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Cyclist in rage incident dies
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I feel sad for the family of the man who lost his life in this incident. I too have been enraged on a few occasions when someone casually tosses their butt out the window.
Her crime? littering. Rakes chose to drive along side her in a left turn lane and yell at her. Not only was it dangerous, he had his son on board. Most law-enforcement officers would say this is reckless driving and would have cited him if they had observed it. Horrible that he died. Really good his son did not. Please don't justify Rakes' outrageous actions because somebody else littered.
Hopefully, other Riders and Drivers, smokers and non will take this as a lesson learned.
BTW, as for "respect for the dead", if that means sweeping this man's wrong actions under the carpet, no thank you. We need to use this man's death as a warning to all others who may experience "road rage" and desire to take the law into their own hands. If your anger gets out-of-control, then seek anger management...before it is too late! Or you too could end up dead!!!
Not sure where you got your information. From what I have read and from Mike's family, she swerved to hit him. Get your facts straight! That doesn't justify "why" Mike was there in the first place.
Things happen fast on a motorcycle. I have also reacted to stupid people while riding, only to think about it later and realize I was in the wrong for reacting at all. Mike was trying to right a wrong. Yes, he probably handled it the wrong way and it cost him his life and took him from his family.
We don't know the whole story, so nobody should be condemning anybody about what happened without the facts.
I knew Mike and know that he had great motorcycle skills and was a nice guy.
To Mike's family: My condolences for your lose of a great husband and father. He will be missed greatly.
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