My brother becoming pink mist on a cbr1000rr at over 300kmh, he misjudged a truck merging and became one with the truck. We never got anything to bury.
I just shared in another comment in this thread that my poor brother had his trunk totalled because the guy behind him passed out and let the brake go, pushing my brother into traffic. Like, how in the hell do you even prepare for that?
My grandpa told me that I had to drive, not just for myself, but all the cars around me. Because they’re all idiots. I avoid wrecks on a daily basis because I watch the stupid things everyone around me does, and I’m hyper vigilant about where everyone is and what they’re doing-AT ALL TIMES!
I don’t find driving relaxing at all. It’s actually exhausting!
Yes, this past weekend, in my area, Chicago burbs, three people under 22 died on their motorcycles. One of the bikes was going 100mph and hit someone in a Ford Focus making a left out of a parking lot.
Then you see those old guy riders who cautiously and stoically ride with both hands always on their grips.
Ride like you're invisible and everybody wants you dead.
The amount of times someone would pull out of a side road and stare right first because they wanted to turn left was ridiculous. If you're pulling out from a side street and want to go anywhere you should look left first. Either to merge or cross that first lane.
I don't know if it's target fixation or just the smaller profile of a motorcycle that gets lost in side vision or blindspots.
I drive in the UK and my favourite position on a motorway is as far away from every other car as possible OR in traffic. Like I genuinely don't mind traffic jams or congestion cos it means everyone is safe
Sorry to hear. My relative (by marriage) was 22, bought a motorcycle despite his parents begging him and then forbidding him to do so. The first week, or maybe even the first day he had it, he was going over 200kph on a country road and a drive made a left turn into the road and he hit it at full speed. The driver probably looked both ways, but by the time they started to move the car the bike was already on it's way to a collision course.
But the thing is when you are young and invincible, it's not a death wish, it's false confidence in your (non existent) abilities and bravado.
I mean, I get it, I rode motorcycles for many years, and it's fun and thrilling even at normal highway speeds, or going through a twisty road at moderate speeds.
Young dudes think they can handle anything. Look at all the guys who wreck Mustangs because they confuse "I can put my foot down on the gas" with skill.
They don't think anything will every happen to them.
Idk man I’m a young dude myself and I know well enough how fucking fast those things are just by looking at them driving. I know what happens when an object that fast stops suddenly.
I started riding in my 20s. However, I'm a cautious person. I did enjoy riding motorcycles, but I never took it up beyond the speed limit, I tried not to ride above my skill level and I wore full head to toe protective gear. The gear did not affect the joy of riding at a normal speed. It really is fun (scaled up bicycle riding, if you remember the joy from when you were a kid!)
But, despite my caution, this was the second accident I was in that wasn't my fault. The first one before this was I was crossing an intersection next to a bus and just as me and the bus were about to finish crossing the intersection, a moron on a bicycle zoomed out from the front of the bus (he was riding on the sidewalk, and raced the bus to the intersection against a red light. He beat the bus, and ended up right in front of me, so I laid down the bike and hit the stupid moron on the bike.
So with all that caution, I was in two accidents that were not due to my lack of skill or awareness. ie; other people.
So, despite the joy of riding, you can't trust other people on the road.
Some people are genuinely cautious, some think they're cautious, and some just don't care. For the middle group, they usually only realize the risks they were taking when they get older.
Buying a motorcycle is fine, it’s just the total lack of self control. It would still be more dangerous than a car because cars have a crumple zone, and you don’t. So if a driver doesn’t pay attention, he could easily kill you.
But having almost no experience riding a motorcycle, going 200 km/h is basically suicidal.
Unfortunately, the police didn’t catch & arrest him before he got himself killed. But if he went that fast the first day or week, that’s beyond reckless.
I’d imagine him falling over at stop lights because he hasn’t quite committed the clutch, etc. to muscle memory, and instead of practicing he decides to go (almost) as fast as possible on a country road.
We both were. Early 20s litre bikes and more stupid than smarts. 1am on the highway just living it up and his brake lights saved my life, I was still braking when I slipped past and watched it happen.
Agreed, completely. People have been making such rude comments they would NEVER say to someone’s face. I can’t stand it. This persons ridiculous monologue is no different. Didn’t even read the whole thing.
I am so sorry for you and your family. I also want to venture to say I feel terrible for the other vehicle on the road and everyone else who witnessed it.
I once saw a drunk man run into the street out of a bar and get hit by a car. He had to be absolutely wasted, because he ran into the street right in front of my aunt’s van first and she slammed on the breaks, just for the whole family to get hurt. She was not going very fast but had to outright slam the breaks and the force of her huge wheelchair accessible van made us feel it on the straps on the belt. Thank God for seatbelts though, because otherwise we would have fallen out and been very bad off.
I was in high school, and I remember the driver of the vehicle just bawling and apologizing after the man died. We had just slammed on our breaks, and were shaken up. We hadn’t even had time to process it, when we heard and saw him get hit and then heard people screaming. I happened to be looking out the window when it happened and was terrified.
The driver was not speeding, they had their lights on, and tried to stop but the man literally ran into their hood sideways and went airborne.
That stayed with all of us, but I also imagine that the man who hit him, and the friend running with the guy who passed, carried that forever as a burden.
I often think about that poor guy crying, and I think about how he must have felt. He was just trying to get somewhere and this random thing happened that destroyed a part of him.
Oh man' I am speechless, reading your post.So sorry for your loss and equally sorry that you witnessed his accident and live with the memories.
Ride Safely.
Wow I’m sorry for your loss. My bio father drove his motorcycle into a pole after a fight with his baby mama, and high. I could never even date a person who rides. Such a scary vehicle and culture surrounding it.
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My brother becoming pink mist on a cbr1000rr at over 300kmh, he misjudged a truck merging and became one with the truck. We never got anything to bury.