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On Sat, 11 Jul 1998 21:36:26 GMT, Marc <Gumbyy@ticnet.com> wrote:
>joelga@pebble.org (Joel Garry) wrote:
>>On 9 Jul 1998 16:50:58 -0500, Craig A. Johnston <caj@urth.autarch.com> wrote:
>
>>>Reckless driving and speeding fines could be weighted by the
>>>vehicle's mass -- how are you going to hurt someone in an
>>>automobile on a motorcycle?  Not easily.  Too bad for those
>>>idiots in SUVs who drive too fast for their pathetic, wallowing
>>>vehicles and tailgate other drivers...
>
>>Actually, this does happen.  Motorcycle t-bones car, motorcyclist launches
>>over car and isn't hurt too bad, motorcycle punches through door/window
>>and kills car occupant.
>
>"Does" or "could?"   The only accident where the driver of a car was
>killed that I know of, the driver of the motorcycle was also killed.
>I knew a number of people killed on motorcycles by hitting cars, but
>none of those accidents resulted in damage to the driver of the car
>from the initial impact.

Remember, there's more to an accident than just mass differentials.  Sharp
broken metal versus soft squishy organ meat, for one...

It did happen recently, but in the brief search I just did I couldn't find it.
Here's one that was close:


Motorcyclist is critically injured 


19-Apr-1996 Friday 

Kearny Mesa -- A motorcyclist suffered critical injuries yesterday when he
slammed into the side of a sedan stopped across his lane of traffic. 

Police traffic investigators said Richard Ittner, 27, of Clairemont, was
riding his Suzuki motorcycle west on Balboa Avenue, east of Interstate 163,
shortly before 3 p.m. 

At the same time, Celina Francisco, 64, of Point Loma, pulled her Hyundai
across the westbound lanes and stopped to wait for eastbound traffic to
clear. The motorcycle hit her side of the car. 

Ittner suffered major injuries and was reported on life-support at an area
hospital. Francisco was hospitalized with a broken pelvis. Her two
passengers suffered minor injuries, police said. 



Copyright Union-Tribune Publishing Co. 
>
>Marc
>For email, remove second "y" from Gumbyy@ticnet.com


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