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What a lucky IDIOT! Wendell and I saw one several years ago at the top of the hill. It did not turn out this good.
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Some people in SXM seem to have no concept of how to keep themselves safe. I believe that someone lost their life in SXM on a motorcycle or scooter within the past couple of weeks.
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Yeah, when he stood up after hitting the white van..... then fell back down there was a knot in my stomach.
Wendell
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Yeah, when he stood up after hitting the white van..... then fell back down there was a knot in my stomach.
Wendell It was a sickening feeling. Sadly, you can't fix stupid.
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Hope the bike was trashed
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God Bless the broken road....
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That guy is such an [censored] period.
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I hope the bike was trashed too. The person I really feel sorry for is the poor person driving the white van. First of all he/she probably got damage to the car from that bike and second of all just think how it would have been if that dope was killed. The innocent driver would have had to live with that for the rest of their life.
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We too have seen stupid acts by kids showing off on motorcycles while we've been on SXM. Part of it I put down to lax enforcement by police but..they have a problem when trying to stop or arrest a biker because most of the time the bike is a BMX and the perp just heads for the hills..leaving the police behind.
It's not an unsolvable problem but the police will have to be better organized and make more of an effort. Not sure I agree with Carol's comment...I think most of the time it's kids and they DO know how vulnerable they are...they just don't care! In North America we have groups of bikers performing a rolling road block and totally holding up traffic while they do wheelies, etc and except for the assistance of dash cams..police seldom catch the offenders. The image a driver sees when he hits a biker will stay with the driver for life. If the kids want to kill themselves doing stupid stunts it doesn't bother me - even though I've been a biker for 60 years. BUT when the kids involve an innocent and unwilling partner in the stupidity...that's criminal....and needs to stop!
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We have been on the road many times with bikers weaving in and out of traffic at high speed, and many times had our heart in our mouths. this has not stopped and probably never will. this is a risk for anyone driving and can cause accidents for more than the jerk on the bike... With no police putting a stop or out there doing a job??? Driving is risky for those that do not know the roads or the jerks on them... I finally retired driving, used to drive all over the Island. no more...
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Some things never change on the island!
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