The New And Improved Unofficial R65 Forum V2
General Category => Totally Off-Topic Discussions, Rants, Tire & Oil Threads, Etc. => Topic started by: Melena on March 25, 2010, 08:36:14 PM
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Hey Phoenixians and other Arizonians,
Heard something on the news today about a truck running over a group of 10 bikers in Phoenix. They aren't saying anything much about it except that 3 of them died and a bunch were hurt badly. What the heck happened? :o
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Here's a link to a local news source .
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/152202
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I couldn't get Bob's link to work, but found this one...
(https://bmwr65.org/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eastvalleytribune.com%2Fthumbnails-478%2C350%2Fimages%2Fphotos%2F2010%2F03%2F25%2Fy7zmr0r.jpg&hash=db12a92b2ea9bb7e369ff3f77307a01bf09a5082) (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MOTORCYCLE_CRASH_AZOL-?SITE=AZMES&SECTION=STATE&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT)
Click the picture for the story link.
:o :o What was this guy doing instead of driving??? Horrific...
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That's terrible.
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That link is not working now .
Try this one .
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/03/25/20100325phoenix-motorcycle-crash-abrk.html
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CNN website doesn't even have a story on it, but they now do have a story on a big traffic accident in Kentucky. Yikes - be careful on the roads out there, it seems people everywhere have forgotten how to drive! :-/
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In the article I read, a witness spoke with the truck driver who said that he had been shuffling some papers around or something. Eyes off the road. 9 bikes have to be more visible than any car.
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In the article I read, a witness spoke with the truck driver who said that he had been shuffling some papers around or something. Eyes off the road. 9 bikes have to be more visible than any car.
HELL! The bikes were stopped, which means either a traffic light or a stop sign.
If the bikes hadn't been there, he would have blown right through that intersection!
But I did the same thing 18 months ago..... :-/
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This guy took out not only the bikes, but also the 2 cars in front of them. :o
Another reason to not ride in groups and to always pay attention to what's happening all around you. When I stop at a light or stop sign I really try to be to the left or the right and not right in the middle - gives me an escape route. I think I read that somewhere - maybe in the MSF training - and it stuck in my mind.
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Here's an update, one more person involved in the incident died sometime Friday .
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/03/27/20100327driver-in-phoenix-motorcycle-crash.html
The incident happened at a major arterial street intersection, chances are, that if no vehicles had been sitting at the light, the truck would have gone through a red light, possibly caused another collision, the outcome wouldn't have been much better in any case .
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Terrible........
Professional drivers what can i say...this happened on the A1M near me the other day,The truck driver said he didn't realize he had an accident when stopped by police 2 miles later
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJoe3lmsr6A
fortunately no one was seriously hurt in this one.
Lou
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Sad terrible news.... :'(
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Here's the latest update on this story .
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/04/14/20100414phoenix-motorcycle-crash-driver-indicted-manslaughter.html
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Thought I'd resurrect this thread with a little more information a year and a half later .
My employer has an employee blog site, a thread came up last week about driving impaired .
A flight attendant here made a posting about losing her sister in a horrific crash that was caused by a driver of a garbage truck under the influence of crystal meth, ran over motorcyclists at a traffic light, it was the same one in this news article .
Six of the motorcyclists died of their injuries, three at the scene and three later on in the hospital, three survived, but are in very bad shape, none can walk and aren't expected to, ever again.
She mentioned that the driver of the truck, for the time being has been granted a mistrial .
Why you ask ?
A legal technicality, there is nothing in any Arizona law that establishes a legal limit for impairment for crystal meth .
In her words, there is a very good likelihood of him walking away from this with no jail time !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He has been released from jail and has his driving privileges reinstated .
WTF !!!!!
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There is no justice in the world.
If there is any balance in the universe, that guy will get run over by a dozen Hell's Angels who are all high on meth.
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Come on Arizona. What about Manslaughter? What about careless and reckless? There must be many charges that they could hold this person for?? :(
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Well, at least things were handled differently in Utah this week:
http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/09/13/utah.motorcycle.crash/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
Thank heavens for people willing to help others in need!
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Well, at least things were handled differently in Utah this week:
http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/09/13/utah.motorcycle.crash/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
Thank heavens for people willing to help others in need!
I wonder if the driver of the car was one of those that helped.
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I'm not sure - I hope that he wasn't the guy in the suit on the cell phone..
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A little good news... Arizona prosecutors plan to retry that idiot dump truck driver...
http://www.kpho.com/story/15343128/prosecutors-plan-to-retry-man-in-motorcycle-deaths
Btw, his lawyer needs to burn in hell.... >:(