 Head on bike accident.
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About 5.30pm today wife and i pulled into a parking spot at the local hardware store. As i stopped there was a bang and she said "what did you hit". I hadn't hit anything and looked over my shoulder to see a bike laying in the middle of the road.
A head on with a mustang and a guy on a 1200 Sportster, he was crawling to the side of the road and was sat up when my wife and other people got to him. She called 911 and people began to help him. The car driver approx 25 yrs old male hispanic pulled his car into the parking lot and got out to see if the rider was ok. Engine still running and leaking radiator fluid. Drivers side headlight and fender damaged, forks on bike bent backs far as they could go and front tire pushed off rim.
Driver came back to the car as i was taking a picture of license plate he reached into the car to pull the hood release, lifted the hood and checked on something then said he was going to park it. I went and took a picture of the rear plate both matched. He pulls into a parking spot for a few seconds then reverses out and screams out of the parking lot he then ran up the curb to get around the stopped cars and disappeared. Luckily i had photo's of the car AND him. Gave all the info to CHP and pictures too, the riders father came to the scene and we gave him all our info and pictures.
The rider was taken to hospital with a suspected broken right wrist and possibly badly sprained ankles. He said he went over the bars and landed on his feet really hard, he is mid 30's and should be ok.
Local sheriff said the driver of the car looked similar to another suspect he had been involved with and drove past the guys house which was down the road a few blocks on his way to the accident scene. He had the license plate info my wife gave 911 as she called it in.
Not "banging my own drum" but certainly glad that my wife and i helped as much as we could.
Its not a good feeling when all this happens and kind of felt like "De Ja Vu" when i had my accident just over five years ago.
We got home about an hour later after giving all the info we could and crashed out for an hour or so while we came back to our senses and relaxed.
The cops will get the SOB driving the car and we hope he gets the book thrown at him for Hit and Run. I'm not one for all the techie stuff but sure glad i got photo's of the driver and his car.
Last edited by mcfcinusa; 07/15/2017 2:25 PM.
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Allllright! Way to go!!!  Sounds like you just got a scumbag OFF THE ROAD! That was some good thinkin there.
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Well done! I hope the cops get him.
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Stupidity I just don't get it. Good work to both you and the little lady.
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Good on the two of you. I wish there were more like you.
We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.
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Well done, I was once the victim in a bump & run situation in a Publix parking lot. I never thought the guy would take off so I did'nt even think to take pics. Lesson learned.
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Thanks for being a good responsible citizens, well done.
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Glad you got the pics. I was hit a few months ago and my first thought was that the guy would run. I did the same thing under the guise of taking pics of the damage (including the driver). I was lucky, he stood up to his mistake (cell phone), but it would have been so easy for him to bolt - like the guy who hit my mom a couple of years ago.
I hope the guy in the Mustang is licensed and insured.
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Not a bike but I stood about 5' from the drivers door of a commercial van at Lowes today and watched the idiot driver back into the car next to mine the cut it the wriong way and drag the side of the van across the bumper. I said to the driver in a normal speaking voice and I was close enough he could easily hear me and looked at me when I said "You are going to contact the owner of that Expedition, right?". He said yes and drove over to the loading area. I walked over to him and took pictures of him and the van and again was only about 5' away. Then they started to just drive off, I said you know that is now hit and run and leaving the scene of an accident. They kept going and I called the police. Young hispanic men with NJ tags, seem to be that or NY here that does this sort of thing.
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Where has all sense of decency and responsibility gone to, Wife and i are 62 and just shake our heads at what the so called grown ups do these days.
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Where has all sense of decency and responsibility gone to, Wife and i are 62 and just shake our heads at what the so called grown ups do these days.
We live in an age when people do not expect to be held responsible for their actions. I'd say more but this is the wrong place.
We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.
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Where has all sense of decency and responsibility gone to, Wife and i are 62 and just shake our heads at what the so called grown ups do these days.
We live in an age when people do not expect to be held responsible for their actions. I'd say more but this is the wrong place.
Agreed, hit-and-run has increased here too. Not good.
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