Thankfully you weren't hurt. What was the state of the accident victoms? What country are yu i?
On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 7:16 PM, Alex Rufon <[email protected]>wrote: > I usually drive a Kawasaki ZZR sportsbike to work everyday. Since its the > rainy season with heavy flooding (up to 4 feet in flood waters in some > areas), I've been using my 125cc dirt bike to work (has a higher road > clearance than the sportsbike). Unfortunately, motorcycles with an engine > displacement of less than 400cc are not allowed on the (much safer) tollways > (expressway/superhighways/etc) so I had to take the more narrow old roads > which goes through every municipality and city between Cavite and Makati > (75km). > > Well, this morning, on the way to work I was part of big "convoy" of bikes > in Las Pinas (we didn't know each other, these convoys just happens and > essentially melts away on the next major intersection). The leader of the > pack was driving this small but agile Suzuki Raider 150cc (it's an underbone > and the preferred type of motorcycle here) and I was third in the group. We > were weaving through traffic by splitting lanes when the bus infront of us > stopped. The reaction of the pack leader was to counter flow (it was only a > two lane road) to overtake the stopped bus. Everyone in the pack followed > and as he was clearing the bus, a kid around 8 to 10 years old suddenly > showed up running right into the middle of the bike. It was a submarine > T-Hit and the kid was spun around and fell to the ground with the bike > snaking along for a few seconds and falling over. Everyone emergency breaked > and the bike behind me actually ploughed into me (it's not bad, just jarred > me a little). > > I was shocked and of course people started running towards the incident and > somebody picked up both the downed rider and the kid and there was general > commotion. > > I'm now in the office and I still kept thinking about it. Had I been more > aggressive this morning ... I would have been the pack leader and it would > have been me which the kid ran blindly into. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
