tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950664143576637249.post6183711772081120445..comments2024-03-22T18:01:20.065-05:00Comments on Geezer with a Grudge: A Series of Dumb DecisionsT.W. Dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04078254371483458356noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950664143576637249.post-90775082234790806372016-07-18T08:46:55.588-05:002016-07-18T08:46:55.588-05:00Yup. I also wish there were a practical way to de...Yup. I also wish there were a practical way to define the difference between "legally at fault" and "this is your fault; you totally could have avoided that, you moron."<br /><br />In this instance, as I said, the truck driver was clearly legally at fault. But the rider really should have been able to avoid that.<br /><br />Oh well.Andy Mckenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11381746284574559808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950664143576637249.post-32088452112354758892016-07-13T20:33:34.832-05:002016-07-13T20:33:34.832-05:00Andy I agree with all of your analysis. It's r...Andy I agree with all of your analysis. It's rare that finding the actual "fault" in a crash is useful, when a motorcycle is involved. In this case, the doofus was incedibly lucky. <br /><br />I think the kid just fixated on the pad and drove right into it. I saw no sign of an evasive movement. Everything about his riding style screams "squid!" I suspect he'll be selling the bike gear soon and will be one of those "Motorcycles are too dangerous" ex-riders any day now. But he can say he was a "motorcyclist" without anyone but all of us laughing at the claim. T.W. Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04078254371483458356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950664143576637249.post-71468383940805763692016-07-08T07:56:42.114-05:002016-07-08T07:56:42.114-05:00I agree. This was my commentary on facebook:
OK...I agree. This was my commentary on facebook:<br /><br /><br />OK, let's start here: The truck driver is clearly at fault. I'm not going to blame the motorcyclist here. I'm glad he was mostly uninjured. BUT:<br /><br />The rider was gaining pretty rapidly on a truck with a weird load on it. To me, that's strike one. Always give vehicles with odd loads extra space.<br /><br />When the foam roll came loose, it immediately started moving right... and the motorcyclist tried to dodge right. Someone from a local rider training group says "usually you go to the right because there’s no oncoming traffic that way.” Except that that's dumb. The training course I took emphasized that you might need to go in either direction, and you'd better be ready to do it. I have had to dodge left several times. If he'd dodged left, he would have been fine... and on a divided highway with a broad grassy median, there couldn't be any oncoming traffic.<br /><br />WHY was he wearing shorts? OK, he's quoted as saying he couldn't afford the armored pants, and had just bought the jacket, but seriously? Not even jeans?<br />The helmet probably saved his life, and the jacket probably saved him a lot of injury, but still...Andy Mckenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11381746284574559808noreply@blogger.com