Maulbert":b2pvpnfx said:
ivotuk":b2pvpnfx said:
Another distracted driver. It's pathetic how many of those I have to dodge on my Harley. For whatever reason, they can't hear it? Even when I only had 24" pipes coming off the heads....
I cannot find a single story to back up the assertion that the driver was distracted, just that they were still investigating the cause.
https://www.9news.com/article/sport...crash/73-50c29a4e-df91-46ea-9461-5a1e8f14f2c9
Your comment reeks of someone twisting a story to fit a narrative. Let's not make assumptions, okay?
There will never be a story about a distracted driver killing a cyclist because it would get the author hit with a libel suit.
I've seen people at intersections, the sides of their cars all scraped up, and they are texting.
If I didn't drive defensively, is be in the hospital. I'll come up on somebody in the other lane, their speed constantly changing, the arm hanging out the window, gesticulating as their on the phone, and have to be extremely careful when passing them on a multi-Lane highway.
My coworker had a distracted driver pull out in front of him. Totaled his bike, and now he has rods and screws in his legs.
Distracted drivers are a constant problem everywhere, all the time. In the winter, they drive in the left lane, and hook their tire in the snow berm. I have never seen so many cars plowed in to the median. Sometimes there are 3 or 4 in a single day in a 12 mile stretch. The tow business is racking up the $$$, buying new trucks, and advertising for tow truck drivers. "Will train and pay for your CDL."
So it's a constant, and growing problem. In spite of all the commercials, "Stop Wrecks, Stop Texts," the injuring and killing of innocent people continues. The ones commercial where a van driver texted his wife "I Love You" as he plowed through 3 children. He said they bounced over the top of his van.
The car could be considered a weapon, yet these drivers are back on the road the next day. Distracted drivers are no different than drunk drivers, and they should receive the same penalties. It wouldn't surprise me to find that the person that killed Greg Knapp was a repeat offender, and that his death could have been prevented with stricter laws for driving distracted.