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Old 08-01-2008, 05:47 PM   #11
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Old 08-01-2008, 06:21 PM   #12
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Ya gotta love the comments tho'. I mean really. What interests me is that out of the four deaths only one guy was under 30 and his accident wasn't his fault. I speed all the time so I'm not gonna point fingers or call names on this guy. Besides,you can call this dead guy a "knob" or whatever but when you get killed on the Dragon,what will be said of you? Karma is a bitch!
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Old 08-03-2008, 09:13 PM   #13
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Ya gotta love the comments tho'. I mean really. What interests me is that out of the four deaths only one guy was under 30 and his accident wasn't his fault. I speed all the time so I'm not gonna point fingers or call names on this guy. Besides,you can call this dead guy a "knob" or whatever but when you get killed on the Dragon,what will be said of you? Karma is a bitch!
What sucks is that he injured or killed his passenger. If he rides to the limit and kills himself, it was his choice. He takes his life into his own hands. Treating your passenger with such disdain is sad.

We all ride like "knobs" from time to time. I did yesterday. I'll do it tomorrow. If I buy the farm riding triple digits into the back of a truck, I'd suspect that even my friends would say I was riding like a knob.

My issue is the blind eye other riders turn toward our own behavior. If a bike and a car are involved in an incident, it MUST be the car's fault. The rider COULDN'T be at fault. There are times, many times, when a car driver caused the incident (pulling over into your lane, turning left in front of a rider, etc.). In this instance, it was a stopped car struck in the rear.

Not being judgemental. Just pointing out some inequities in the comments to the article (like many that appear below similar articles every day).
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Old 08-03-2008, 11:30 PM   #14
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What sucks is that he injured or killed his passenger. If he rides to the limit and kills himself, it was his choice. He takes his life into his own hands. Treating your passenger with such disdain is sad.

We all ride like "knobs" from time to time. I did yesterday. I'll do it tomorrow. If I buy the farm riding triple digits into the back of a truck, I'd suspect that even my friends would say I was riding like a knob.

My issue is the blind eye other riders turn toward our own behavior. If a bike and a car are involved in an incident, it MUST be the car's fault. The rider COULDN'T be at fault. There are times, many times, when a car driver caused the incident (pulling over into your lane, turning left in front of a rider, etc.). In this instance, it was a stopped car struck in the rear.

Not being judgemental. Just pointing out some inequities in the comments to the article (like many that appear below similar articles every day).
Oh sure it's too bad for the passenger but heck she may have been convincing him to go faster. I do agree that when I have a passenger,I tend to go slower and be more careful. Which is why I rarely ride anyone! Also,we don't know that the truck didn't pull into their lane. For the record I try not to automatically blame the car driver for these accidents. Quite frankly,a motorcyclist should know that cagers are basically morons and/or not paying attention and should never trust or rely on them to do anything.
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