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Motorcyclist injured in apparent road rage incident
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The careless cigaret flip but was the first illegal action. The rest of the ugly incident both parties contributed. There should at least be some punishent for this first incident that started the whole ugly ball rolling.
In my opinion there is NEVER a reason the use your car as a weapon against a pedestrian, motorcycle, bike or even another car (no matter how annoyed or scared you are). If they can prove the driver of the car swerved to make contact with the motorcycle, he should have some serious charges comming his way.
Of course the motorcycle driver acted like an idiot too, but NOTHING justifies ramming a motorcycle with your car putting them down.
Recently my brother in law was commuting on his motorcycle and an inatentive driver (on a cell phone) quickly changed into his lane and ran him onto the sholder. Like an idiot he banged on the truck's door and yelled at the guy. He hasn't ridden since. Don't be stupid!
Lets take a moment and examine our own actions each and everyday. I'm sure this man was a normal person just like you and me. His buttons just got pushed at the wrong time, and so did the other persons. Was it worth it? Is it ever?
I seldom work at the U of U anymore, though I do occasionally, simply because it is hard to see these kind of things happen, and have to work with these severely damamged brains. Remember, while all of you are spewing your vitriol, that it could be you tomorrow, and you too can loose your cool and do stupid things. I see it EVERYDAY while commuting on my bike.
Take it easy out there. AND WEAR YOUR HELMETS!!!
His organs have started to shut down and the doctors are not expecting him to live much longer.
Thanks for everything Mike. May you rest in peace knowing that many people love and care for you. You will truly be missed.
Bless you.