Nowhere to go with cross-traffic.
Absolutely perfect vehicle trap. The way the pit was, the road appeared contiguous. Cops found the scene when their front wheels went into the pit. Thankfully, they were going slow, looking for house number of complainant.
Bystanders stated the motorcyclist never had a chance.
I agree that motorcycle riding requires an immense amount of care. I still firmly believe that most motorcyclists would have been hit.
- I was a paramedic at the time, 6-8 calls a day in an urban setting.
- My life tends to attract significant statistical anomalies. I'd list a few here, but you'd all think I was lying or demon-posessed. I had people transfer off my crew because they could not take the weirdness. Getting the new doctors to believe my reports was interesting each June.
(Note: It's since been learned that Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome is far too common. That was my diagnostic skill, not a cosmic anomaly.)
With one unusual exception, it's never involved model rockets. My Dad wouldn't speak to or look at me for several hours after that one. Afterward, he would deny it happened. If the incident came up, he'd quickly change the subject and his eye tic would start up again.
Then again, I'm not sure how to define "normal" for a rocket launch.
Maybe it's the way I look at things. I take the "All guns are loaded" concept and apply it everywhere. When you're the kind of person where people will walk several miles simply to randomly stop in front of you and fall over dead, it's a good way to live.
Ever wonder how doctors and paramedics get addicted to alcohol or drugs? In every single case I've ever seen, the attitude "I can handle this - it won't happen to me" was the first step on the road to hell.
Maybe not everyone who drives a motorcycle will be involved in an accident. But the idiots definitely agree with you, and that scares me.
Zooty