Too much motorcycle equals a fast track to trouble

[Dash Riproc]

The focus should be the knuckle-head old lady that turned in front of Ben...not the kind of motorcycle he happened to be riding.

From what I understand, Ben was not speeding or driving eratically. Now, if I'm misinformed, then my post is a wash and I'll shut my mouth.
But if he had been riding my '93 Nighthawk 750, the lady would have still turned in front of him and been responsible for the INCIDENT, not accident.

I'm not so naive as to believe that individuals never purchase too much bike for their skill level--that's a problem that people need to be educated on--but this incident should have opened discussion and debate on the driving skills, or lack there of, for:
1-Elderly people
2-The public in general
3-Distracted drivers.

The "too much bike for your skill level" debate is a worthy and important subject, but this incident should not fuel that discussion; it should fuel cries for improving cager driving skills.

[Nalian]

It's likely that the crash was mentioned the accident because in order to get a piece like that into the paper, you have to mention something time relevant to get it past editors. They wouldn't allow a reporter to write a PSA-type article without it.

While the lady was totally at fault, regardless of what bike Rothliesburger had he shouldn't have been on the road at all on an expired permit/no license/etc.

[Sev]

Its kind of like when the "live action" movie, 101 Dalmations came out, suddenly every kid in every household wanted a dalmation and the mommies and daddies bought them. Totally ignoring the fact that they are VERY active dogs and need lots of training and care to be good housepets. Six months later shelters were overrun with dalmation drop offs.

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Is that true? That's awful! I can understand kids doing something like that, but I can't believe grown adults would be that cruel to an animal (you hear rare cases, but for a movie to influence so many people like that...ugh).

Problem is, that Dalmations were massively overbred as a result of the demand. So they didn't wean out the ones with "dangerous" tendencies, or the ones that weren't in perfect health. So there was a good chance you'd get stuck with a VERY agressive or pissed off dog. Bad news bears if you ask me.