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Be nice i am
Gosh he was a lucky so and so.....
Regardless of how he was riding, the vehicle behind him wasn't paying attention, wouldn't have swerved in exactly the same way that they wouldn't (and definitely didn't) stop. I saw this on jalopnik earlier and people were criticizing his riding style and attributing at least part of the blame to that. Idiots! The reason he got hit wasn't because he wasn't anticipating the stop or was riding in the middle of the lane; the reason he got hit was because the person behind him was too busy dancing like a fool in his car to pay attention to the road.
You are exactly right. The car was 100% at fault.
Personally, I'd rather move than be "dead right". But if you want to ride with the idea "if he hits me from behind, it's his fault" go right ahead. You won't be in the wrong.
Dead maybe, but you won't be wrong. Maybe that will console your friends and family. "Well, he's dead, but at least it wasn't his fault!"
Sorry to go all dramatic, but I feel it makes the point. It doesn't matter who was legally in the wrong, if he had the opportunity to avoid the accident (and he did) and he took no action to do so, he is wrong. Not legally, of course. The car is legally at fault. Every accident is a chain of events. Break one link in the chain and the accident wouldn't happen. Every link in that chain of events, except the last one was made by the rider. He could have broken any one of them and avoided the accident. Riding in middle of the lane, improper emergency braking, not checking behind him for cars, not fully understanding how to ride his bike in the first place, etc.
It's kind of like those "buzzed" driving commercials. "Oh, you were only buzzed? My arm is fine and my girlfriend didn't really die!" Not how it works in real life.
Iraq war veteran, back from war, riding a sportbike, crashing, getting injured but surviving.. why does this scenario seem extremely familiar? Oh wait, its because theres been a million reported incidents of young war veterans buying liter bikes and hurting themselves with it. This guy is lucky. Cars cannot be trusted and every rider should EXPECT to be rear ended in an emergency stop in traffic. Anticipate the worst and always be prepared. Head for the hole if you have an obstacle in front of you!
oh and I call BS on the fact that he was going to propose to her the next day..blah..blah...always dramatizing everything into a reality tv show..stupid news people
McLovin be McHatin
Lol. But yes I agree.