Sad story. Maryland is a dangerous place to ride. Too many self-absorbed people on extremely congested roads. I try to stay out of the "urban" areas. I've lived all over the place (SoCal, Okinawa, Alaska, midwest, Rockies, MD, VA Beach, Florida, etc). Maryland has the worst drivers of anyplace I have lived, hands down.

Condolences to the victim's family. Truly tragic.

Condolences to the offender's family too. Although she was stupid, I am sure she did not wake up that morning and decide to kill someone. Her family will also pay.

 

Terrible waste, and tragic loss. Condolences to the survivors of this senseless fatality.

And if you do read the comments that were linked above, it's abundantly clear that nobody has any concern about this man's death or the feelings of his family, their ONLY concern is that they had to sit in traffic while it was investigated. That should tell you everything you need to know about the irresponsible selfish idiots we share the roads with.

 

The thing with cell phone laws is enforcing them. And until people get charged to get other's attentions a lot of people will continue as they have been.

I'm amazed at how many people I pull alongside and can see them with their cell phone on the steering wheel, texting away. Just shake my head and move far away.

 

I just finished a 3500 mile road trip and you are soooooo right Makes ya wanna scream!

 

I hit that intersection a lot in my Work Van . It's a Big Very Open intersection but very busy as well. I think where he was turning from was a 3 lane across a 3 lane into a 2 lane road. So there is just no excuse not to see . Most likely she just came of 95 and it has a funky merge lane and with talking on her phone she most likely came into the intersection carrying a bunch of speed . Most likely he was already committed into the intersection and looking down the road as there are several Driveways with cars coming out right after the intersection.
Very Sad R.I.P.

 

Can one purchase a cell phone jammer?

 

I know someone that rides and is also a major texter cellphone abuser. So there are riders who are guilty of it also.
He's an IDIOT.

 

That would be even scarier I think. Their cell phone going on the fritz in the middle of the call would ensure that they are dedicating 100 percent of their attention to their cell phone issue.

 

First of all, it's unfortunate that anyone has to die in an accident and my condolences go out to those involved here. Who's at fault does little to ease the pain and suffering of those left behind and does nothing to change the outcome.

Whenever I read of an accident involving a car and a motorcycle it seems that the overwhelming majority of riders will jump on the bandwagon with a "hang the driver" mentality. I am not one of those. I'll read the information available (which is typically incomplete and does not tell the whole story) and form my own thoughts of what may have happened based on the information available.

In this case, from the information available, it sounds like the motorcyclist turned in front of an oncoming vehicle. If that's the case, how can you rationalize "hanging the driver" even if she was on a cell phone? Seems to me like the motorcyclist may have been the one at fault.

Without witnessing the accident, knowing the configuration of the intersection, and all of the conditions that contributed to this unfortunate accident, all we can do is speculate.

Hanging the driver of the car is a very narrow-minded perspective to have without knowing all the facts.

 

Ain't that the truth!