for the love of god....

[Science Abuse]

...and all that is holy, please read this. i'm not going to put the flame suit on, because I'm (going to try to) walk away after this short peice:

 

The bullshit I read right away is where the comment in the article stated "they came out of no-where".

 

Ok, I'm not going to fault anyone for that comment, this is an emotional time and people are pissed, I'm a little sick myself. But that comment exists because people actually beleive it. There is a VERY VALUABLE LESSON here. YOU CAN COME OUT OF NOWHERE.

 

When some one is on a 45mph road making a left turn and they see two tiny dots of light down the way, they don't think they're going 100mph, they think they're going 45, maybe 55. They turn because they don't think there's any way that a vehicle 1/8mi away will be on top of them in a few seconds.

 

You want to bitch and moan about that? This kind of accident happens all the time. When it involves 2 cars, everybody dies. Do the fucking math; 100mph is half a football feild per second. Don't expect people to have super depth perception and realize that you're going mach 7 down an urban street.

 

I am emotional and preachy now, because I'M FUCKING SICK AND TIRED OF MUTHERFUCKERS GETTING THEMSELVES KILLED every year. When you "take your life into your own hands", you hurt other people, slow the fuck down.

Look around at all of this shit that goes down in the wake of a death, remember it next time you think you need to pull your dick out. Go ahead and blame other people on the road, see if it changes anything.

[copperhead]

This makes me second guess my desire to get the bike in my garage running and getting my motorcycle license.

 

I'm locking this not out of disagreement, but out of a desire to not see a flame war in these bad times. This would be a good reminder in a month from now.