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%.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%.
The Stuff Biker Nightmares are made of...
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Re: The Stuff Biker Nightmares are made of...
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Biker killed less than 1/2 mile from my house
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.
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.
RhadamYgg / Skydiver / Motorbike Rider / Mountain Climber
FZ6/11302 mi|Suzuki B-King/5178 mi|Ninja 250cc/5300 mi| (rented)ST1300 850 mi
Hoping my kids don't hate me too much in the future.
Random 2003/Corwin 2006/Cordelia and Morrigan 2009
FZ6/11302 mi|Suzuki B-King/5178 mi|Ninja 250cc/5300 mi| (rented)ST1300 850 mi
Hoping my kids don't hate me too much in the future.
Random 2003/Corwin 2006/Cordelia and Morrigan 2009