M/C Runs red light 3 dead

[rodekyll]

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. 

Be careful out there!

[cloudbase]

When you consider the energy required to tip over an SUV, the bike must have been really moving.

[Lannis]

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 ....

[ITSec]

"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.

[Sasquatch Jim]

 Clicked on it and scrolled a bunch.  Saw nothing about a motorcycle.

[Triple Jim]

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.

[rodekyll]

Here's the current link:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-3-dead-1-critically-hurt-in-crash-20161003-story.html

[normzone]

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.

[Nic in Western NYS]

We're always tuned into the risks posed to us, not always to the risks posed by us.

[chaoselephant23]

We're always tuned into the risks posed to us, not always to the risks posed by us.

 :1:

[Triple Jim]

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.

[Sasquatch Jim]

 The car was torpedoed by an idiot who killed himself and two other people.

[Nic in Western NYS]

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.