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Title: 'tis the season...
Post by: oramac on March 12, 2008, 06:28:15 AM
...to watch out for inattentive drivers.  I went out riding last weekend and saw a BMW dualsport down with a minivan's bumper sitting in the middle of the road   :oand several emergency vehicles sitting around.  The riders were taken off in an ambulance, and I heard after the fact that one of the riders was unresponsive at the scene.   :cry: 

I heard from witnesses that the van pulled into the bike's path...

Be aware out there, and ride as if your invisible. 
Title: Re: 'tis the season...
Post by: vtlion on March 12, 2008, 07:38:21 AM
Indeed.  watch out.  Spring has that effect on people.  I ride past the cherry blossoms in DC every morning, and you KNOW that half the drivers on the road won't be watching where they are going in a few weeks  :icon_confused:

Remember; when you are on the bike, you are invisible and everyone is trying to kill you.
Title: Re: 'tis the season...
Post by: spc on March 13, 2008, 04:16:30 PM
Tis the season when the population of this island goes from 40,000 to around 200,000............all tourists, none of em paying attention, none of em with a clue where they're goin.