Rossmeyer Accident Report
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08-02-2009, 03:27 PM
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#83
08-02-2009, 04:09 PM
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Benn thinking ( yeah I know)..but let's assume ( that's what we've been ding anyway)
you're riding along a lonely stretch of highway with 5 riding buds....you come upon a truck pulling a camper, OK you're doing 70MPH...everything else is perfect ( weather, road, riders etc...) the truck/camper is doing say 60MPH....everyone takes a look, clear ahead and passes....
OK, same scenario except the truck/camper is doing 20MPH...ummmmm something is going on here....the reason I say that is the truck was turning into a dirt road....not to many trucks make that turn at 60MPH..
I feel it would incumbent upon the riders to make sure the path was clear to pass and that the truck/camper doing 20 MPH was not turning, stopping etc.....
It would be entirely different of the bikes were on the road and the truck/camper made a left turn into the bikes.....
I think we'll find that it was a tragic accident.....no ones fault, bad decisions made.
you're riding along a lonely stretch of highway with 5 riding buds....you come upon a truck pulling a camper, OK you're doing 70MPH...everything else is perfect ( weather, road, riders etc...) the truck/camper is doing say 60MPH....everyone takes a look, clear ahead and passes....
OK, same scenario except the truck/camper is doing 20MPH...ummmmm something is going on here....the reason I say that is the truck was turning into a dirt road....not to many trucks make that turn at 60MPH..
I feel it would incumbent upon the riders to make sure the path was clear to pass and that the truck/camper doing 20 MPH was not turning, stopping etc.....
It would be entirely different of the bikes were on the road and the truck/camper made a left turn into the bikes.....
I think we'll find that it was a tragic accident.....no ones fault, bad decisions made.
#84
08-02-2009, 07:32 PM
Okay.......... One more guess, repeat guess.
Let's the say the campers turn signal was on for a really, really, long time. I know here in Florida, and elsewhere, that 'some' people seem to turn there signals on way ahead, and I mean way ahead, or way too late. Maybe the riders got tired of waiting. They're probably not sure, or can't see any stop signs or turn-offs coming up, the blinker has been going on for 1/2 mile, maybe 1-2 miles, and...............
Just a guess.
Let's the say the campers turn signal was on for a really, really, long time. I know here in Florida, and elsewhere, that 'some' people seem to turn there signals on way ahead, and I mean way ahead, or way too late. Maybe the riders got tired of waiting. They're probably not sure, or can't see any stop signs or turn-offs coming up, the blinker has been going on for 1/2 mile, maybe 1-2 miles, and...............
Just a guess.
#85
08-02-2009, 10:14 PM
That's possible, but in that situation, I always approach the subject vehicle at only a couple of miles per hour faster than they are going. As I approach the drivers door, I make lots of noise, so they know I'm there. If the guy turns in front of me, I've got a really good chance of avoiding the vehicle at the speed I'm running.
It's easy to say, but I wasn't there either.
It's easy to say, but I wasn't there either.
#86
08-02-2009, 10:22 PM
Here is the link to the accident report from Bruce Rossmeyer's motorcycle accident yesterday.
http://www.news-journalonline.com/do...yer_report.pdf
http://www.news-journalonline.com/do...yer_report.pdf
His SEX was 73?...looks like someone FUBARed that one...
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08-07-2009, 09:30 AM
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Who knows if the guy really had the turn signal on? Was it his word against a dead man
just asking........my bud was knocked out cold by a guy backing out of his driveway without looking, he just shot right out( witness later testified) but he told the cops it was my buds fault , my buddy could not say what happened on accident site as he was in meat wagon out cold.
Just saying I was not there............RIP to Bruce..
just asking........my bud was knocked out cold by a guy backing out of his driveway without looking, he just shot right out( witness later testified) but he told the cops it was my buds fault , my buddy could not say what happened on accident site as he was in meat wagon out cold.
Just saying I was not there............RIP to Bruce..
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08-07-2009, 11:24 AM
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