Evel Knievel Wrote:
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> [www.ktvu.com]
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> r-dies
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> F A F O !
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> SAN LEANDRO, Calif. - San Leandro police said that
> a motorcycle passenger who died on the tracks was
> part of a group of roughly 100 other motorcyclists
> who lifted a railroad crossing arm as an oncoming
> train was headed their way.
>
> Police said the group was traveling northbound on
> Hesperian Boulevard on Sunday at about 2 p.m. near
> Springlake Drive where there is a railroad
> crossing.
>
> As the motorcyclists approached the tracks, police
> said the railroad arms came down for an oncoming
> Amtrak train traveling toward Oakland.
>
> Members of the motorcycle group lifted the
> railroad crossing arms to allow riders through,
> police said. One motorcyclist, who had a passenger
> on the bike as well, went through the crossing
> when it was struck by the train, police said.
>
> The motorcyclist suffered critical injuries and
> was taken to the hospital; his female passenger
> was pronounced dead on scene, police said.Both
> were wearing helmets. Police did not say that this
> was some sort of scheduled event and did not have
> a name for the motorcycle group.
>
> It's also unclear what motivated the group to
> lift the railroad crossing arms.
>
> In a statement, Amtrak said the train was
> traveling from San Jose to Sacramento when it came
> into contact with the motorcycle. None of the 71
> passengers on board the train were injured.Anyone
> with information should contact Traffic Unit
> Sergeant Ryan Gill at (510) 577-0446.

It's too bad, because the motorcycle driver and the idiots who lifted the gates are the ones with the defective gene for stupidity.

I have a local councilman who started ranting and raving about speed after a motorcycle accident on a local street recently.

I left his thesis in shambles when I pointed out that up to 50% of motorcycles are legally DUI at the time of death, regardless of other contributory factors.

The accident in question, was the result of an unsafe turning movement, not speed.

But have facts recently been able to keep politicians from to coming to the conclusions they are promoting much lately?

The warning devices are only as good as the receptors in our frontal lobes are able to process them. So how messed up this crew of dumb asses is another factor to consider.

Darwin's theory of survival of the fittest got the wrong victim to cull from the gene pool on this one.