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Sombeech · Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 12181 Location: The Rubbish Bin

http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,23803464-5012760,00.html

Don · Joined: 20 Feb 2006 Posts: 407 Location: Utah Valley

WTF?

Is that real or creative editing?

jman · Joined: 16 Mar 2006 Posts: 100 Location: Kaysville, UT

It's real, unfortunately. :frustrated:

Don · Joined: 20 Feb 2006 Posts: 407 Location: Utah Valley

Just noticed the link under the pic. Wow. One person killed too, that sucks. Drunk drivers are asses.

JP · Joined: 04 Jan 2007 Posts: 5260 Location: Not Sure

I'm sure that cop to their left was just as shocked :eek2: WTF, drunk or not. What a pic, in this case it is worth a thousand words.

Teleken · Joined: 09 Jan 2008 Posts: 106 Location: Colorado Springs

Pinche boracho needs to get the beat down of the century.
I couldn't even look at that pic in the paper this morning then I remembered almost getting taken out by a guy running the left turn arrow Saturday and counted my lucky stars.

brookiekiller · Joined: 12 Jun 2007 Posts: 83 Location: Woods Cross

That is one of the most horrific things I have seen in a while.
That guy should be charged with murder.

Rev. Coyote · Joined: 26 Oct 2006 Posts: 1816 Location: Location Location

Here's a letter to the editor of the Moab Times-Independent:
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Firm action needed...

I have commuted to work on a bicycle more than a hundred times over the years without an accident – until last Thursday afternoon. I was riding up the hill on Spanish Valley Drive as far right as practical and was wearing, as I normally do, a white helmet and an orange reflective vest. Half way up the hill, four unlicensed, unescorted UTVs with adult male drivers forced me off the road as they passed.

I fell on the shoulder and, because I was going relatively slow (the hill is steep), was not severely injured. However, if I had been going fast, or had fallen into trees, rocks, or barbed wire, I would likely have been badly injured or possibly killed.

The action of the driver who forced me from the road seemed deliberate because he turned his head and looked right at me as he steered his vehicle at my front wheel.

Though I am sure most UTV riders are courteous law-abiding people, activities such as last week’s UTV rally inevitably attract yahoos who disrespect others. And, these drivers clearly had attitude – a woman bicycling up the road a few minutes after my crash said they made lewd remarks as they passed her earlier.

I would like to see these vehicles either completely banned from all public roadways or registered and licensed and with special driver licenses – similar to the requirement for motorcycles. If the vehicles had tags, maybe we might know who committed this crime, or maybe they would not have done it in the first place because they would know they could not just run away and hide in anonymity.

I would also like to see stricter law enforcement and stronger and more public preventive effort by responsible UTV riders and organizers so that others don’t become victims. If firm action is not taken, I fear conflicts will only increase and some will have much more severe consequences than I suffered.

—Bob Phillips

Moab

Axpence · Joined: 17 Mar 2008 Posts: 65

i think drunk driving should be a mandatory year community service/every year after that you are taxed 25% more than usual.

oh and they should all be thrown in jail.

and if you are a drunk driver reading this i hope you die, when you drive drunk your just spinning a loaded gun around firing at will, on the freeway.

Axpence · Joined: 17 Mar 2008 Posts: 65

check this out:
http://www2.oprah.com/tows/slide/200706 ... _101.jhtml

Randi · Joined: 08 May 2007 Posts: 472 Location: The OC

Sombeech wrote:

http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,23803464-5012760,00.html

OMG this is horrible!
What an awful tragedy!

My son is thinking bout riding his bike to work to conserve gas (it's about 20 miles RT) and I'm worried about some moron running him off the road. We don't have a good bike lane system for a long portion of where he'll be riding, and I'm not sure if he'd agree to wear bright colors! Like a dayglo vest or something! He did convince his g/f (against her wishes) to wear a helmet when they did the test ride this weekend!

I've heard that some people deliberately run both bicyclists and motorcyclists off the road for kicks.
What kinda jerk would do something like that?

SAD!

sparker1 · Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 11:44 am Post subject:

My wife and I were biking alongside a highway once, when the trail became narrow and was closer to the road. Before we had an opportunity to turn around, a semi-truck approaching us veered in our direction. Rather than risk it, we bailed into the ditch and never knew if he would have hit us. I can't be certain it was intentional, but I always felt that it was. Maybe his idea was to scare us, not hit us. Well, it worked.

Ih8grvty · Joined: 08 Apr 2008 Posts: 241 Location: Tooele Utah

people on bikes in some areas make me want to run them off the road.I have however never done so. Especially in the uintas! the ones that ride in the middle of the lane, not sliding over so I can pass them... those are the ones that i think about giving a friendly 'bump' on the rear tire.
IF bikes are going to be in places cars go, both parties need to give each other some respect.
I always see people bitching about cars when they ride bikes, If bikers (most are good about it but some :frustrated: ) used some common sense and stopped the attitude that they have the same rights as a car, and a few more inhabitants of the autos pulled their heads out, it would be hella better for both parties.
As to veering towards the bikes, you should keep some old fashioned jacks in your pocket, ditch the bike and toss them out in front of the car :naughty: If ya got time and some james bond fantasy, you could even rig the bike up to drop the jacks. Maybe sharpen the tops up a bit to ensure they pierce the tire. Kids have left em out and I promise they will pierce the foot on your skin, sharpen em up and they should do a tire reasonably well. Maybe make the car pull over so you can have a face to face about the 'scare'

JP · Joined: 04 Jan 2007 Posts: 5260 Location: Not Sure

Ih8grvty wrote: people on bikes in some areas make me want to run them off the road
:lol8: :lol8: Keep your toys in a toy box, ehh :lol8: :lol8: :lol8:

TreeHugger · Joined: 02 Aug 2005 Posts: 1020

Ih8grvty wrote: ... the ones that ride in the middle of the lane, not sliding over so I can pass them... those are the ones that i think about giving a friendly 'bump' on the rear tire.

If bikers (most are good about it but some :frustrated: ) used some common sense and stopped the attitude that they have the same rights as a car, ...

First of all, bikes do have the same rights as cars, by law. As such, they are expected to follow the same rules and laws of the road. And as such, drivers must treat them as a VEHICLE, meaning, if the road is too narrow, without a bike lane, for a car to fully fit, with three feet or more of a buffer to pass, the bike HAS THE RIGHT OF WAY in that lane and can, by law, take the full lane, the driver must wait behind and pass when it is clear.