I can understand the family not being happy on one side.

Well they can always go for the civil lawsuit against the woman. With a DUI on top of it (actually that might be an extreme DUI, it would be in Arizona!), she might as well plan on filing for bankruptcy.

 

After looking at the picture I was wondering how the bike got up on the car like that?

It's a shame to hear about any crash. I've never been a lead foot (or lead hand for that matter) so I don't get the whole 98 in a 45 thing. I figure the speed limit is there for a reason. While I can't say I never exceed the speed limit, I do think 50 mph over it is a tad excessive.

Last time I was in a court room for a stupid ticket (parking/missing license plate on front) a guy was in there for doing in excess of 100 m.p.h.. Besides getting reckless driving he was given a $3k fine and 2000 hours of community service. Don't remeber if they suspended his license.

 

Well I see it this way.When your time is up it's up.
If you go through life worrying about dieing..think of all the life you miss out on.
Right now I'm 44.The last 26 have been spent riding Harleys and being a NYC Sandhog.If you Google that youll see what I do.Kinda like an urban miner.Explosive Blaster in tunnels and shafts.Niether the job nor the bikes have killed me.YET...
I quit smoking 6 months ago because my kids asked me to.
I started watching my diet after my wife asked me to.Eat healthier.
When I ride I ride it like I stole it.Wind screaming with a 1968 helmet that barely stays on.Over 100 you can hear the banshees wail.My 84 is a little faster than the 06 Glide once ya wind it out.Ive done all I can to the 84..
Hell if I changed the way I do things I might get hit by a bus somewhere.
Live your life,you only get one chance and you wont get out alive

 

You sure it wasn't just another way to trailer home from Laconia??

 

i was thinking the same thing... or at least a nice jester on the cage drivers part to share the tow truck...
...(I know Im a smarta$$)

 

I totally agree and the fact that I am still here is proof.......I believe God is not done with me yet......because I shoulda been dead years ago.....

 

Live your life for sure and I can say I have not been a stickler for speed limits in my past but unless you count playing russian roulette as "Living your life" then 98 in a 45 zone is just plain stupid. At the very least have some consideration for times and places.

cheers
Surly

 

98 in a 45 is stupid.
Selling a bike that will do 140 to a kid who just got his licence is stupid.
Allowing kids under 16 to smoke on the street in front of the cops without arresting them BUT, arresting the store owner for selling them the smokes in the first place is stupid.
Stupidity is most likely the only thing between us and overpopulation.
I do draw the line and try to hold reasonable limits when others might be jepordized by my actions.I dont put others in danger.
Surly you live in Perth...you swim with sharks....

 

I'd rather be dead too.... however, sometimes you end up drooling all over yourself and wearing Depends for the rest of your life.

Not advocating hellmates. Each to his own. But if you're going to ride like Superman.. you'd better be stuffing yourself into a lot of protective gear.

 

I agree on the selling bikes capable of warp speed to newbies. It is a common thing around here. Every dealer will sell some kid a Busa or ZX-14 no questions asked. If they can bury them in the note they'll push it on the kid. Even the 636's are more bike than most riders can handle.

Britan has a graduated licensing program based on CC's, try to get a bike bigger than 700 cc's in Japan... doesn't happen they are illegal. They export the stuff they think is too dangerous for thier riders.

most of these rice bkes will break triple digit speeds in second gear. I know mine does.

Honeybunch works forthe insurance co that insures those big brown trucks. she has an accident report on her desk about an accident in CT where the truck was making a left turn, some rice bike does a warp speed pass over the yellow line past the 2 cars in back of the big brown truck hitting the back of the turning truck... He was alive when they loaded him in the ambulance but DOA at the hospital.