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Stories from the road pt. II
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Stories from the road pt. II In a comment on a previous post someone mentioned something about the wrecks I've seen, did anyone die?  Not the most fun thing to discuss of course but in the interest of spreading the word of education to make our roads and highways safer...I saw quite a few incidents over the 5 years I drove a truck. Most were not too bad, fender<b> bender </font></b>type stuff. But I did see a few really bad messed up incredible holy crap OMG accidents  One of which happened right in front of me as I was driving into Ottumwa Iowa...yes, the home of Walter "Radar" O'Rielly. Who, incidentally, was a damn good drummer despite having a messed up left hand, from a birth defect I believe.  Yeah yeah...As I approached an intersection of a main road and a cross road I noticed there was also an access road to the frontage road about 200 feet past the intersection. I was about 300 feet away from the primary intersection when the light changed to green and I got back on the accelerator...I was slowing because of the red light... a young guy on a motorcycle came past me in the left lane. NOT speeding. He was doing the speed limit or less. Then just as I cleared the intersection a woman pulled out from the access road on the right and pulled right out in front of the guy on the bike.  it wasn't pretty. He hit square into her front right fender, did two flips in the air before hitting the pavement. He's alive and doing okay considering the extensive injuries he received. Both his lawyer and insurance company were extremely glad I was such an observant witness especially since I took pictures....here are a few....   You hear about it all the time, motorcycles in accidents. I don't get it, how can you have a driver's license and not be responsible enough to see everything going on in front of you on the streets?  I'd say it would be a safe bet to say 70% of motorcycles can be HEARD before they're seen. Seems reasonable to me you should know there's one close by and make sure you see it, yes? It's part of the responsibility of having a license, yes? Remember the motto? A driver's license is a privilege, not a right. Real basic and simple principle: look, observe, assess, react. Common sense  Everyone is on a different plane of intelligence. Some people's plane has not taken off yet!!  |
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The reason why I asked you if you had witnessed a tragic accident is because of a dear friend of mine and her husband, who was a truck driver most of his adult life, until the day he was behind a wreck involving two SUVs , were all involved in it died. Two of them were newborns twins........that did it for him, never drove a truck again! The weather is warming up and people riding motorcycles are out there, please watch out for them! WITHOUT PASSION LIFE IS NOTHING
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Excellent story .. As for bikes I am glad I don't drive them.. Most of our accidents are related to bike accident hugsssss V Become a blog watcher sweet_vm
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Almost every guy in my family drives a Harley. Uncle and aunt. Other uncle and aunt. Dad. Godfather. Every member of their band. I'm sure tons others.
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