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Galaxie 500 XL <galaxie@speakeasy.org> wrote:

> On Sat, 11 Jul 1998, Marc wrote:
> 
> ;*}>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.
> ;*}
> 
> A friend of mine gave up motorcycles because he t-boned a car, the bike
> essentially went through the car, killing the driver, paralyzing the
> passenger and my friend landed in a bush. He was standing up before the
> pieces were done scattering.
> 
> i also witnessed an occasion where a motorcyclist doing about 70 t-boned a
> car and it took the "jaws of life" to get the occupants out of the car.
> the motorcyclist flew over the car, slid about 100 feet and five minutes
> later was sitting at the side of the road.

I missed most of this thread, so I don't know if the general aim is to
lambast m/cycle riders or car drivers, but FWIW I have my own story about
this sort of situation...

A mate of mine rode into the side of a car, went up'n'over and landed
on his head[1]. He was wearing a helmet but still ended up in hospital
with nasty neck injuries. In this case, the car was clearly at fault,
on account she (a taxi driver) had pulled out and across the road
directly in front of him (to do a U-turn). Eventually (after a couple
of years of legal wrangling) she was prosecuted - 100UKP fine plus
costs plus 4 penalty points on her licence.


[1] We often wondered how he managed this, considering as his arse
    is considerably heavier than his head...!

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