Group of 8 riders rear ended at a red light. This happened today. What a horrible & tragic thing. One of the injured riders is a Phoenix Fire Dept Captain.

Here's the story...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36040752/ns/us_news-life/

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If they find he was on a cellphone, I hope Phoenix is the first city ever to try someone for murder over it.

How the **** do you not see 8 motorcycles, a SUV, a truck and a red light unless something was distracting you or your brakes failed???

 

yikes. this is exactly why i pull far to one side and stay ready to move until i see the vehicle behind me come to a stop.

 

+1. Im never in the middle and i keep my eyes on my mirrors every few seconds.
If this was a pure accident such as brake failure i hope the guy can live a decent life wihtout to many nightmares. If he was distracted and not paying attention i hope he gets life and can never sleep again.

 

Time will tell. Don't want to convict the guy before hearing the details. But I hope they pull his cellphone records during the time of the accident.

8 bikes is still a lot to go thru, even for a dump truck. So he had some speed

 

Early reports are saying the driver of the truck said he was not paying attention and was rummaging through some papers...

 

As a truck driver I know when you are involved in an accident. You go straight away for a drug test. This part is really new, The police get a warrant to get your cell phone records.

 

Yep, here's another story on it... first lady on the scene said the guy was rummaging through some papers... just wow.

http://www.azcentral.com/community/n...rash-abrk.html

 

Damn, that's really sad news. I hope they string the driver up by his cojones.

When I'm stopped at a red light and see a vehicle coming up behind me, I always tap my brakes to flash the rear light and hopefully catch their attention, but I'm always ready to roll hard on the throttle too.

 

I learned that when i first started riding years ago, 4 years back a buddy of mine on his brand new r1 and me on my gixxer were sitting in traffic on I-70 going to a local car show cruise in deal, i was far to the left he was dead center, 17 year old girl trying to get a cd off her floor never hit the brakes, i moved in time he wasnt as lucky, tossed him over the back of her car and the bike under a semi, he lived to tell about it with a badly torn up leg and a concussion