After Brians recent brush with death on his motorcycle, he is packing in the riding and has sold his bike. He was riding his bike and was a fraction of a second in front of the OPP officer who got smucked in the head (on his motorcycle) by a low-flying goose on HWY. 11 north of Barrie two weeks ago. My colleague (Constable Tucker) only survived because he had a few factors working in his favor that morning which, in the absence of even one of those factors, would have changed the outcome. Brian and I know that could have been him (Brian) and weve been counting our lucky stars ever since. Well miss those bike rides but well never forget how close a call this was and how much of a reminder it is that regardless of how defensive a rider you are, not every situation affords you the time to make the necessary manoeuver to avert a serious motorcycle collision (the overwhelming majority of which are fatal). Sometimes youre just in the wrong place at the right time and theres absolutely nothing you can do about it.
Posted on: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 18:04:28 +0000
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