Holy crapola...motorcyclist struck in the head by lightning.

[twowheeladdict]

And yesterday on I-75 3 HD's taken out by a semi. Florida is a tough place to ride

Yep, and the shortage of qualified, competent truck drivers isn't helping matters either. 

[JC85]

Yep, and the shortage of qualified, competent truck drivers isn't helping matters either.

From reading the article about the incident, it sounds more like it was a couple of novice riders on rented bikes that caused it. Both riders were tourists from Italy, both riding new Harley FLTRXes. Traffic slowed ahead of them, one lost control and went down, other crashed into him, and the semi ran them both over. Sad, but doesn't sound like it was the fault of the truck driver at all.

[twowheeladdict]

From reading the article about the incident, it sounds more like it was a couple of novice riders on rented bikes that caused it. Both riders were tourists from Italy, both riding new Harley FLTRXes. Traffic slowed ahead of them, one lost control and went down, other crashed into him, and the semi ran them both over. Sad, but doesn't sound like it was the fault of the truck driver at all.

Thanks for the clarification on the specific incident, but doesn't change my statement.  I avoid interstates as much as possible because today's trucker takes way too many chances.  Of course you have the corporate driver who is governed and monitored and trained, but I have seen enough risk taking truckers out there to convince me to stay off the interstates as much as I can.