Motorcycles accidents happen. As someone who commutes 100 miles a day through the worst of Southern California traffic I see a lot of them. Motorcyclists know that sometimes one starts riding just a little too aggressive, a little too risky, a little too fast. From then on it’s just a matter of time before you get a ticket, crash, or see another motorcycle accident.

While riding back from work yesterday, I saw the latter. Luckly, it was one one of the easy ones, the rider was lucky to get away with possibly broken shoulder. When I pulled up, he was laying there by his bike waiting for ambulance to arrive. He was wearing full gear, his shiny but badly scratched Arai helmet on the ground. A scene like this immediately has an effect on you. I wasn’t the exception, the thoughts of the possibility of ME laying there rushed through my head. Needless to say, the rest of my way home was ridden in “grandmother” mode. Stay alert, wear your gear and learn from other people’s mistakes.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, September 18th, 2007 at 11:04 am and is filed under Riding. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.