Posted: 7/22/2011 5:58:07 PM EDT
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On the way home from work today, hit traffic backup on 127S [local HWY] overpassing Brooklyn road. Looks like a rider got caught in the rain and was zipping along, lost it on the slight curve and slid sideways into the guardrail between the two bridges [N & S lanes, divided HWY] They just draped a sheet over the guardrail because he was splattered everywhere. Hauling ass in the rain or on wet roads is still something I am very un-fond of.
I'm sure it'll be in the local papers tomorrow. This is a mild but nasty little curve in the winter, always a black ice crash maker, first time I've seen a bike eat it here though in this manner. |
That sucks.
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Make it two.
This guy hit those cables that States have started putting between the different direction lanes on interstates. At highway speeds. Yikes. http://www.tennessean.com/article/20110722/NEWS01/110722003/Fatal-motorcycle-crash-on-I-40-early-Friday Be careful out there.... |
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Riding in the rain after a long hot spell is always treacherous. Let's be careful out there, folks.  Tell me about it. All kinds of oil and other nasty stuff that has accumulated during the dry spell. That stuff can also affect cars and trucks as well. I rear ended a funeral van under those circumstances years ago. 
Hadn't rained in nearly a month, 15 minute afternoon thunderstorm. Hit the brakes to stop for a light and slid twenty feet right into him. When a guy in a dark suit and tie gets out of a Ford Econoline van you know something is amiss. |