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posted May 04, 2003 10:02 AM
 Edited By: EastBayDave on 4 May 2003 11:19
sad-rider killed going to AMA Sears Point
Article from the Press Democrat
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PETALUMA
Crash kills Canadian motorcycle rider
A crash involving a motorcycle and a car Saturday in Petaluma killed a Canadian tourist on his way to watch motorcycle races, according to the CHP. The 10:50 a.m. collision occurred on Lakeville Highway near Pine View Way, near the city limits.
Michael G. Bosmans, 51, of Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia, was headed on his motorcycle to Infineon Raceway at Sears Point when he was struck by a car, CHP Officer Curt Lubiszewski said.
Officers found a ticket to Saturday's races in his pocket.
Jhoanna Flores, 27, of Vallejo apparently didn't see the motorcycle as she turned left from Highway 116 toward Pine View, Lubiszewski said.
She waited for one car to clear the lanes, then made the turn, striking the motorcycle.
A nurse stopped at the crash and tried to revive the rider, who was taken to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Rest in peace Michael
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posted May 04, 2003 10:26 AM
...it never ends  ...rest in peace, Michael...
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posted May 04, 2003 12:28 PM
Please notice the statement! A woman has hit me on 2 occassions and both of them said "I looked and did not see a "CAR" anywhere before I made the turn"! Nothing nasty, but women are different from men when it comes to driving! There are only 2 kinds of Women Drivers, the Very Best and the Very worse. There is no "Average" Woman driver. Men drive the entire range for great to horrible and sometimes all in one drive. Women either want the entire street empty to pull out or see a space the size they need and leap into it as it goes by. I might add here that the very good Women drivers can also back up which the others cannot do! I said this for a reason, when I see a woman driver at an intersection, I blow the Horn and watch them Jump because they are so frantic and terrified looking for the cars, they just cannot see the Motorcycles. Plus, women that are not into bikes just do not think of them while out!
I told the truth here and I think most women will agree!
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posted May 04, 2003 12:45 PM
How sad.
When they start putting a needle in the arms of these people for killing motorcuclists, I would anticipate a change in their vision. Another example of an idiot making a decission based on what they think instead of paying attention.
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posted May 04, 2003 02:45 PM
VH
my wife agrees..... and yes she is a biker
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posted May 04, 2003 03:57 PM
very sad indeed....
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posted May 04, 2003 04:49 PM
Very sad............
fuckin stupid cunt cage driver.  to her
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posted May 04, 2003 05:18 PM
Reason I put it up was twofold. I know many of you guys (Fish/Swft?) are from the Northwest & was hoping it wasn't anyone you knew. I also thought it was so ironic the poor guy rode what, over a thousand miles to the races in the rain to get there? He's finally less than 10 (?) miles from the track & gets taken out.
& I agree with Harry's statement...& she will probably get off with a slap on the wrist too...
Again, Godspeed Michael...
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posted May 04, 2003 09:05 PM
she will get off
because no one is there to step up & point
out anything that may have apparently been
negligent
it may have been plain & simple an accident
someoneone ranting & raving is not necessary
still its no one there to raise the awareness to the law enforcement...
accident investigators...... above the usual
motorcycles are dangerous mantra
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posted May 05, 2003 06:39 AM
Yep, it is sad. One thing it does is make me think about how *I* can avoid something like that. Unfamiliar road, unfamiliar intersections and unknown driveways coming onto it. Not a lot you can do, cept proceed cautiously.
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posted May 05, 2003 08:07 AM
I pretend anyone that can get me will! I also try to "Not" Be seen so that the people that may want to try to get me will not and I will not get comfortable and think anyone is looking out for me!
I agree that the Worse part is that he got that close!
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posted May 05, 2003 08:43 AM
IN my life the majority of my friends and others that I know that ride I can say the most common accident is the motorcycle following a car gets hit by a car pulling across the road or turning onto the road. Similar to what this accident was described as.
As I have poste dpreviously, I go with Vincent's theory on this. Probably more to an extreme. I operate under the premise that cars, trucks (cages) are all out to get me. I look at pretty much each circumstance from a position of how are they going to get me or hurt me. I ride extremely aggresive, and make it a point to make it as difficult as possible for them to have a chance to hit me. Generally the only real shot I give them is when I am setting at an intersection. And even then I usually leave myself room to skirt out of harms way if some idiot doesn't stop.
Years ago, I was setting at an intersection waiting to make a left turn. A car setting at the same intersection 90 degrees to me got the chance to turn left and hit my front wheel doing about 25 mph. Launched me into tomorrow just about! Years ago while riding down a side street I saw side street that had a huge hedge next to it. In my mind I thought that must be tough for people that stop there to see traffic. A car then pulled out of that side road without stopping or looking. I t-boned the car and broke multiple bones and should have died. I had identified the danger and let it bite me. I was riding with my best friend, a rider with 35 years of experience. We were on a county road with a 50 mph speed limit. We were following a car and approaching a cross road with another car trying to get across the road. My thoughts were the car could have trouble seeing us behind the other car and think there was a gap to shoot through. I slowed so the guy could see me, my buddy stayed close to the car in front of him. The car shot the gap he thought was there and t-boned my buddy. I saw the trap and didn't fall into it, where my firend did.
I share these tid-bits as a reminder to pay attention to your instincts and to remind everyone to be agressively alert.
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posted May 05, 2003 09:54 AM
I ride thinking every cage and cycle is out to get me. Don't forget there are some riders that can put a hurting on ya too. Its not just the cages.
I know a guy that got plowed into by a Harley rider last weekend. He seen the the big Harley heading stright at him and came to a complete stop on the edge of the road his lane and the Harley just kept getting wider in the turn and slammed into him. His left leg is tore up pretty bad.
Don't take nonthing for granted.
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posted May 05, 2003 10:07 AM
Zhoo and others one last thing even being behind a car turning left is dangerous. That is what got me. As he started to turn left and I started to go past, he changed his mind, stepped on the gas and turned right into me! Trust no one no time!
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posted May 05, 2003 10:39 AM
I must be Zhooligan's good luck charm. He's even hit a deer while riding when I've been around, and not gone down!
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posted May 06, 2003 07:10 AM
very sad
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posted May 06, 2003 07:39 AM
Zhoo, it is a tiring experience for me to ride 4 miles to work! I am out of breath and do not know if I breath all of the time! I look inside of every parked car I pass, then look at the front wheels. If the wheels are straight, I go past, if they are pointed out, so the first move will be toward me, I slow and make plans. This stuff keeps my mind sharp, but sure is tiring!
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posted May 06, 2003 01:05 PM
Yoor assessment is corect Vincent. That is why I warn novice riders and casual riders and even the more experienced riders on how important it is to stay focused and concentrate on your riding. When your mind wanders in a car you can get away with it, afterall when you run over a guy on a motorcycle the judge will merely sentence you to acts of kindness. Loose your concentration and focus on a bike and that same car driver kills you and get sentenced to acts of kindness.
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