November 17, 2003
POOR FELLOW
A bad end for a young man this morning. I came upon a wreck a couple of miles from the house. Seems a guy on a motorcycle was speeding over the Julington Creek Bridge and ran into the back of a tractor-trailer cab. He got hung up on the cab and was dragged 40 or 50 yards before the driver could stop.
One came upon the bike first, about halfway across the bridge. A Suzuki rice rocket, shattered into pieces. Then came the tractor cab. There was so much blood pouring out from underneath I thought the fuel tank had ruptured, until I saw the body on the other side of the truck. In fact, state troopers had deployed a fuel spill boom to contain it. Just horrific.
It transpired this guy was speeding, and weaving in and out of traffic, and not wearing a helmet. Still, nobody, nobody, deserves that sad fate. One can only hope he never felt a thing.
I saw previews for The Last Samurai yesterday. Apparently Tom Cruise is the only samurai warrior who didn't wear a helmet.
Don't you see? The young man you saw was simply too good looking to wear a helmet. Better to die young than get old and slow and gray.
Maybe. All I can say is he didn't die good looking.
Posted by: Velociman at November 17, 2003 6:37 PMWhat a way to go..
Posted by: Eric at November 17, 2003 7:54 PMI'd rather die old and grey...uh, very very old, and maybe not so grey.
Posted by: Laura at November 18, 2003 7:06 AMNatural selection at work.
Posted by: Rankin' Rob at November 18, 2003 9:34 AMSounds like you live out in my neck of the woods. Glad I didn't see that.
Posted by: Jeff at November 18, 2003 9:17 PMWith over 250,000 two-wheeled miles logged in 39 states, covering a 30+ year riding career, all I can say is.
Sad, but.... good riddance.
I've paid my dues, having traded in my Gold Wing in '98, for 5 stainless screws in my ankle, a divorce and the loss of a comfortably affluent lifestyle.
And I wouldn't trade a freakin' MILE of it.
I love riding. That, and sailing, it's the most alive you'll feel in the civilian world, sex notwithstanding.
But I am a fierce advocate of rider training,(not the DMV drivel, PERFORMANCE training).
That said, the rider described was just too stupid to swim in the gene-pool.
Vehicular Darwinism. ( i need to trademark that )
Our new natural predator; sadly necessary.
Jim
Sloop New Dawn
Galveston, TX
What Rankin' Rob said. Riding a motorcyle might be fun, but not when you endanger your own life and the lives of other drivers.
I wouldn't be here if my dad died from his motorcycle crash. He was hit by a driver who had been blinded by the sun and she didn't see him.
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