05-27-2021, 08:30 AM
(05-27-2021, 12:03 AM)EmptySea_imp Wrote: Agree with Mr. P on his points.
I won't even describe here the horrific scene that was photographed and posted on social media a few years ago of a double fatally on I-55 in or just outside of the city of Chicago; it's just too gruesome. The rider and his passenger were the fatalities and no other vehicles were involved. If I recall, they estimated the bike's speed at impact at 125mph.
There are packs of these guys riding around every summer night on the interstates near me. I can hear them starting at around 11pm. I've seen them flying past us in our car. It's nerve racking even for a driver who is an experienced motorcyclist. I imagine that it could put a driver into a panic that causes them to brake or change lanes suddenly. I don't know how I would deal with hitting a bike with my car and killing the rider regardless of my culpability for the incident. These guys don't think about such things. I'm not sure they think about anything other than themselves. That's frustrating. and sad.
Tis the exuberance of youth, their mind is in a completely different state than ours, as was mine in my teens and even right into my thirties.