I have absolutly no sympathy for asshat crotchrocketers that get themselves killed by speeding. It's dangerous enough on a bike, you have to be a complete idiot to want to make it more dangerous.

Some articles you don't even need to read.

Dinki: I have absolutly no sympathy for asshat crotchrocketers that get themselves killed by speeding. It's dangerous enough on a bike, you have to be a complete idiot to want to make it more dangerous.

Just making sure this was covered.

/Unimpressed, however

Not as bad as that Tulsa motorcycle wreck into the back of a semi truck...
The one on Snopes.

Big trucks make wide turns.

Amazing how many never got that memo.

Stupid trick questions

The only victims here deserving sympathy are the truck driver, and owner. Having to deal with all that paperwork, damages to the truck, etc.

neither?
ftw

And the donorcyclists get all huffy when small, old asian women don't 'look twice to save a life'...

Not to offend em, I know most bikers aren't this retarded, but who HASN'T not seen one at some point? Especially doing twice the average speed of other cars.
I live in Florida, so I get the occasional pleasure of watching some fool fall off of his wheelie onto a car. I even got to watch a [drinking] buddy crash through a mailbox.

/"Hey, hold my beer, I'ma try something"

simpsonfan: The only victims here deserving sympathy are the truck driver, and owner. Having to deal with all that paperwork, damages to the truck, etc.

I'll make sure to pray for them tonight.

how soon before the family members of the dead bikers file a wrongful death lawsuit?

so...what kind of bikes were they on?

//Silver 2003 R6, 140MPH on Hwy 1 not earlier today

Darwin does like to ride pillion sometimes.

dudes, the correct answer is "neither".
not darwin.

really, how cold can u be?

NYZooMan: Big trucks make wide turns.

Amazing how many never got that memo.

It's not that, it's the mentality of "It goes slower than me. I can just get past it" glitch in the brain.

The two men, whose identities are pending verification by the Harris County Medical Examiner's Office, were killed at the scene.

As opposed to being killed somewhere else?

"Both men were later gunned down in the hospital for being complete idiots."

wishing a prayer for both their souls... .. . ..

My wife has been crying for two days. A very close friend of hers was killed days ago while driving his motorcycle in Costa Rica. A wonderful man is gone because of a drunk driver. RIP Anthony Foglia.

/so tired of people who drive drunk

puffy999: Not as bad as that Tulsa motorcycle wreck into the back of a semi truck...
The one on Snopes.

DUDE.

Had to go search for it...damn.

e0wyn: Dinki: I have absolutly no sympathy for asshat crotchrocketers that get themselves killed by speeding. It's dangerous enough on a bike, you have to be a complete idiot to want to make it more dangerous.

Just making sure this was covered.

/Unimpressed, however

Oh Jesus Frickin' Christ on a damned cracker. Are you shiattin' me? I really don't know what the hell to say to that.

The driver's description leads me to believe that this was due to inexperience. They had a half mile to see the truck and take heed. Even I won't rip over 100 unless I can see where I'm going for at least a half mile. But even so, they should have at least had the where-with-all to low-side the bikes if it was inevitable.

puffy999: Not as bad as that Tulsa motorcycle wreck into the back of a semi truck...
The one on Snopes.

eeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww... how was he not decapitated?

Saw a rider the other day that absolutely astounded me. He was riding left-hand sidesaddle through 35mph traffic, one leg propped up on the other like he was sitting sideways in a chair with his arm resting on the propped leg. He was weaving in and out - no signal. I fully expected him to smack into the back of a vehicle or have some other accident.

so the truckeress determined they were racing?

simpsonfan: The only victims here deserving sympathy are the truck driver, and owner. Having to deal with all that paperwork, damages to the truck, etc.

Thosw: Saw a rider the other day that absolutely astounded me. He was riding left-hand sidesaddle through 35mph traffic, one leg propped up on the other like he was sitting sideways in a chair with his arm resting on the propped leg. He was weaving in and out - no signal. I fully expected him to smack into the back of a vehicle or have some other accident.

I really don't understand what is going through drivers heads when they pull shiat like this.
People need to realize that they are not invincible... nor are the other people that they're putting in danger when they do idiotic things like this.

I just don't get it.

KrispyKritter: My wife has been crying for two days. A very close friend of hers was killed days ago while driving his motorcycle in Costa Rica. A wonderful man is gone because of a drunk driver. RIP Anthony Foglia.

/so tired of people who drive drunk

Sorry for your loss. I am so sick of hearing shiat like this. Its disgusting.

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dudes, the correct answer is "neither".
not darwin.

really, how cold can u be?

Cold enough to find the headline amusing. Besides, they were probably young so it isn't like they were people.

Kids under 13: cute
People over 23: Adults

People in between: The bane of human society. Besides, they were male.

simpsonfan: The only victims here deserving sympathy are the truck driver, and owner. Having to deal with all that paperwork, damages to the truck, etc.

Hmm... Reading the TFA the truck driver estimated they were a half mile away when starting a -right- turn from what must have been the left lane. It doesn't make sense any other way. If turning from the right lane having 'enough time' makes no sense. It only makes sense if the driver is moving across the path of traffic.

Since at a legal speed limit a motorcycle can be very dead in a situation like this, when not predicting some truck turning right from the left lane, the other possibility is the truck driver:

A) misjudged the distance.
B) Decided that truck wins and made a traffic blocking turn as they often do.

Just bicycling I have drivers grossly misjudge my speed and distance from them. I understand for motorcyclists it is *MUCH* worse.

/I dislike idiot crotch rocket riders as much or more than the next person.

simpsonfan: The only victims here deserving sympathy are the truck driver, and owner. Having to deal with all that paperwork, damages to the truck, etc.

Damn... and i bet their families are a wreck too, ya know.. i mean, I bet they came home 5 minutes late from having to do all that harsh paperwork.

The pot roast was a little cold!!!!

dumb thing to do, they paid the price.

Had a double bike fatality locally about 10 years ago. Two bikers, who were best friends since grade school, were riding recklessly. Looks like the first one hit the curbing of the median strip, slid back out into the path of his friend, got hit and killed by his buddy's bike, and his buddy flew off the bike and broke his neck on the median strip and died. Had I driven down that same road 25 minutes later than I did that night, I would have seen the accident scene.

Darwin didn't win that time, both had kids, one of them had two. Both riders were in their mid-late 20s, both were wearing helmets and leathers. Pretty sad, really.

As a farker who has been riding motorcycles for 32 years, I would sy the best policy is to consider every other person on the road, and all the people near the road as potential death threats.
Including other bikers.
Including one's self.
Never underestimate the stupidity of anyone else, including yourself.
Stay alert, and stay alive.

danno_to_infinity: dumb thing to do, they paid the price.

Had a double bike fatality locally about 10 years ago. Two bikers, who were best friends since grade school, were riding recklessly. Looks like the first one hit the curbing of the median strip, slid back out into the path of his friend, got hit and killed by his buddy's bike, and his buddy flew off the bike and broke his neck on the median strip and died. Had I driven down that same road 25 minutes later than I did that night, I would have seen the accident scene.

Darwin didn't win that time, both had kids, one of them had two. Both riders were in their mid-late 20s, both were wearing helmets and leathers. Pretty sad, really.

Uhm, they were driving recklessly, it was their own fault.
It would be tragic if they weren't driving like asshats and were hit by a drunk driver.

danno_to_infinity: both were wearing helmets and leathers. Pretty sad, really.

Wearing a helmet or leathers in an accident is like wearing a condom to your first gang rape when you are the host of honor.

Alyna_jf: simpsonfan: The only victims here deserving sympathy are the truck driver, and owner. Having to deal with all that paperwork, damages to the truck, etc.

Damn... and i bet their families are a wreck too, ya know.. i mean, I bet they came home 5 minutes late from having to do all that harsh paperwork.

The pot roast was a little cold!!!!

I dunno why they had to deal with paperwork. It's a Semi... a farkin' rolling billboard!..You don't have a right to drive on the highway. It is a privilege. Granted by the state. Read the rules... Follow the rules... die in a nursing home cursing the kids on the farkin' lawn.

leadmetal: simpsonfan: The only victims here deserving sympathy are the truck driver, and owner. Having to deal with all that paperwork, damages to the truck, etc.

Hmm... Reading the TFA the truck driver estimated they were a half mile away when starting a -right- turn from what must have been the left lane. It doesn't make sense any other way. If turning from the right lane having 'enough time' makes no sense. It only makes sense if the driver is moving across the path of traffic.

Since at a legal speed limit a motorcycle can be very dead in a situation like this, when not predicting some truck turning right from the left lane, the other possibility is the truck driver:

A) misjudged the distance.
B) Decided that truck wins and made a traffic blocking turn as they often do.

Just bicycling I have drivers grossly misjudge my speed and distance from them. I understand for motorcyclists it is *MUCH* worse.

/I dislike idiot crotch rocket riders as much or more than the next person.

That's how it sounds to me too.
Passing a truck on the right that was in the process of making a wide right turn.

Gee, too bad there's never any signs or such things on EVERY FRIGGIN TRUCK to warn against that.

vudukungfu: danno_to_infinity: both were wearing helmets and leathers. Pretty sad, really.

Wearing a helmet or leathers in an accident is like wearing a condom to your first gang rape when you are the host of honor.

Well that's just dumb.

I, too, will quote this:

"The two men, whose identities are pending verification by the Harris County Medical Examiner's Office, were killed at the scene."

Don't they mean 'were pronounced dead at the scene' ???

jeeez. What passes for journalism these days.

vudukungfu: danno_to_infinity: both were wearing helmets and leathers. Pretty sad, really.

Wearing a helmet or leathers in an accident is like wearing a condom to your first gang rape when you are the host of honor.

LOL WUT?!?!?!

I never knew darwin rode?
/kawasaki 750 vulcan rider.
no mishaps yet

Alyna_jf: vudukungfu: danno_to_infinity: both were wearing helmets and leathers. Pretty sad, really.

Wearing a helmet or leathers in an accident is like wearing a condom to your first gang rape when you are the host of honor.

LOL WUT?!?!?!

Yeah, I tried, I didn't get that one either.

Alyna_jf: KrispyKritter: My wife has been crying for two days. A very close friend of hers was killed days ago while driving his motorcycle in Costa Rica. A wonderful man is gone because of a drunk driver. RIP Anthony Foglia.

/so tired of people who drive drunk

Sorry for your loss. I am so sick of hearing shiat like this. Its disgusting.

My sympathy to you and yours, one of my riding buddies was wiped out in similar circumstances earlier this year when a drunk asshat turned in front of him.

Alyna_jf:
Uhm, they were driving recklessly, it was their own fault.
It would be tragic if they weren't driving like asshats and were hit by a drunk driver.

it is why I said sad instead of tragic.

vudukungfu: Never underestimate the stupidity of anyone else, including yourself.

That sounds very much like a quote from David Hough's "Proficient Motorcycling."

/Excellent book.
//1995 VFR

Dumbass tag was selected, naturally, over the sad tag.

I ride to work most days. I ride like I am driving Ms. Daisy. I see others on sport bikes and cruisers riding like they are on fire. I have seen a lot of guys from the army post here survive Iraq and Afghanistan just to come home and splater them selves down the highway. It is not just people on bikes. I see just as many in cars doing it too.

/Be safe out there.
//Consider the other people you might kill
///Race tracks are a lot of fun to go fast at, and safer

SemperLieSuckah:

Yeah, I tried, I didn't get that one either.

jeese Louise.
If you are the clown in a clown rape senario. A condom isn't going to do you much good.
it's like takeing a spatula to a pig roast.