,real fast with.
I got to see some interesting tank, helicopter, and forklift accidents while in the military as a lab tech (we are generally in charge of the on base morgue)...........also a murder/suicide. I think that the accidental death rate in the military must be double the real world...........taking % population into account.
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I had a motorcycle once...........Yamaha V-star 650...........my first and only bike. Learned to ride on it and enjoyed it for about a year. After going through the road experience on that bike in Austin, TX traffic and recovering it after one theft attempt.............I sold it and never looked back. Paid $1900 and sold it for $2400.............only motor vehicle I ever made money on.
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mohawk600: 30446921580955/comments/30446983504667
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I got to see some interesting tank, helicopter, and forklift accidents while in the military as a lab tech (we are generally in charge of the on base morgue)...........also a murder/suicide. I think that the accidental death rate in the military must be double the real world...........taking % population into account.
I'd wager 1/3 of the names on the Vietnam Wall were result of accident/friendly fire.
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I have a buddy that served in Nam, he was a forward radio operator, he was wounded three times ........... all by friendly fire.
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"I have a buddy that served in Nam, he was a forward radio operator, he was wounded three times ........... all by friendly fire."
Apparently not so good with map coordinates??
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