Rider down on I35 near Dallas

[rickmillertx]

I just saw the end of a news break. They had I35 closed due to a bike and car accident. I'm concerned that it looked like a body was covered in the road. I'll see if I can find details.
Hope for the best.

Just got this from Channel 5. A fatal accident involving a motorcycle and a car has shut down northbound Interstate 35E at South Bonnie Brae Street in Denton.

A car hit the motorcycle from behind before 1 p.m. Wednesday, police said.

The motorcyclist died at the scene.

Rerouted traffic is exiting at North Texas Boulevard.

Our worst nightmare.

[1TallTXn]

:( :pray:

[Hotboot]

Sucks. Lousy 2 lane interstate occupied by lousy drivers.

[wonder91178]

Yep, the motorcyclist died, RIP :-(

http://www.nbc5i.com/traffic/9267890/detail.html

[Cruzintexas]

Yep, the motorcyclist died, RIP :-(

http://www.nbc5i.com/traffic/9267890/detail.html
THAT REALLY STINKS ! I am sure he or she are resting in peace and I know the person that hit them has to live with the fact they did it. I am the worlds worse about being in a hurry to get somewhere but when lives are a stake!!!! The punisment should fit the crime!!!!!!!!!
Steve

[Hammer]

Oh that just sets me off.
Construction sites have lots of signs.
What the heck was that driver doing that prevented them from seeing them and the vehicles (it's pretty safe to assume there was more than just the bike in the road) in front of them and stopping.

Getting hit from behind is my number 1 fear while riding.

[wonder91178]

Getting hit from behind is my number 1 fear while riding.
Since Squidward and I were hit from behind at the stop light a couple of months ago...I get chills from seeing other people getting hit...knowing what it's like to just be blindsided is one of the scariest things in the world to me and once was MORE than enough.

Ugh.

[Cruzintexas]

Oh that just sets me off.
Construction sites have lots of signs.
What the heck was that driver doing that prevented them from seeing them and the vehicles (it's pretty safe to assume there was more than just the bike in the road) in front of them and stopping.

Getting hit from behind is my number 1 fear while riding.
PHONE!!!! Biggest Killer we have!!!!!

[P-Ratt]

PHONE!!!! I'd buy that for a dollar.:thumbd:

[JuniorBiker500]

This quote from the news article really burns me up

The car's driver did not see a motorcycle slowing down for a construction zone before 1 p.m., police said.

The motorcyclist was hit from behind and died at the scene.

It almost sounds like it was the motorcyclists fault for slowing down (as required by law) and not the drivers fault for being inattentive to the traffic around him. I guess the CONSTRUCTION ZONE signs weren't enough to warn him to reduce his speed? Sorry if I'm ranting :miffed:, but it always seems to be the excuse of cage drivers that it's somehow a motorcyclists fault in an accident where it's obviously the cagers fault. "I just didn't see him officer" seems a common excuse for bad driving. Way too often does it seem like we're supposedly to blame in an accident for riding a motorcycle and not driving a car. Rant mode off :zen:

BTW, this is MC Ryder. Thought I was on my membership but I guess this was my son's (JuniorBiker500)

[Tourmeister]

No name yet?

[letsride]

Technically it's the car drivers fault but I have seen riders slow down and hold up traffic in the left lane (same for cagers too) though this might not be the case here but still it is not a safe practice IMO as it's hard to argue technicality from 6 feet under. RIP

[terrebandit]

ALWAYS keep a watchful eye on your mirrors, especially when sitting at intersections or when slowing down for basically anything. This accident might have been avoided.

[Tourmeister]

:tab Terrebandit, that might be true, but not always. I have seen lots of times where they have the jersey barriers so tight on each side of a single lane that there is no escape room. Now ideally, the rider would slow to maintain an extra big cushion up front to give the following cagers more time to react to him slowing. The downside is that doing this may cause some cagers to get RIGHT ON your backtire because they want you to go faster. This can be almost as dangerous as not having enough leading cushion. Very annoying!

[TexBiker]

I get very paranoid when they have the jersery barriers up on both sides. Leaves no room for escape. And if you get pitched off the bike, you can't roll out of the way.

[whoa]

We continue to educate the driving community, one driver/one death at a time.

RIP.

Competely senseless.

[TAPnTX]

Hmmm, I guess if that driver cant see a motorcycle and rider in the broad daylight then they should not be on the road!!!
It also amazed me how many Gold Wings were hit from behind, go figure since they have more tail light area than most cars.

Todd

[Boxercup Dave]

I always hit my brakes multiple times in the hope that the rear light flashing will draw some attention before they get to close.

Even in my car when entering a contruction zone on the highway I try to pace my self with the driver in back and try to get them to see me prior to entering the construction zone. Of course you can't do this in all cases but it may give me a bit of an edge.

As previously said there shouldn't be anyway this is the motorcyclists fault.

Sad and scary to see especially now that my wife will be riding on the back with me.

dave

[NUTT]

I wonder if this cager will face any charges?

What would apply here? Vehicular manslaughter? "The car's driver did not see a motorcycle slowing down" and then the driver ends up killing the rider. This certainly qualifies as negligence on the driver's part. I can understand if the rider locked up the brakes and stopped faster than the car is physically able to, but this doesn't sound like the case.

[bushwhacker]

I can understand if the rider locked up the brakes and stopped faster than the car is physically able to, but this doesn't sound like the case.

There was a thread, I think it was here on TWT about the relative stopping abilities of cars and bikes and all the research I read seemed to say that bikes, in general, were just not capable of stopping as quickly as cars.

Now, hopefully, we are more alert while riding than cagers, and our decreased notice and reaction time may help, but all else being equal, cars stop quicker.

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[Plane Dr]

We continue to educate the driving community, one driver/one death at a time.

RIP.

Competely senseless.

This is based on the assumption that stupid people learn. Being cynical I feel it is just the passing of another unfortunate soul. The cage driver will probably go through life blaming the guy/gal on the bike.

Watch them mirrors kids!

[Tourmeister]

:tab I read that the issue with the Goldwings is the use of trailers. Often the trailers are painted to match. Unless a driver is really paying attention, they apparently don't realize there is a trailer when they pull up behind the bikes at intersections. Thinking they still have more room to the back of the bike, they hit the trailer. No clue as to the validity of that theory though.