[Kenneth_Moore]

A truck left-turned in front of a motorcycle and killed the rider. What are the odds?

28-year-old motorcyclist dies in Boynton crash -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com

 

[Kenneth_Moore]

And in a related story:

Woman sits on toilet for 2 years; Sheriff Whipple to the rescue -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com

 

[seruzawa]

Since it doesn't say whether the motorcyclist was wearing a helmet or not we don't know whether it's his fault or not. No helmet = no charges for the Ford driver. Helmet law supporters should agree with me on this. If he wasn't wearing a helmet he got what he deserved. (/sarc)

On the other hand, what did the guy do for the two years his girlfriend was sitting on the toilet? No, don't tell me. On second thought I don't really want to know.

 

[pushrod]

Seru,

It seems that they teach in Journalism 101 that if the rider is NOT wearing a helmet or the car driver is NOT wearing a seat belt, to make a point of the fact.

Otherwise, make sure you note the color of the vehicles involved.

I don't know if the young man (or the gal on the throne) was wearing a helmet, but God Bless him.

 

[longride]

"It seems that they teach in Journalism 101 that if the rider is NOT wearing a helmet or the car driver is NOT wearing a seat belt, to make a point of the fact."

What point of fact would that be, since it has no bearing on why the accident occurred in the first place? They don't let us know what color pants the rider was wearing because it is just as irrelevent to the circumstances as if he was wearing a helmet. They point it out for just the reason Seru said, if the rider wasn't wearing a helmet, then he somehow deserved what he got.

 

[BrowningBAR]

A truck left-turned in front of a motorcycle and killed the rider. What are the odds?

28-year-old motorcyclist dies in Boynton crash -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com

"when Brett Sherman, also of Boynton Beach and driving a red 2001 Ford Focus south on Congress Avenue, attempted to make a left turn onto Southwest Congress Boulevard in front of Lombardo"
--A Ford Focus is a small car with far fewer blind spots than a truck.
Ford Motor Company Vehicle Showroom - Ford

Second, if the tard was making a left turn at that point it means he was in a non-turning lane when the jackass decided to turn causing the motorcyclists death.

Is this the same Brett Sherman that killed the motorcyclist? Ft. Laugerdale isn't to far from Boynton Beach and the year he graduated from college would put him at the right age.
LinkedIn: Brett Sherman ([email protected])

 

[seruzawa]

I don't know if the young man (or the gal on the throne) was wearing a helmet, but God Bless him.

That is so wrong on so many levels.... 2 years? And the cops think that filing charges against anyone will make one bit of difference? You'd think that after 6 months someone would notice that something was out of the ordinary.

On the other hand, no man has the power to force a woman to leave the bathroom.

He should have offered to take her shopping! Sometimes that works.

 

[sarnali2]

I thought collisions with small cars were statistically more survivable than pick ups or SUV's? Guess it's a moot point when you hit 'em hard enough to spin them almost in a complete circle. Another "didn't see the motorcycle" deal I reckon.


What's so unusual about a woman spending two years in the can? I've never timed one but it sounds about right to me.....

 

[seruzawa]

So, Ken. This story is about the woman and the toilet seat is BS isn't it?

 

[Kenneth_Moore]

So, Ken. This story is about the woman and the toilet seat is BS isn't it?

You can't make stuff like that up my friend. I had nightmares of a woman's butt growing over and enveloping a toilet. Finally the woman stood, wrenching the toilet from the floor like Chief pulling up the water cabinet in "One Flew Over..." She went on to destroy Tokyo.

I have got to stop eating anchovie pizza.

 

[pplassm]

What the hell is with Florida? Seems a disproportionate number of these weird stories come out of that place.

 

[longride]

Not a big deal. A disproportionate number of weird people come from there too!

 

[Kenneth_Moore]

Not a big deal. A disproportionate number of weird people come from there too!

So if the weird people come from Florida, that means mostly normal people are left there? Naaah.

 

[pushrod]

What the hell is with Florida? Seems a disproportionate number of these weird stories come out of that place.

Not at all! It's just better reported!

And we don't have 'em all...

KVOA News 4, Tucson, Arizona - 800 Chihuahuas, terriers and other dogs seized from trailer

 

[Kenneth_Moore]

More Fun!

Damn, people have been busy killing riders around here. Here's a cager who took the initiative and went the extra mile...she swerved across three lanes to make sure she killed this guy. Once again, a rider has been "ejected from the vehicle." Shame he wasn't wearing his seatbelt.

Pembroke Pines man dies after crashing motorcycle into SUV -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com

 

[sarnali2]

An impressive display no doubt, and a good argument for retro-active abortion for our hapless cager......

 

[seruzawa]

So if the weird people come from Florida, that means mostly normal people are left there? Naaah.

I can tell you as a world traveler that no place has more weird people per capita than Japan and Utah.

 

[sarnali2]

I can tell you as a world traveler that no place has more weird people per capita than Japan and Utah.

I didn't think they allowed weird people in Japan, Utah however probably has almost as many enviro-lefty head cases as Seattle.....

First you move to the country to get back to nature...then you run the local Dairy out of business with land use regulations because cows, well.. stink

 

[pushrod]

My riding buddy's wife's cousin was killed yesterday on his bike in Crestview, FL.

Motorcyclist dies, 15-year old passenger survives - Northwest Florida Daily News

A 85 year old lady in a van turned left in front of him.

His 15-year old son just got scratched up. The boy had on a helmet; dad didn't.

I don't really know if it would make a difference when you smack a van at 45 mph.

R.I.P

 

[sarnali2]

We really ought to start testing the elderly for driving ability. My own mother continues to inflict herself on the driving public after god knows how many "little mishaps".... I think that's the single biggest reason to support mass transit in the cities and suburbs, to give these people a viable alternative to driving then yank their licenses.