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Going to work this morning I was one of the first to come across a fatality between a car and a bike. The rider was deceased. I was on the scene before the emergency services arrived.

I don't really ride with anyone to share this with or that can understand it from a fellow riders point of view. So bare with me.

Anyway, it's shaken my girlfriend who was there too and while I'll get over it I just don't feel like riding right now, going to drive to work tomorrow.

This is a bit of a directionless thread, just needed to vent to some fellow riders. I'll be apples in a few days and go for a ride on the weekend.

Thanks for listening.

Cam

That must have been very hard to deal with. It's a sobering reminder for us all of just how dangerous biking can be.

Hope you can get back to riding soon.

Hey cam,

Must be hard for you and especially your girl. Give her a big cuddle, just bear with her change of moods etc and talk it over with her if need be.

I'm no expert by any means on particularly this sort of tragedy, but I used to work in a bank and have had a gun pointed at me during a holdup.

Talking things over with a counsellor was ok, but not as good as talking it over with my wife and trying to continue to be normal with my routines.

Hope this helps mate.

I typed out a rather long response but in the end I decided I didn't have any great words of wisdom. So I'll just say take care and take your time to process through it. I think driving the car for awhile is perfectly normal response.

Cam, i am sorry that you and your lady had to see that, i used to work as an EMT and so i have seen alot of these types of scenes and let me tell you, they dont get any easier to see. None of us know how long we have so IMHO its best to live life to the fullest. What you are feeling right now is very similar to how you feel after your first crash, its almost like youu are not sure if you can ride again, but just like getting thrown from a horse, you just have to get back on and ride.

I hope that you will get back into riding, be safe brother

NorCalHunter

Thanks for the kind words everyone. I'll be ok, just need a few days to blow through and get back to normality.

I'm making a point tonight to get on my Mapsource software and plan a ride for next weekend.

Needed to vent last night, especially to fellow riders who could understand about it, so thanks for taking the time to read or respond. I might have another look around today on the web at panniers. Who'd have thought pannier shopping is good therapy.

Thankyou again. Cam.

WELL i sorry you had to see that as well... but it's not the bike that kill him more people die in cars every day as well. when it's your time it's your time no mader what you drive so i would still ride the bike and watch my own ass. just the way i see it. I had a friend killed on a bike and in a car so ya never know.

A mate of mine that I first meet ,when we were both just on our L's on a forum group ride ,and we become riding buddys and use to do trips away together etc.
He lost his leg in a bike crash and when I seen him in hospital it really shock me up ,with that he was in the wrong place at the wrong time ,it would of been me.......
It took me along time to even get on the bike again ,but just take your time and you will get back into it .

It sucks to see things like that especially when you are passionate about your ride. I have done insurance claims for years and did allot for bikes and riders that ended up on the bad end of the stick. You just have to use this as a reminder of how dangerous this hobby can be. It can help keep you cautious and turn you into a better rider. Lets you know that it can happen any where anytime. But its funy that so many people die in car accidents every year but yet we all drive without a second thought.

Take a little tome to relax and then start riding and use that bad memory to remind you to be responsible and to be as defensive as possible. Enjoy your ride!

how did the crash happen? any follow up on the news about it?

It takes a toll on you to see things like that.

You can expect some possible short term things going on with your body as well as your mind. You are already feeling the mental part. Your body, might get some numb places; your heart might "seem" like it's beating funny when it's not; constipation; maybe a neck ache. Short term stuff from the tension of it all.

And, the question about what happened to cause the accident is good because it gets your mind familiar with working on stuff like this. Not unlike getting familiar with doing first things on your bike.

Snout,

I know exactly what your are feeling man. There was a rider fatality literally 500 ft from my house yesterday afternoon. I was coming home from work and found my entire street was closed off to traffic so I had to park my car a few blocks away and walk to the house. As I got to the house the rider was still laying on the street while the police did their investigation. A cager had made a left turn in front of him and he was ejected forward 50ft from the impact.

Be safe everyone.

I haven't looked at the news as I just wanted a break from it, I would like to know his name I guess but on the other hand I don't want to personalise it. Don't mean to sound like a bastard but not sure how I'd take it, putting a name to what I saw.

What happened is it was 2 lanes both ways , 5:30am, foggy, 100 metres visibilty maybe. A car did a uturn and the rider rode straight into the car. Can't say if the car was at fault because there are broken lines there which may make it legal to do the uturn. And I'm not sure the exact place the impact happened, just where they all ended up.

Take care with that, I know that while I'm through the initial shock it's just in the back of my mind.

I didn't feel right Monday that's for sure. I'm actually getting back on the bike tomorrow and just need to see where I'm at with it all. I'm hoping to feel good about it all again after the ride or at least see that life goes on.