Paladin Roaming

Motorcycle collision

Can't really call it an accident as it is totally expected. Pictures from the film clip at http://www.jumpingpixels.com/motorcic5.html

The dark car is gaining on the light car and has his left blinker going indicating that he is going to pull to the left to pass. As the oncoming traffic clears the dark car does exactly what is expected -- he pulls to the left to pass.

Meanwhile, the motorcyclist, oblivious to the above easily observable conditions, is also gaining the pair of cars and tries to pass -- to get knocked aside but the car that was doing exactly as he signaled he would be doing.

What bothers me is that this idiot and thousands like him create statistics that show that motorcycles are dangerous. The motorcycles are not dangerous -- it is the idiots who choose to ride them while ignoring traffic laws and common road courtesy.

Posted by Paladin at July 15, 2006 07:20 PM