Please, let's be CAREFUL and observant out there...

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A motorcycle rider was injured when his motorcycle was struck by another car on S Main Street near Walgreen’s at about 1 p.m. Tuesday.
According to officials with the Greenwood Police Department, a 1998 Pontiac was attempting to make a left-hand turn onto S Main Street from one of the side access roads near Church’s Chicken. The motorcycle was travelling north on S Main Street in the lane closest to the median. A van was travelling north on S Main Street in the lane closest to the curb and obstructed the Pontiac driver’s view. The van slowed to make a turn and the Pontiac pulled out, striking the motorcycle in the side.
Officials said that the motorcycle rider was not wearing a helmet and ejected from the motorcycle. He was transported to Self Regional Medical Center by Greenwood County EMS for treatment of his injuries, the extent of which
is unknown at this time. The driver of the Pontiac was cited for failure to yield the right of way.[/TD]
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[Bob Ledford]

Ouch that had to hurt. Probably the car driver was cell phone texting or otherwise distracted.:gaah:

 

[Green Machine]

Probably just another distracted driver. I have worked in LE for several years, and unfortunately see this kind of thing all of the time. Hopefully, the motorcycle driver has only minor injuries, and the medical transport was just precautionary.

 

[shrubs]

I have a white Spyder and always (well 99.9%) wear high vis yellow jacket. If I'm riding 2-up, the wife has high vis yellow too. Even with this, I'm never amazed at the amount of innatentive drivers there are. They may not be "texting" but they sure to a load of other crap besides driving.

 

[Bob Denman]

:shocked: I would hazard a guess that the extra "bulk" of the Spyder's design would do a lot to reduce the number of times that this might happen to one of us... I hope! :shocked:

 

[ARtraveler]

Just goes to show you that accidents can happen at any time. ATGATT. All the gear, all the time.

 

[lookerjdc]

we do all that we can to be safe, but there is always someone out there either on their cell phone, or texting, or putting on makeup (no offence ladies), or doing something that takes their attention off their surroundings

we all need to be extra careful, and if you ever get that 'sense', that 'feeling' that something is wrong... slow down and be extra careful