My daughter and I went out and enjoyed many hours of fishing yesterday on Quantico Marine Base. On the way home we were following a Marine riding his Harley home from work around 7pm. He got out in front of us on a winding road and I didn't see him for several minutes until a car headed my way was flashing his lights over and over again. The car whipped around and started following us quickly. I knew something wasn't right and I told my daughter to lock all the doors and roll up the windows. I thought someone was going try some funny stuff so preparations were made for such an event. Well we come around a sharp bend in the road and the Marine is under his motorcycle in the ditch. My daughter was really worried and we both thought the worst. I pulled my truck over into the grass and jumped out. By the time I got out of my truck the guy was up on his feet...thank God! He was pretty cool under pressure but you could tell he was going 100mph. He told me a car coming at him passed on the double yellow lines and he had to make a decision to stay in his lane and get killed head on or bury the bike in the ditch next to the trees at 30-40mph. He chose the dirt. Man that guy was stone cold cool under pressure I tell you. BUT, the guy that caused the accident was nowhere to be found. He basically left the guy for dead. My daughter and I had a long talk on the way home. I told her no matter the consequences, if you mess up and do something like what that driver did, you turn around and help that man. You don't leave someone lying on the side of the road either dying or severely injured because you don't have enough integrity to own up to your mistakes. I cannot believe someone would leave that guy out there like that.
Glad to hear he was ok! drivers like that really get under my skin. When suspicious stuff like that happens to me I get as much of the tag # as I can along with make and model just incase. Sounds like it all happened pretty fast though.
Yep, I didn't even see the car even though it came speeding right past me. I didn't even know to look for it until I talked with the downed motorcyclist. At that point the driver was probably 2-3 miles away. I did see a county police officer 5 min from the scene when I drove off. The road we were driving you do not cross double yellows ever. It is a really dangerous road if you play games.
I watched a guy in a pick up truck pull out of a parking space and back for enough back to smash into the car parked across the lane. He stopped and pulled forward, so I'm thinking he's going to park his truck so that he can go find the owner of the other vehicle. Nope, not only does he not stop and own up to it, he hits there car another time before he leaves. I got the make of the vehicle and his plate down before he left. The people that owned the car he hit were just in disbelief about it. We've had some pretty decent snow storms a couple of times in the last few years. I had to drive in one of them and there was pretty much no one on the highway except for me, the plows and the occasional car. Just as I'm about pulling even with a plow, this guy in a sedan comes hauling up behind me and tailgates me until I get past the plow. Before I can move over and give him room to run, he dodges around me and puts his car into a spin. He narrowly misses the plow and ends up in a snow bank in the median. About 45 minutes later the dude drives past me again going 20 mph faster than what anyone else is doing.
I have a friend who makes over 200k and his wife makes around 80k. She hit a car at the ER and left. She was afraid her deductible would go up. Needless to say I chewed her out and let him have it as well. Considering their income a small rise would be nothing and god knows if the person she hit can cover the deductible they paid for her actions. I am glad to report they are getting divorced
I work with a lady who's brother is a hardcore bike dude. He says you're not a real biker until you've had "lay one down". Says if you ride long enough it will happen...thats what the leather is for.
Only two kinds of bikers out there, those that have been down and those that will go down. I watched a guy make the same choice a few years back. He came over a rise going 65 in a 45 and there was stopped traffic 150 feet away. He knew he had to lay it down. He did. If he hadn't, he'd have been toast.
I sold my bike after being run off the road from a driver crossing over the center lane on a two lane road, the lady never even slowed down let alone see if i was ok. I had a few close calls on a bike before that one but this was the final straw.
The guy had on leather and had some kind of metal think sticking out on the sides that seemed to brace the impact. I really thought the guy was dead. Upon me stopping, my daughter immediately jumped out of the front seat and into the back. I asked her why she did it afterwards and she told me she did it just in case we had to take him to the hospital. Smart and calm little girl. We had a great day fishing and within the first 5 minutes of me putting on a plastic worm I swear to gosh she had a Mickey Mouse little kid fishing moment. Monster bass on the line. I thought she was stuck on a log and the dang thing moved. I had a small hook on and that bass just bent the hook and got off.
Thats pathetic but very believable. I sold my bike for similar reasons. "Cagers" that don't pay attention to motorcycles. I enjoy my life and other hobbies (hunting) too much to risk it all riding a bike. I still think about motorcycles and almost bought another one last month. Instead, I decided to call my old man so he would talk me out of it. Mission accomplished.
I don't understand what the guy coming towards you with his lights flashing was doing???? He turned around and followed you but we never heard what happened to him. My buddy was whacked by a car crossing a double line on a curve while riding his Goldwing. There was a metal guard rail which prevented him taking evasive action. This was on a Tuesday a few years ago. He was to have been married that Saturday. We were all packed up in Maryland and heading for the wedding when we heard about it. He and fiance ended up in the hospital. Him worse off than her. Shoulder recontruction and all sorts of stuff. He said the accident was a blessing as he found out in the hospital he was marrying the wrong girl. LOL Wedding never happened.
He was warning me that the guy was down as he witnessed the event. I slowed down when he hit his lights. The guy was really close to the side of the road. He followed me and we helped the guy get his bike up off the ground and up the little hill.
When I went down in NC riding to base - I was sitting on the road, my bike lying on its side with my gear strewn across the road. I was bleeding profusely from my right knee and had obviously just had an accident and three drivers slowed down, looked at me and drove past. Only one person stopped to see if I was O.K.
Now that's insane. What do you do with people like that. Unbelievable. They were probably on their way for a handout somewhere.
When I was up in Chicagoland, I drove by a lady laying on the shoulder of the road. Good sized road (rte 72 in the 'burbs). I was pulling a trailer and because of the flow of traffic, I couldn't just stop or pull over. I had to drive until I could swing the truck and trailer around. This took a couple of minutes. In all that time, at least 50 to 75 cars had driven past her. When I got back over to her another car had finally stopped. I don't know if the other people didn't see her or they just didn't care. Granted, you see a lot stuff up there, fights in intersections, car jackings and dozens of crashes... so you kind of get hardened to it all. Still, I can't imagine not checking to see if you can render help to someone.
