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Please cite or give us a link to the article. Unattributed "...I read somewhere..." posts is how false rumors get started. I'm as interested as you are to know what happened, but I not via fake news.
I no longer own a Guzzi, but for some reason, I enjoy reading this board daily. I guess I have always been impressed with the community, the willingness to help strangers whose only bond is the enjoyment of a common motorcycle brand. It's nice to see that community at work in such divisive times. With that in mind, I can not understand how this thread grew to blame the victims based on what gear they may or may not have been wearing based upon their brand, Harley. If the driver of the Ram 2500 and 20-foot trailer had pulled out a gun, or thrown an explosive device at the riders, would we be having this discussion? Regardless if he was DUI, etc he could not control a deadly weapon and now 7 people whose common bond was service to their country and love for riding are dead. I hope regardless of circumstances the driver faces a long prison term and never is given the privilege of driving again. If earlier posts are correct and he had been convicted of DUI etc, the company who hired him and it's owner are sued and lose any wealth they might have gained from this business, and also face jail time. Justice not prayers or blame is my wish.
You want to throw the truck driver in jail despite you having no real evidence so far that I see he was at fault? No one is blaming the riders, we are discussing possibilities based on past expereinces....His rig was wrecked on the wrong side of the road, WTF happened? Swerved to avoid a deer, texting, sun in his eyes, he had a blowout? He LOST CONTROL and now 7 people are dead. No, I don't think he will be sent to jail after a trial. Motorists who kill cyclists, motorcyclists, pedestrians, or other motorists rarely are.
Such a tragic event, so sad.I'm curious to see if those "Jarheads MC, US Marine vets, and possible friends" were wearing safe and certified helmets. Paul
Here is you answer from the Washington Post this AM
It happened near the junction of 2 and 115, close to Randolph. The driver crossed the line, over corrected and the trailer and truck cut through the riders like a scythe. It’s not speculation. It’s a 50mph zone. There is nothing the riders could have done since it was a 90-100mph closing speed. No amount of gear saves you when there is a 100mph impact with solid steel and you’re on a 700lb motorcycle . The energy involved makes the talk in this thread about helmets irrelevant. The bickering about fault and such is disrespectful. I ride Route 2 almost every weekend. It was a terrible accident and could have happened to any of us. ANY...of us.
Yeah, you don't want to cross the line into be disrespectful. And, I rather doubt that there is anyone on this forum who doesn't feel sorrow for the riders and their families.It's human nature though, and particularly motorcycle rider nature, to ask, 'would I have been one of the fatalities, or is there something I regularly do or could do to avoid it'. So, it's not about "laying blame", it's about not personally making the same mistake.
I am sympathetic but this is one of many reasons why group rides should be avoided.JB
Yep, you'd be just as croaked in a small car
Posted this elsewhere but will again here.2005 heading north in inside lane of 4 lane divided hwy wearing proper gear & a Schuberth helmet between 60-65mph (posted 65mph)having slowed slightly thru an intersection. A kid turned left into the middle of my K75 in the middle of the intersection. Woke up laying in the outside lane with a crowd around me & the ambulance there. Ga Hwy Report measured my impact 55 feet from where I was hit. ( Half the distance of the Wright Bros 1st flight. LOL)Left front chinbar of the Schuberth ground flat, face shield scraped & gouged, LARGE saucer size chunk out of the left rear & a cup size chunk out of the right rear. The chinbar stayed latched.I was treated & released in 2 hrs later with 4 stitches in lower left leg & a concussion. I was on crutches for 2 weeks & sore for many weeks.Aftermath: bought an FJR 1 week after the accident. Shop delivered it but I couldn't get a leg over it for 5 weeks. Sat in the garage w/ a coke snack & micro cloth.Schberth requested the helmet to analyze & gave me 50% off a replacement.FWIW