Motorcyclists pops wheelie, then crashes and dies.
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First, I think it is sick that you guys keep refering to evolution as just doing its job. This kid was obviously not the brightest cookie in the jar but that doesn't mean we should all gather around and proclaim his death as a wonderful splendid event that got rid of another retarded person on earth. Well, I believe this kids life could have been saved and if I knew him I would have done everyhing in my power to help teach him about safe ridinig and RESPONSIBILITY. But, if all you want to do is make fun of a person who unnecesarily lost their life then I guess you guys are just another example of evolution at work.
Ricardo
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yet ANOTHER left turner incident
It's OK. I was just playing devil's advocate for a second. Though technically she should be cited for failure to yield.
Any person who looks a copper in the eye and then speeds off can not be saved thru any amount of education. About the only kind that will do any good is for them to suffer a significant crash and then they *might* be willing to listen. Pity his lesson resulted in death.
It's OK. I was just playing devil's advocate for a second. Though technically she should be cited for failure to yield.
Any person who looks a copper in the eye and then speeds off can not be saved thru any amount of education. About the only kind that will do any good is for them to suffer a significant crash and then they *might* be willing to listen. Pity his lesson resulted in death.
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Ricardo- Have you ever heard the phrase "Stupidity kills". If the death of this squid stops one of his friends from doing the same thing then it was worth it. Acts of stupidity have to have consequences. If they don't then the stupid stay stupid. Sorry for the family loss. Sorry for the victim. Not sorry for the squid.
I have to second this. I wonder what kind of person it takes to be happy that someone lost their life. This kid popped a wheelie. HE made a stupid, irtresposible mistake. The same kind of thing that we have all done from time to time, but for whatever reason, have lived on. Can you hoonestly say that you have never done any boneheaded or irresposible move that luckily did not cause you or someone else harm?
Speed really could be the factor...
There are several factors at work here...
1. A 16 year old who has probably been driving less then a year is not going to have a lot of experience judging speed and distance before turning left in front of someone. I know my daughters have had that problem when they first started driving.
2. When you add in the fact sport bikes have a very small frontal area and combine that with speeds over a 100 mph in a 45 mph zone (slower during school times) and you have a recipe for disaster even for an experienced driver.
3. Now lets add in the fact that the motorcyclist was in wheelie mode for how far we dont know, he could have still been in a wheelie when the driver pulled out in front of him, not exactly the best mode to be in to make sudden evasive actions or slow down.
4. I know this area, there are several schools and parks, not an area to be speeding in the first place.
There are several factors at work here...
1. A 16 year old who has probably been driving less then a year is not going to have a lot of experience judging speed and distance before turning left in front of someone. I know my daughters have had that problem when they first started driving.
2. When you add in the fact sport bikes have a very small frontal area and combine that with speeds over a 100 mph in a 45 mph zone (slower during school times) and you have a recipe for disaster even for an experienced driver.
3. Now lets add in the fact that the motorcyclist was in wheelie mode for how far we dont know, he could have still been in a wheelie when the driver pulled out in front of him, not exactly the best mode to be in to make sudden evasive actions or slow down.
4. I know this area, there are several schools and parks, not an area to be speeding in the first place.
Darwin might apply. The kid might have been smart however. We don't know. It certainly appears that he was not wise, at least at that moment. Wisdom is not genetic--it is learned. I am thankful that my 3 M/C related trips to the ER were not fatal. Hmmm, one of those visits was from a wheelie incident, now that I think about it. I guess I am just a lucky fool. I'm sure that we all could get wiser in our riding. Most important is imparting wisdom to the next generation. I am thinking about how the kid's parents are feeling after this.
One of Solomon's proverbs: Proverbs 10:1
A wise son brings joy to his father,
but a foolish son, heartache to his mother.
Boromir
One of Solomon's proverbs: Proverbs 10:1
A wise son brings joy to his father,
but a foolish son, heartache to his mother.
Boromir
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Gloating over the kids death is crass and uncalled for but I'll save my sympathy for the girl and the kids family. His own willfull stupidity took him out.
This isn't some tragic accident, the guy did it to himself purposely baiting the cop, then taking off at high speed on one wheel. Suppose instead of a left turning cage the dip sh*t had pasted some little kid on a bicycle, where would your sympathy be then?
This isn't some tragic accident, the guy did it to himself purposely baiting the cop, then taking off at high speed on one wheel. Suppose instead of a left turning cage the dip sh*t had pasted some little kid on a bicycle, where would your sympathy be then?
Too bad the 16 year old girl wasn't killed as well. Following the theme here, she will at some point in her life make a dumb mistake (like all people) and hurt or possible kill another person. If she would have died during this incident, future mistakes would be mute. Right?
We live and we die.
Life is no more complicated or important than that. How people like you can go around pretending that every single life is sacred and meaningful is just beyond me. It was the kids life. He died doing something stupid. Its too bad for his family and other loved ones that will miss him. But dude, his life was and is none of your damn business. Get over it.
Life is no more complicated or important than that. How people like you can go around pretending that every single life is sacred and meaningful is just beyond me. It was the kids life. He died doing something stupid. Its too bad for his family and other loved ones that will miss him. But dude, his life was and is none of your damn business. Get over it.
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