Fatal motorcycle accident

[ramanth]

That's so sad.

When I was 15, my parents and I were first on the scene at a drunk driving accident. The drunk driver was actually tailgaiting us, and when he finally roared past us, my dad said, "He's gonna kill someone."

Minutes later we come up to find the truck had hit a car full of teenagers head on. The drunk driver fled the scene and my parents were trying to help keep the kids alive. Mom actually found a weak pulse on one of the boys that the paramedics thought was gone.

Three kids died.

Neighbors and police finally found the drunk hiding in a barn.

[CathyBogart]

RIP Steve. Ride it like you stole it.

[RICHARD]

On the way home one night I came across a headlight in the road that didn't look right, I told my passenger that it was a m/c crash that had just happened, I pulled over and asked them to stay in the car.

Another car stopped and we both got out and helped the rider to the curb.
We got his bike out of the road, it was a Honda GL 1000-this thing weighed a ton.

A few seconds later a metermaid from the traffic enforcement section pulled up. He came over with a flashlight and shined it on the guy to see it he was hurt.

I almost tossed my cookies.

This dude had a spot in his forehead that you could have set a egg in-half of it in, the other half out.

We tried to get the guy to sit but he kept on insisting that he already had that injury. The copper called an ambulance and I split.

[Medusa]

The last guy I dated for 3 1/2 years rides a motorcycle and we had a really good time. He's quite a responsible rider, though; doesn't take chances. We used to ride to covered bridges here in Ohio, pack a picnic lunch and have a really good time. We used to do poker runs, too, but there's usually a 'hotdog' who spoils it for everyone else, who speeds and rides erratically, so we stopped going to them. There are no helmet laws in Ohio but we chose to wear them anyhow. Come riding weather when I hear all the bikes going by, I'm sure I'll miss it. This was a tragedy that you reported, to be sure, but the riders that we used to associate with are pretty responsible. We choose safety over daring.

[mruffruff]

My son died at 21 when he was thrown from his cycle. He was on an entry ramp to the highway when he hit the curb. His helmet met a utility pole and split. This was 21 years ago in Cleveland, OH.

I loved riding with him, but now I'm scared to even to be driving near one.

[Medusa]

My son died at 21 when he was thrown from his cycle. He was on an entry ramp to the highway when he hit the curb. His helmet met a utility pole and split. This was 21 years ago in Cleveland, OH.

I loved riding with him, but now I'm scared to even to be driving near one.

Oh, I'm so sorry! Twenty one years is not long enough to have your son but it sounds as though you had a good time together while he was here. I can certainly understand why motorcycles would scare you. It would do it for me, too, for sure.