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Motorcyclist dies in apparent road-rage crash (Darwin Award ?)
Ventura County Star ^ | 08-10-2009 | Adam Foxman

Posted on 08/11/2009 5:27:57 PM PDT by Amerigomag

A motorcyclist was killed Monday in a collision with a motor home on Highway 101’s Conejo Grade after he slowed rapidly in front of the recreational vehicle in an apparent road-rage incident, authorities said.

The motorcyclist, a 57-year-old Ventura man, was killed about 12:22 p.m. on southbound Highway 101 near Camarillo Springs Road when he collided with a roughly 30-foot motor home driven by Michael Antoine, 68, of Thousand Oaks, said Officer Terry Uhrich of the California Highway Patrol’s Moorpark office.

The motorcyclist and Antoine were both traveling about 55 mph when the collision occurred in the right lane, authorities said. Witnesses and Antoine later told authorities that the motorcyclist had made obscene hand gestures, pulled in front of the motor home, then slowed down dramatically, Uhrich said.

Antoine did not have time to react and struck the back of the low-slung custom motorcycle, causing it to become stuck under the front of the RV, authorities said. The motorcyclist was thrown from the bike, run over by the motor home and dragged underneath for about 75 feet, Uhrich said. Unable to steer, Antoine continued about 500 feet and hit the center divider, Uhrich said.

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TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: darwinaward; hogs; hooligan; motorbike; motorcycle; suicide
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To: Amerigomag

Never bring a low slung bike to an RV fight.


21 posted on 08/11/2009 6:12:31 PM PDT by 6SJ7 (atlasShruggedInd: ON)
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22 posted on 08/11/2009 6:35:33 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: Blue Jays
Any folks using the trite and shopworn phrase donorcycle or lame murdercycle label after this post are utter nitwits.


23 posted on 08/11/2009 6:50:48 PM PDT by Blue Jays (Rock Hard, Ride Free)
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To: Amerigomag
Witnesses later told authorities that the motorcyclist had made obscene hand gestures, pulled in front of the motor home, then slowed down dramatically.

I wonder what this guy was thinking as he was being crushed and ground to death under the wheels? I bet for a split second he thought, "I'm stupid and really dead".

24 posted on 08/11/2009 6:52:48 PM PDT by dragnet2
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To: Amerigomag
He should have held tighter onto the bars...To bad the impact knocked him off the seat and under the wheels at 60 miles per hour.

No doubt this will be a closed casket funeral for this moron.

Bet the motor still fires up.


25 posted on 08/11/2009 6:57:35 PM PDT by dragnet2
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To: Amerigomag

He is lucky he didnt hit a truck


26 posted on 08/11/2009 6:58:29 PM PDT by woofie
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To: Blue Jays
Any folks using the trite and shopworn phrase donorcycle or lame murdercycle label after this post are utter nitwits.

I can honestly say that I'd never heard or read those phrases before you posted them.

I've never owned a motorcycle though, maybe that's the reason.

27 posted on 08/11/2009 7:02:01 PM PDT by Graybeard58 ( Selah.)
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To: 6SJ7

Had a similar incident near Kingman, Arizona a few years ago. Driving a converted school bus, I was pulling a grade at about 45 mph. A pickup truck impatiently followed.

Upon reaching the top of the hill, the pickup roared around and blocked the road.

The driver came running back, approached the drivers window, and yelled, Get out of there, I’m going to kick your a**”! BUT, HE WAS lol

Sticking his head into the window, he suddenly recoiled as Washoe, my Great Dane, who stood 36 inches tall at the shoulder, attempted to “take a bite out of crime”.

“And if that $%*@!#& dog wasn’t in there I would kick your a**. BUT HE WAS! lol


28 posted on 08/11/2009 7:02:23 PM PDT by outhousepatrol
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To: HamiltonJay
The article states what the DRIVER OF THE RV REPORTED, keep that in mind.

No, that is not what was reported.

""Witnesses and Antoine later told authorities that the motorcyclist had made obscene hand gestures, pulled in front of the motor home, then slowed down dramatically, Uhrich said.""

29 posted on 08/11/2009 7:02:40 PM PDT by dragnet2
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To: Amerigomag

Sorry, folks, I ain’t buyin’ the RV guy’s story.


30 posted on 08/11/2009 7:02:40 PM PDT by papasmurf (RnVjayB5b3UsIDBiYW1hLCB5b3UgcGllY2Ugb2Ygc2hpdCBjb3dhcmQh)
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To: papasmurf
Sorry, folks, I ain’t buyin’ the RV guy’s story.

Based on what? Thin air?

There were witnessed that backed up the RV drivers statement.

31 posted on 08/11/2009 7:04:03 PM PDT by dragnet2
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To: Amerigomag
Teh stupid, it kills.
32 posted on 08/11/2009 7:05:22 PM PDT by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?)...R.I.P.)
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To: OpeEdMunkey
There used to be a term - "BasketCase" - for bikes in parts.

Sometimes the result of "Ahm gonna rebuild this in muh basement over the winter" or denoting a crashed bike bought from a widow.
33 posted on 08/11/2009 7:08:21 PM PDT by Tainan (Cogito, ergo conservatus)
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To: FrPR
Just reading the comments... MANY Californians have some weird disease, I think. It’s as if they are blinded by their own preconceptions, oblivious to fact, and proud of it! Thank goodness I didn’t marry that girl from Seal Beach.

That's odd, as some of the most inconsistent, baseless and inaccurate statements here were made by people from Pennsylvania and Georgia. lol...

Ya should of married the girl from Seal Beach.

35 posted on 08/11/2009 7:17:33 PM PDT by dragnet2
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To: papasmurf

I had this happen to me in Florida, except for the accident part.


36 posted on 08/11/2009 7:20:02 PM PDT by The SunDrop Kid
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To: Amerigomag

But ... was he wearing a helmet?


37 posted on 08/11/2009 7:21:29 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Play the Race Card -- lose the game.)
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To: Amerigomag

Bet he doesn’t do that again.


39 posted on 08/11/2009 7:23:51 PM PDT by Richard Kimball (We're all criminals. They just haven't figured out what some of us have done yet.)
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To: mylife
That’s gonna leave a mark!

On the road.

40 posted on 08/11/2009 7:24:35 PM PDT by Richard Kimball (We're all criminals. They just haven't figured out what some of us have done yet.)
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