Rider Killed in Aurora

[FZRguy]

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news...42/detail.html

[stubbicatt]

The comments are somewhat inflammatory. One, by a man called Scott: "I'm not surprised, he was riding a crotch rocket."

There are others.

RIP rider.

[Matty]

Sad......

[madvlad]

You must be an idiot to be riding that fast on these cold of nights... Respectfully RIP rider but you reao what you sow.

[Hoot]

RIP rider...

[cbrjohnny]

so his buddy on the other bike took off?? crazy... rip

[longrider]

What I dont get is how did the riders not see the cars stopped? It's not like there was a left turn or pulling out of a side street, they were stopped at an intersection waiting for pedestrians which means they were in plain sight. I cant imagine not seeing that, plus while 70 would be speeding it is not so fast that stopping would be hard in your sight distance

[sprtbkbabe]

So sad to see that lone helmet in the pic...

[spideyrdr]

Westbound at that time of night could have meant the sun was a factor. If the SUV was stopped to let people cross at an unmarked cross walk, the rider probably didn't see or expect them to be stopped there.

RIP rider.

[willb003]

What I dont get is how did the riders not see the cars stopped? It's not like there was a left turn or pulling out of a side street, they were stopped at an intersection waiting for pedestrians which means they were in plain sight. I cant imagine not seeing that, plus while 70 would be speeding it is not so fast that stopping would be hard in your sight distance

Where does it say they were going 70?

[johne303]

Who do you think is at fault

The rider - for going too fast

The SUV - for stopping In the middle of the street

The pedestrian - for NOT using a cross walk

Or all 3?

[salsashark]

Who do you think is at fault

The rider - for going too fast

The SUV - for stopping In the middle of rhe street

The pedestrian - for cross walk

Or all 3?

With only the news story to go by, the rider was at fault... 100%

RIP

[Jmetz]

With the news report, the pedestrians were crossing when they shouldn't have and therefore caused the accident.

I almost rear ended a truck the other night for something similar. The light was green and we were making a right, a pedestrian decided to cross even though they had the don't walk. I didn't see the pedestrian and all the sudden the guy in front of me slams on his brakes. I came close but luckily didn't hit.

RIP

[longrider]

Where does it say they were going 70?

Upon rereading the story I realized the speed comment was referring to I225, no mention was made of the speed at time of impact

[longrider]

Who do you think is at fault

The rider - for going too fast

The SUV - for stopping In the middle of the street

The pedestrian - for NOT using a cross walk

Or all 3?

The SUV has no fault at all in this situation, what else could he do? Run down the pedestrians? While the pedestrians may have caused the accident (assuming they were not in a crosswalk) fault is 100% the riders.

[Snowman]

I past this accident about 5:30pm. The fire department and several Aurora police had shown already up. Only saw the one rider down, helmet was off and a fireman was pumping his chest. The bike was shattered and pieces were on both sides of the road. From the way the bike landed I'm guessing the rider was trying to going around the Nissan because it looked like the damage on the Pathfinder was all long the left side rear.

At that time of day the sun does fall directly in line with the west bound lane and was probably an issue. Also there is no crosswalks or stoplights at that intersection. I do know allot of people cross there but not being a marked crossing intersection, someone not familiar with the area wouldn't slow. It's also down hill and 40mph.

Still it was the rider responsibly to maintain control of his bike and if there was a second rider that fled I really have no respect for that person.

It's always treble when one of us dies for any reason, even their own fault. Those of us that do ride have accepted that this can happen to any of us.

RIP

[JKOL]

To me it doesn't matter who caused the accident, it is the rider's responsibility to protect him/her self. One thing a friend told me years before I ever got a motorcycle, and it has always stuck with me is "ride like everyone on the road is trying to kill you." It seems like most days this is 100% true. It is our responsibility to be safe, don't expect others to be safe.

RIP to the rider, and f*&k the loser that left the scene. Karma is gonna take good care of them.

[~Barn~]

To me it doesn't matter who caused the accident, it is the rider's responsibility to protect him/her self. <Snip...>

Couldn't have said it any better. My thoughts go out to the family of the rider, who they don't have any longer.

[Nooch]

Who do you think is at fault

The rider - for going too fast

The SUV - for stopping In the middle of the street

The pedestrian - for NOT using a cross walk

Or all 3?

Moot point. Most of the posted speed limits on Iliff are 40 MPH. I ride Iliff all the time. At the proper speed, if the car in front of me slams the brakes out of nowhere, I can still stop because A. I dont follow closely and B. I don't speed on city streets. Part of the decision-making process when determining speed limits takes into account the fact that sometimes shit happens that causes drivers to have to brake hard without warning. You are vulnerable as all hell on a motorcycle. Take care of yourself because no one else is going to.

[WolFeYeZ]

RIP Rider. 75 on a freeway really isn't all that bad =/

[madvlad]

Whoever doesn't think speeding was the factor then take a closer look to the pictures... Anyone can own a motorcycle and move it but to understand the dynamics of such its a completely different story

[Fumet5uNo]

Wow.

[johne303]

Whoever doesn't think speeding was the factor then take a closer look to the pictures... Anyone can own a motorcycle and move it but to understand the dynamics of such its a completely different story

SPEED doesn't kill, it's the sudden STOP!

[biikChiQ]

thats so unfortunate. RIP rider