The Stuff Biker Nightmares are made of...

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jstark47
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Re: The Stuff Biker Nightmares are made of...

#21 Post by jstark47 »

Gunslinger wrote:According to a 2007 NHTSA report only 5% of motorcycle fatalaties were from being rear ended. I do not know the % of motorcyclists that have been hit like this and walked away but I suspect it's much higher than 5%.
Agreed. If you read the Faceplant board on the ADV forum, you'll get a good feel for the number of non-fatal accidents where the bike was rear ended. It's gotta be higher than 5%.
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Biker killed less than 1/2 mile from my house

#22 Post by RhadamYgg »

He was killed here.

This is basically the second intersection I encounter every time I leave the house from Stacy Place.

He was a member of the college fraternity I was in - Sigma Pi, although I didn't know him - he was a few years older than I am. I found out on facebook, but there was a sign out asking for witnesses to the accident.

Here are the articles: first article and a second one.

They sent him to the closes hospital - which is Rahway, and I wouldn't be surprised if the cause of death was the hospital. We lost my mother-in-law there, almost lost my father-in-law there and when my brother-in-law went there as a child from a bicycle accident - he'd a broken jaw that they misdiagnosed as absolutely fine.
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