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Author Topic: This could have been any of us. Thankfully, she's alive.  (Read 884 times)
Rams
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« on: July 27, 2015, 04:50:22 PM »

Police, bystanders save woman trapped under car
http://www.autoblog.com/2015/07/27/police-bystanders-save-woman-trapped-under-car-video/?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl13%7Csec1_lnk2%26pLid%3D63056916

Dallas police officers, firefighters, and citizens came together to save a motorcyclist trapped under a car after a crash earlier this month. The collision occurred July 9, when the driver of a sedan made a right turn from the center lane, crossing in front of a woman riding a motorcycle in the right hand lane. Surveillance cameras caught the moment when she becomes pinned under the sedan.

 Police and fire quickly arrived on the scene, along with witnesses to the crash, according to a news report from WFAA. Police initially tried to lift the car with a jack. It didn't work, and the situation was becoming dire as the woman was struggling to breath. Bystanders and first responders rushed in to help police as they lifted the car off the injured woman by hand. Dash cams on the officer's vehicles shows everyone pitching in to lift the car. Incredibly, the motorcycle rider suffered no major injuries, due in part because she had been wearing a helmet.

 Motorcyclists have it tough on the roads. Because they're not as visible, and not as protected, another driver's lapse in judgement can mean serious consequences, even at low speed. The National Highway Traffic Safety Institute estimates that, on a per-mile-traveled basis in 2013, the number of deaths on motorcycles was over 26 times the number in cars.


Click on the link and watch the video.   Lordy, she was lucky.
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« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2015, 06:21:43 PM »

failure to use a signal? are you kidding me? how about negligent collision? failure to yield? assault with a deadly weapon?
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Rams
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« Reply #2 on: July 27, 2015, 06:25:16 PM »

I had very similar thoughts.   

Another reason to light  the front of our bikes up like a Christmas tree Semi.
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« Reply #3 on: July 27, 2015, 08:07:22 PM »

Cited for failure to signal?  uglystupid2 W T F-over?  Undecided Was a breathalyzer administered to the cage driver?  Lips Sealed They ARE out to git us!  Evil Glad the Lady rider gonna be O-K.  cooldude RIDE SAFE.
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Jess from VA
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« Reply #4 on: July 27, 2015, 08:22:24 PM »

Reckless endangerment. (or reckless driving)

http://www.legalmatch.com/law-library/article/reckless-endangerment-charges.html

For any cell phone user/texter as well.
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« Reply #5 on: July 28, 2015, 06:30:32 AM »

Failure to signal. I'm sure a lot of drivers that I have the occasion to observe would ask "what's a signal?" Aside from the folks I see running red lights every day, failure to signal is probably a close second. I've said for years that most people don't think past the hood ornament on their cars and are thinking about anything and everything else when they drive, except driving. They drive completely unaware of anything or anyone but themselves. It scares the H-E double toothpicks out of me. This sort of thing is what made me decide to be a Smith systems certified driver-trainer. Not as a job, I'm an electronics engineer for General Electric, but as a means to keep my family, my friends and myself safe on the highways. If you've never heard of them, you should look them up. Their system is so successful, a large percentage of fortune 500 companies employ them to train their drivers in the Smith system.
Wow, sounds like an advertisement. Sorry. I'm a believer!
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