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To: beyond the sea
Yeah, I thought that the accident looked a lot more serious than we were led to believe...

I'm glad he made it.

He knows what mistakes were made, so as a rider, I'm not going judge him.

Pardon the pun, but he doesn't need any "armchair quarterbacks".
3 posted on 07/13/2006 5:03:25 AM PDT by baltodog (R.I.P. Balto: 2001(?) - 2005)
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To: baltodog
I hear you.

****

"They told me that I was literally seconds, maybe a minute away from dying

Hey Ben ......... I was dying when Bettis fumbled that ball down at the goal line in Indianapolis. Thanks for that tackle.

;-)

4 posted on 07/13/2006 5:07:33 AM PDT by beyond the sea (Sean Vanity --- Exciting, Exclusive New Developments in the Duke Rape Case -- BARF)
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To: baltodog

Basically the mistake was simple, he is 24 and had great success and lots of cash.... He thought he was invincible, like most kids do.... fortunately this is just a wake up call for him... God decided to get his attention.

Of course I am a bit urked he wasn't cited for speeding.. they did cite him for no helmet and some other things (since he only had a permit) but he was speeding, and while his speeding wasn't the fault of the accident, it certainly contributed to it, and the severity of his injuries.

ON a bike, no matter where you are, or what you are doing, you are flying without a net.. you have to be watching everything around you and assume, no matter what, that no one else sees you.. I don't care if you make direct eye contact with the driver trying to pull into traffic.. in your brain you better be figuring out how to get around them if they pull out.

I started riding at 20, can't tell you how many close calls I've had.... or how many stupid things I've seen others on bikes do...


21 posted on 07/13/2006 6:19:08 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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