Last night I had a good discussion with my next door neighbor, an Ogden police officer, really nice guy, beautiful wife and three kids in high school. He referred to his Yamaha Star in the past tense, I said "Wait, wat?!?" and learned he and his wife were victims of another inattentive left-hand turner. His bike, a Yamaha Star, '07 like my Fizzer (we actually bought our bikes within a couple weeks of each other) was totalled.
They were damn, damn lucky. I always cringed as they always rode together with NO gear, not even helmets. He had won the Ogden PD Riding Challenge two years in a row, a fantastic rider, but that means nothing against a room-temperature-IQ driver in a cage. He had no room to maneuver, hit both brakes as hard as possible and hit the cage. He cracked a couple ribs against the car rear-view mirror, his wife flew over the top (no helmet, shorts, and flipflops) and was just bruised up.
This afternoon I saw his wife and spoke with her too. She is scared and refuses to ride again (she seems willing to let him have another bike). She actually said she thought about not having a helmet on as she was flying through the air.
Damn. I'm so happy they're both relatively OK, but still feel bad about the whole thing.
Be careful, folks.
They were damn, damn lucky. I always cringed as they always rode together with NO gear, not even helmets. He had won the Ogden PD Riding Challenge two years in a row, a fantastic rider, but that means nothing against a room-temperature-IQ driver in a cage. He had no room to maneuver, hit both brakes as hard as possible and hit the cage. He cracked a couple ribs against the car rear-view mirror, his wife flew over the top (no helmet, shorts, and flipflops) and was just bruised up.
This afternoon I saw his wife and spoke with her too. She is scared and refuses to ride again (she seems willing to let him have another bike). She actually said she thought about not having a helmet on as she was flying through the air.
Damn. I'm so happy they're both relatively OK, but still feel bad about the whole thing.
Be careful, folks.
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