[Kenneth_Moore]

Check this gem out. My favorite comment: "Charges MAY be filed." F'ing cagers.

FHP: 2 die after I-95 collision with wrong-way driver in Dania -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com

 

[longride]

Why charge him? Just a couple of scumbag motorcyclists died. If they weren't wearing helmets, they were asking for it anyway.

 

[BrowningBAR]

"They were just north of Griffin Road when a two-door 1987 Acura traveling northbound in the southbound lanes collided with them, according to Sgt. Mark Wysocky, a highway patrol spokesman.

Tenaille and Scott were ejected from the motorcycle onto the roadway.

Tenaille, 24, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Scott, 21, died after she was taken to Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood.

Troopers are investigating the crash and are trying to dtermine if Tenaille and Scott were wearing helmets."

--WHA?! How in the f*ck does wearing a helmet change anything?! They were hit head on by someone going the wrong way on the highway.

Same thing happened to me, but in a car, while driving on the Sawgrass Expressway. Some jackhole was going south on the northbound lanes (which is really hard to do as there is a 30 yard wide divider between north and south bound lanes). I swerved at the very last possible moment and justmissed a head on collision doing 80.

 

[Kenneth_Moore]

I like the part about being "ejected from the motorcycle." I guess they weren't wearing their seatbelts. Airbags...could have saved another life.

BBar, are you trapped in the Hell known as South Florida, or was this in a previous life?

 

[longride]

Well, when your head flys off your body from the impact, they can find the head easier with a brightly colored helmet covering it. I hear the troopers were going to charge the family the time it took to find the heads of these young people, because they were more difficult to find..

 

[BrowningBAR]

Yeah, I'm BrowningBAR and I'm a reformed Floridian.

I grew up in the Fort Lauderdale area. I got out of that swampy hell on my 24th birthday and I've been clean and Florida free for over 8 years.

 

[BrowningBAR]

I wouldn't doubt it with the way Florida is run. South Florida is damn near a third world country with the way the officials run things down there.

 

[Kenneth_Moore]

I wouldn't doubt it with the way Florida is run. South Florida is damn near a third world country with the way the officials run things down there.

South Florida sucks, more than anything that has ever sucked before. I acutally had a lot of fun down here in the late 70's through the mid-90's, but now I want out. I'm trapped because I won't move away from my son who I share 50/50 with the ex.

Meanwhile, we make the best of it and try to stay alive on the deathtraps we call roads here.

 

[57335]

Troopers are investigating the crash and are trying to dtermine if Tenaille and Scott were wearing helmets. Charges could be filed, Wysocky said. Ranko pleaded guilty in 2006 to driving without a seatbelt, driving without headlights, and driving to the left of the center line, according to records.

Lame. Who f%#&ing cares if they were or weren't wearing helmets. They would be dead or injured if the dumb%&@# hadn't hit 'em. Charge him up the ass and take him out back and do some burnouts on him.

 

[57335]

Lame. Who f%#&ing cares if they were or weren't wearing helmets. They would be dead or injured if the dumb%&@# hadn't hit 'em. Charge him up the ass and take him out back and do some burnouts on him.

Correction: "...they WOULDN'T be dead or injured if the dumb%&@# hadn't hit 'em."

 

[The_AirHawk]

We were listening to what you meant, not what you were saying.

 

[mscuddy]

Yes, indeed.

What happens when some idiot in a hurry, nalis a bike, and almost kills the rider? The cops give the car driver a ticket, "Oh ,he didn't see you, no criminal intent." and you're left to put together whatever is left of your life.

I rode on the streets of Los Angeles for 35 years on a motorcycle, I was at the top of my game. Only to get side swiped by some moe in a Hyundai Santa Fee going about 55 in a 35. Didn't even know what hit me.

Just remember, no matter how good you are, or think you are, there's some SUV out there with your name on it. Ride offensive, since defensive don't work anymore. And ride like they're after you, because they are.

 

[54937]

MsCuddy,

You don't need to bold any of what you say. Your experience- or at least the 1% I can understand of it- is enough to illustrate the potential costs of riding on the street.

In my state we have a state motto that says "Live Free or Die". General John Stark wrote that years after the battle of Bennington. I can't stand partial quotes. The full quote is "Live Free or Die; Death is Not the Worst of Evils."

Many bikers can state the first part from memory. Few are even aware of the rest of the quote. Wishes don't mean squat, but I wish you weren't one of those that can truly understand both parts.

Sorry if this is maudlin. I have been dipping into my pet bottle of Luksosowa. It is a fine Polish Potato Vodka and when I drink it everyone is my comrade and I think collective thoughts. I am thinking right now about adding my neighbor's field into my collective. He needs re-education. Badly. He has two vintage John Deere tractors, and I have none.

Sincerely,
Comrade Cheesebeast

 

[The_AirHawk]

If there were Justice in this world, my friend - YOU would still be riding, and HE would be in the chair.

I could not continue on with my tiny little life if I had done something to someone, as has been done to you. I could not just walk away from someone I had wronged in this way. This is utterly Alien to me. Yet, it's the society in which we live.

Nobody takes personal responsability for their actions anymore. When my Father was killed last year - Lawyers came out of the woodwork, trying to get us to file suit. It was an EASY multi-million settlement. My Father taught us better than that, though. HE is the one that made the mistake; HE is the one that did something he foolish, something he KNEW he shouldn't, had in fact done it a hundred times over. Only, that last time claimed him.

If we had sued the business where he worked, we'd probably own it now. We'd probably own the truck manufacturer. But, my Father wouldn't rest easy, and neither would us kids. He'd be disgusted with us, and that's a Fact.

I'm sorry, man. I'm just not able to come to grips with this guy injuring you, and merely walking away as if he'd run over a dog or a cat. It infuriates me that he's not able to Man-Up and take responsibility when he KNOWS that he f'cked up.

Sorry, got too preachy here.

Someone sue me.

 

[54937]

I can't even spell maudlin. Is that correct? I can't figure out how to edit my post. Damn you DEMON RUM. My facilties are escaping me. My life force is draining. It is late here on the east coast of the USA.

Bed tiem. After a few more. Bed. b-e.d.

 

[The_AirHawk]

It's easier to call him by his first name - Karl.........

 

[The_AirHawk]

Oh, wait - not that Maldin!

 

[BrowningBAR]

Yes, the neighbor is a greedy bastard. And it isn't like he can use and appreciate both tractors at the same time. Right there is you precedent for finding the necessity of acquiring your neighbor’s surplus inventory.

It's funny; I've found a whole new appreciation for farmers. And I really don't give a damn if they are subsidized. If anyone should get "free" money, it's a farmer. Those are some hard working sunsa*****es. I've never seen so many 70+ year old individuals that could still kick my ass if I catch 'em on the wrong day.

My wife’s grandfather is 90. Still has a good patch of land he farms, raises chickens and still hunts. He shot a deer couple of months ago one morning on his land, dragged it about 2 acres back to his shed, skinned it, gutted it, and turned it into sausage all before 10am.

I am a gigantic p*ssy,
Colonel Clam

 

[54937]

Da,

I can't spell maudlin, and I can't spell solzeneitsyn when I am sober. All I know is he has two tractors, and I have none. He needs gulag.

Haven't I been mind blowingly good to the state? DOn't I pay my many blood taxes and bribes? Where is my tractor? Where is my state collective farm #4? Don't I meet my quota of people that I turn in to the state for re-education?

Farming blows. I just want tractor.

 

[54937]

Karl? Maldin?

V.O.D.K/A