Posted on 08/30/2018 7:02:18 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Bath Township, MICHIGAN (WJRT) - (08/21/2018) - The Michigan Department of Transportation tweeted out photos of a motorcycle on I-69 missing its driver.
MDOT is using the photos as reminder of the importance of driving safety in work zones as the busy construction season is wrapping up.
Their Facebook Post, which has generated thousands of responses and shares, asks if you have lost a motorcycle driving on I-69 in Clinton County Monday.
One of the photos, which appears to show tire imprints in wet concrete, serves as a reminder of why it's not a good idea to use closed lanes to bypass traffic backups.
Wet concrete stopped this motorcycle in its tracks.
MDOT said its driver, in an attempt to avoid slowed traffic, drove down the closed lane, taking no notice of the foreman who tried to flag him down.
"The driver kept going," said Aaron Jenkins, the University region communications representative for MDOT, "until he reached the fresh concrete that he drove his motorcycle into."
Jenkins said after crashing in the wet concrete, the driver ran off.
"If a lane is closed," he said,"it's closed for a reason."
"That concrete could have been deeper," he noted, "he could have seriously injured himself or he could have injured some of the workers."
Long haul driver Tom DeCourley said he see's dicey driving in construction zones all too frequently:
"I see stupid people every day," he said. "They'll run right up, gotta beat you into the construction so they can get through it 60 feet sooner."
According to MDOT most highway construction zones require drivers to slow down to 55 miles-per-hour.
"Watch what you're doing, cause stuff can happen in the blink of an eye," said DeCourley.
Timely advice as MDOT tries to wrap up a lot of its projects before the weather turns.
"Those people that are working on these projects," said Jenkins,"they're fathers, mothers, daughters, and family members, they want to go home safely."
The detour the driver of the motorcycle took is going to cost him.
Bath Township police have impounded the bike, he'll be looking at a civil infraction for disregarding the traffic cones, and in a construction zone fines are doubled. Police say he'll also be facing a misdemeanor for leaving the scene of an accident.
I wonder if thats the driver walking down the left shoulder. You only have about 15-20 minutes to was off the wet mud. The bike is toast as well as that big rig. You gotta laugh at the sustainability of their commitment after the realization that all is lost. GRAB A GEAR AND FLOOR IT! I can make it!
Yikes! Hate much?
Cement is what holds concrete together
Muffler bigger than the bike.
No shit! Unless you're saying the terms are interchangeable, then you're agreeing with me.
Technically there's no such thing as 'wet cement.' When water is added to cement alone, it becomes cement paste. When the owner tries to clean up his mess, he will inevitably find sand in the matrix, so even if 'wet cement' was a real term, it would be incorrect here.
Does anyone with the brains God gave a billy goat interchange 'flour' and 'cake'?
It’s what I make for a living!
I didn’t think of that.
Because of the general overall attitude of arrogance on the roads.
There are a few responsible bikers, but the idiots who do things like cut between traffic to pass people, and by that I mean riding on the dashed line in the middle of the road on the INTERSTATE at 70 MPH, sure do a lot of damage.
The *Watch out for motorcycle* signs need to be directed towards motorcyclists to stop taking insane chances against a car.
Case in point: Motorcycle rider killed in Myrtle Beach SC this year for bike week when he ran a checkpoint and crashed down the road. Turned out he had stolen the bike in another state in order to go to the bike week rally. Now that was a hefty fine....
That particular maneuver is known as lane-splitting, and it is perfectly legal in California.
It’s also perfectly stupid.
I don’t know if it’s legal in NY but they need to consider that if someone decides to change lanes and doesn’t know that someone came up on them suddenly and is in their blind spot, then they are going to be wiped all over the road.
Legal in here Germany too, at speeds considerably faster than 70 mph.
When traffic stalls, motorcyclists weave in and out of traffic wherever there is an opening. Nobody here bats an eye, its both legal and culturally acceptable.
That’s why car doors open. Oh, sorry I dropped my cigarette and was going to pick it up.
It’s one thing in stalled traffic. Nobody is going much of anywhere fast in a car.
At 70 MPH on a not so crowded interstate, it’s just downright stupid. If the guy had been willing to give it a few seconds, then people would have finished passing and he would have had a clear lane.
Legal in Texas too, though few are aware of it. Can't exceed 20mph when 'splitting' though.
Hmmm....Cab-over trucks and what looks like 40 foot trailers. Has to be Europe somewhere.
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