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Title: M/C Runs red light 3 dead
Post by: rodekyll on October 04, 2016, 01:17:55 AM: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/

Not a lot of detail. Apparently the SUV had the light and was turning. Bike with 2 aboard blew the stop. Both on the bike and the SUV passenger dead. Must have t-boned the SUV at the passenger door at a fair rate of speed, and the light must have been red for a while if the passenger was vulnerable. :cry:

Be careful out there!
Title: Re: M/C Runs red light 3 dead
Post by: cloudbase on October 04, 2016, 08:30:38 AM: When you consider the energy required to tip over an SUV, the bike must have been really moving.
Title: Re: M/C Runs red light 3 dead
Post by: Lannis on October 04, 2016, 09:15:07 AM: Quote from: cloudbase on October 04, 2016, 08:30:38 AM
When you consider the energy required to tip over an SUV, the bike must have been really moving.

Probably 100+ MPH. Running with scissors is fun till someone gets an eye put out ....
Title: Re: M/C Runs red light 3 dead
Post by: ITSec on October 04, 2016, 12:19:51 PM: "Never underestimate the power of human stupidity." - RAH

As much as we justifiably complain about people with four wheels (or more) doing dumb stuff, sometimes our fellow riders demonstrate their own distinct brand of foolishness.
Title: Re: M/C Runs red light 3 dead
Post by: Sasquatch Jim on October 04, 2016, 01:08:52 PM: Clicked on it and scrolled a bunch. Saw nothing about a motorcycle.
Title: Re: M/C Runs red light 3 dead
Post by: Triple Jim on October 04, 2016, 01:34:50 PM: Quote from: Sasquatch Jim on October 04, 2016, 01:08:52 PM
Clicked on it and scrolled a bunch. Saw nothing about a motorcycle.

Try CTL-F to bring up the search box, and type "motorcycle" in it. That's how I found it.
Title: Re: M/C Runs red light 3 dead
Post by: rodekyll on October 04, 2016, 05:01:56 PM: Here's the current link:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-3-dead-1-critically-hurt-in-crash-20161003-story.html
Title: Re: M/C Runs red light 3 dead
Post by: normzone on October 04, 2016, 06:52:38 PM: Running with scissors indeed - back in the early eighties local paper here had a pic of a Plymouth Duster on it's roof, with a motorcycle stuck in the passenger door. Rider and car passenger dead, estimated 100 mph motorcycle in a residential neighborhood.

I've got a couple of coworkers who go up the white line at eighty, next time the topic comes up I'll use your running with scissors line, thank you.
Title: Re: M/C Runs red light 3 dead
Post by: Nic in Western NYS on October 05, 2016, 12:08:02 PM: We're always tuned into the risks posed to us, not always to the risks posed by us.
Title: Re: M/C Runs red light 3 dead
Post by: chaoselephant23 on October 05, 2016, 08:42:13 PM: Quote from: Nic in Western NC on October 05, 2016, 12:08:02 PM
We're always tuned into the risks posed to us, not always to the risks posed by us.

:1:
Title: Re: M/C Runs red light 3 dead
Post by: Triple Jim on October 05, 2016, 10:33:36 PM: I think about them a lot more, now that I have a wife and kids. And interestingly, I enjoy riding more than ever at the same time.
Title: Re: M/C Runs red light 3 dead
Post by: Sasquatch Jim on October 06, 2016, 12:54:40 AM: The car was torpedoed by an idiot who killed himself and two other people.
Title: Re: M/C Runs red light 3 dead
Post by: Nic in Western NYS on October 06, 2016, 04:37:24 AM: Quote from: Sasquatch Jim on October 06, 2016, 12:54:40 AM
The car was torpedoed by an idiot who killed himself and two other people.
That about sums it up. Bike as manned guided missile or torpedo, but with a passenger. RIP to all of them.