I am somewhat familiar with motorcycles. The trouble with them is that car drivers often can't or don't see them. They are much smaller than other vehicles. Cars therefore often move into their lane without seeing them which is very bad as you can imagine. Motorcylces are likely to get squished by the big semi trucks. So it's safest for the motorcyle enthusiasts to steer well clear of other vehicles and try to move in such a way that other drivers can actually see them. Being run over is no fun. As to who the police will decide is at fault in this particular case....who knows. And imo it's always best to wear helmits. A friend of mine just had her brother in law killed in a bike accident. Her sister sustained an extremely nasty injury to her leg. In my younger days I was a passenger on a bike where we hit a 2 x 4 going 70 mph. We flew through the air and landed nicely and went on. It all happened so fast that only afterwards did I realize that if said piece of wood hadn't been exactly at right angles to the bike I wouldn't be sitting here typing to you nice people today.
There was a nasty bike accident near the entrance of Best Friends recently on the highway where the driver was killed. A vehicle didn't see him I guess and ran him down as he was turning off the highway. After that the highway people but in a turn lane there. Imo bikes are not at all safe. Says I in my old age. I wouldn't drive or be a passenger on one any more.
As for Splinters. the Cards story beginning does remind me a bit of the beginning of Carousel Tides. I'm sorry that we won't get to read the conclusion of the story. Perhaps with one or more of them you will change your mind if there's enough public outcry.
Hope tomorrow your nerves will recover. I also hope the driver of the motorcycle isn't too badly hurt.
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mmmag
Motorcycles
Date: 2011-07-08 07:44 am (UTC)There was a nasty bike accident near the entrance of Best Friends recently on the highway where the driver was killed. A vehicle didn't see him I guess and ran him down as he was turning off the highway. After that the highway people but in a turn lane there. Imo bikes are not at all safe. Says I in my old age. I wouldn't drive or be a passenger on one any more.
As for Splinters. the Cards story beginning does remind me a bit of the beginning of Carousel Tides. I'm sorry that we won't get to read the conclusion of the story. Perhaps with one or more of them you will change your mind if there's enough public outcry.
Hope tomorrow your nerves will recover. I also hope the driver of the motorcycle isn't too badly hurt.
C.