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By Roger the Scanner Guy
6:07 p.m., December 3, 2018
Motorcyclist killed at the entrance to Santa Barbara City College in the 700 Block of Cliff Drive.
Fatal Motorcycle Accident Near SBCC
Roger
December 3, 2018, 6:07 am
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I hope they cite and prosecute the errant driver who pulled out in front of the motorcyclist- F’in idiot!
Regardless of who’s fault this was it’s a horribly tragic incident blame is not in order right now.
Just some, information and facts really don’t matter.Tthey just want to post their one-sided opinions and move on. Unfortunately…..
X01660. Please take into account that a great deal of the time drivers just don’t see motorcyclists approaching—–at all. I don’t care if those headlights are on or the rider is wearing dayglo orange, sometimes “conditions” are such that motorcyclists are often difficult to spot. Riding a motorcycle is dangerous and will only become more so, thanks to population increase, aging drivers and far too many vehicles altogether.
Emphasis is on “too fast for the conditions”; it was 1600 on a school day. With young, inexperienced, and reckless drivers on the road, impetuous students jaywalking across Cliff Dr, and all the other happenings at class transition time, he was riding too fast for the conditions. Sometimes that means going under the speed “limit”. It’s a limit for a reason. Not a must travel speed. Again, motorcycling is dangerous business. And if you don’t respect it, you die. Period. I accept that when I ride. And I ride to the conditions. He didn’t, and paid the ultimate price.
It’s not to “blame” to report the facts. What a horrible accident. Noozhawk reported, “The motorcycle involved is a Yamaha GYTR-R1, a high-performance bike developed primarily for racing.” I wonder why such racing machines are licensed for street usage?
probably the same reason that 90%+ of cars on the road can reach speeds of well over 100 mph
Another one?!? This is so sad…. There aren’t enough of us motorcylists… but in this case, he epitomized the definition of a “motorcycle squid”. Riding too fast for the conditions, probably not wearing his gear, etc….. Motorcycling is serious business, and if you don’t give it the respect it deserves, this is the result. RIP, buddy. I hope your crash and death serves as a lesson to all on two wheels; respect the machine, wear your gear, and ride defensively.
The motorcyclist had the right of way, no matter how fast he was going. Period. This driver cut him off and killed him. The man is gone and his family will never see him again because of someone elses inattentive driving. The victim blaming going on here is un-effing-believable.
Yes, but we’re talking about facts here. None of what was said was an ad hominem attack on character. Its simply an assesment of the situation. And just like first responders have to set aside emotion and react to a situation, and reporters have to maintain composure and report the facts without overt emotionality, when an discussion of the facts happens, it is completely justified to talk about the facts without emotions. Mind you, this isn’t the person’s obituary where we are discussing fault; this is the news article on the accident. So please feel free to throw out passive aggressive insults when when people comment on the obit, not not on the news article. It simply shows your inabillity to separate your feelings from your logic. 🙂
As the sister of a dead motorcyclist who took great care to protect himself and ride safely, an accident is an accident in the end. No one wanted this to happen. The driver and motorcyclist both tried their best to avoid a collision to no avail. Now it is time to let their loved ones deal with their life long suffering and grief in their own ways and not have to read any more opinions on who or what was to blame. Nothing will change the outcome they have to deal with but not reading this stuff will help them move forward!
It sickens me to see these ghoulish comments about who was at fault or attempting to be “armchair traffic engineers.” Have some respect people. Comment somewhere else about your useless “theories.” RIP young man.