Well Pete, I had a fellin' somebody would take on the kid's defense, and you sure didn't let me down here.
Yeah, maybe we were a little "tough" on him, AND yeah, was the cager who pulled out in front of him without making sure that somebody wasn't coming up relatively fast(relative to their own slower speed, that is) and was in the wrong and at fault LEGALLY also...sure!
BUT, here's the deal Pete...over the years I've seen first-hand all these sorts of motorcycle and car involved accidents which very possibly COULD HAVE been avoided IF the rider(and of course this also would apply to us when we're inside our "cages" and not on our bikes) would endeavor to keep that "healthy sense of suspicion" about not only how truly competent ALL of the motorists around them are at all times, but also how well their fellow motorists can see other motorists(and especially riders, as we're a fraction the size of most other vehicles out there) if and when a motorist attempts to make that last second decision to change their course on the road in front of us.
THAT, I believe, SHOULD have been the PRIMARY "lesson" Mr. Broadway should have taken away from this incident, as the next time he's "not at fault" in something like this, COULD be the last time that he'll ever have the chance to BE "not at fault" ever again!
