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Bikers on highway in Oregon awarded millions by jury after being struck by truck

Monday, 16 December 2019, 18:12 BFH Uncategorized 42

In Oregon, you can’t pump your own gas because it’s too dangerous, but you can ride your bike on the highway.

Ht/ jd hasty

Jury awards more than $9 million to Vancouver, B.C. couple hit by truck while biking along I-84 in Columbia Gorge

42 Comments on Bikers on highway in Oregon awarded millions by jury after being struck by truck

  2. I can’t believe any state – even one run by liberals – is insane enough to let bikes on an interstate highway. Especially in the mountains where there’s a lot of fog.

    I live in FL. We got no mountains, and we got very little fog, but we got a shitload of tourists and that evens things out. And it’s illegal to bike ride on an interstate.

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  4. Friends, this was in the Columbia Gorge. The wind is ferocious in the gorge. It not only blows, it swirls and it is not uncommon to blow a travel trailer completely over the lane line.

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  5. Here in Vagina, they legislated the equivalent space of a 65 Buick around bicycles.
    People been trying to kill me for riding a motorcycle for 45 years…nobody legislated me squat.

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  7. Years back, a woman was riding a bicycle down the edge of the highway from me. She decided to swig from her water bottle while riding and she veered into the roadway. An elderly man hit her and she died from her injuries. It messed the old man up pretty good. Lesson: Don’t veer into the highway on a bike.

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  8. I once asked a co-worker who was one of those “cycling nuts” if they ever worried about getting clipped by some octogenarian in a motorhome while peddling their asses over mountainous two lane roads? He said it’s part of the thrill…kind of like skydiving wondering if your chute will or will not open! So I said you mean I have to carry MORE INSURANCE just in case one of you assholes gets in my lane? We haven’t talked since.

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  9. I’ve always thought that a car/truck was a quicker more safe form of travel…espacially a 63 Corvette convertible with a 427….will somebody please regift that to me?…

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  11. bicycles shouldn’t be allowed on any roads
    county, state & federal roads are paid for by gas tax, not spandex tax or homo helmet tax. if you’re not in a motorized vehicle, which you have to pay a fee to the state government, get licensed (pay for that too), cannot drive w/out state-mandated insurance, have your vehicle inspected, in many states … & pay to have your car ‘checked’ for emissions (& these fees are perpetual as long as you drive on their roads) you shouldn’t be allowed the privilege of using the road …. period!

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  12. “There is no measure for that level of stupidity”
    How ’bout:
    Quasar stupid.
    Black Hole Stupid.
    Stupid that has collapsed in on itself.
    Stupid so dense no intellect can possibly escape the Stupid.
    Stupid collapsed to a singularity where even the stupons have collapsed into stuponium.
    Nothing in the universe is more stupid!

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  14. Just drove this two months ago. It was rainy, windy, and there was fog. You’re talkin’ limited visibility to the max. Add to it stupid liberal NW road fascists and I’m surprised there aren’t more fatalities on this stretch. (Those people should go biking in Tajikistan.)

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  15. @Obamaplease DECEMBER 16, 2019 AT 7:06 PM
    “427 wont go in a 63. Or a 64. Front crossmember was modified in 65 to accommodate the big block…”

    “I can put anything into anything.” -Max Balchowsky

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  17. If you thik allowing cyclists to ride on the Interstate is dumb, you will be happy to know that beginning Jan. 1, In Oregon, cyclists will be allowed to run through stop signs and red lights. No kidding. At least it will thin the herd.

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  20. @ ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ for the winning sentiment.

    I have yet to find the necessary time to delve into the local county and city budgets for years past. I believe the amount spent on bike trails is in the millions. Of taxpayer money. And they still ride on the damn road. Freaking hazards. Yes, it’s personal with me.

    Tony R, that’s insane. If true, thinning the herd will happen, but it’s going to make a mess of a driver’s life. Be easier to give the cyclist the appropriate tools for what ever method they prefer to take themselves off the planet.

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  22. Well while you blow hards are debating what went into a corvette, my Max Wedge 413 Savoy was kicking their asses on Woodward Avenue. That was a 413 max wedge and it ate 427 corvettes alive. The only Corvette that came close was in the song, and that’s a fantasy.

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  24. ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ hit the nail on the head.

    I’ve said forever…..motorized vehicles and bicycles DO NOT mix.

    Pretty much like Conservatives and Liberals DO NOT mix.

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  26. Well, if we’re going to bench race, ask Richard Berry how his hemi roadrunner did against my Monaco Orange ‘69. Or ask Jim Gordon how his hemi ‘cuda did against my ‘62 fuelie. I ran into quite a few of them no-frame having mopars—-they don’t hook up. They’re fishtailing and sending up clouds of tire smoke while me and the Vette with our 50/50 weight distribution are just taillights going away.

    All just memories now, and the first liar doesn’t have a chance.

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  28. Max Wedge…one and done mopar nocar…pieces of shit and that’s when they would start. My brother had one every time he went over 50 I would have to pick his ass up in my moms VW. You still got that boat anchor ?

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  29. Awarding ASSHOLES for their stupidity is one of the MANY downfalls of living in a liberal shitty state with asshole liberal judges.

    The dumb-fucks always end up on top……except for those that actually prefer to be on bottom, which seems to include an unusual number of queer faggots anymore.

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  30. @ Obamaplease….are you familiar with V Gaines and Eloy Lucero? They started MadCap Racing (built engines)which somehow morphed into Furniture Row Racing for Nascar….Anyways, Eloy built V’s 55 T-bird dragster and could drive it better….Doing the day he just worked on the trucks that kept us delivering booze for V…..Eloy was a special mechanic….

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  36. I used to ride a bicycle from the Dupont CO to the Metro CO in DC when we weren’t allowed to park personal autos at MO. I rode on the sidewalks. A few cops over the years would cuss me…

    “Ride on the road you ignorant shit!” I ignored them. I never got squashed by a trash truck, either.

    I bet my bicycle is still chained to that radiator at Dupont, 20 years later.

    I was/am/was a bicycle rider (I mean I haven’t rode a bicycle in 15 years) who has no sympathy for bicycle riders who mix with automobile traffic.

    Which reminds me of my Triumph story. Chico said, “I need my pills!”

    “Your desk?”

    “Yes!”

    I rode my Triumph Bonneville from V street to MO in about 11 minutes. Got back to V street in about 15 more minutes. That was a fucking wild ride. I rode that motorcycle on the sidewalks half the way. It was like a bad movie. Half the people paid no attention to the roaring 750 down the sidewalks, and the other half thought they were gonna die.

    The only thing I can think is that G-d wanted Chico to have his pills.

    I’m only too glad to have been of service.

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  38. BTW, traction and dual point distributors never presented a problem. It’s strange the problems people run into. Oh well. That comment above should have said 1962 Belair, big fingers on an iPhone…

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  40. Message: If you’ve gotta hit em, Kill em.

    I rounded a curve at about 50 mph (speed limit 55) and there were two old biddies and a dog sauntering along the center line. They motioned for me to slow down.
    I felt sorry for the dog.
    (I didn’t hit them)

    izlamo delenda est …

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  41. we have a bicycle path a few blocks from our home; called The Trace. We see these bicycle fascists blasting along on their carbon-fiber contraptions, wearing gay lycra suits and Alien bicycle helmets. Meanwhile, I’m clanking along on a 35 year old 5-speed Ross bicycle made out of Schedule 80 STEEL with a fatass gel seat and TWO beerholders mounted on the handlebars and wearing a NRA hat. I bet I’m a lot happier than these a-holes.

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  42. I drive country roads that have a white line on the right and then it is immediately ditch. With curves that are impossible to see around.
    No shoulder, no gravel, & no forgiveness at 50 mph.
    And there are dumbass idiots out there riding and jogging.
    I can’t tell you how many times I’ve almost hit the pricks – and I’m looking for them AND driving carefully!
    I have a motorcycle license and know that drivers have a hard time seeing anything smaller than Mini-Cooper.
    If I am nearly killing these people I can only imagine the dozens of near-death experiences they have on every outing; therefore I agree with the previous statement of they know the hazards and love the adrenaline rush, they like that it is dangerous.

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