"Ben"...another life wasted

[nicolodeon]

A long-time acquaintance of mine lost her only child today - another victim of a senseless motorcycle accident. Fine boy he was...good son to his mother, good brother to his friends. Sigh...could have gone to greater things..only if this never had happened.

Poor lady...now all she has are memories of her son...and dreams of what could have been.

So to all of you young motorcycle riders, a word from an old guy like me who has seen loss, tasted loss and felt loss - bravado is only fleeting, death is eternal. Keep safe, stay safe, be safe and ride intelligently.

"Ben"...he was only 19.

[aceshark]

so sad to hear this story... just so sad. be responsible sa kalye, please!

[ssaloon]

Rip....

[the_wildthing]

So how did it happen?

[squala]

Same thing happened to a former classmate of mine a few years ago. It was really tragic, but indeed a wake-up call when I was on the verge of getting a bike.

May their souls rest in peace.

[chain]

aw no... my condolences.

which reminds me:

the other week as I was going home while traversing tramo area, I saw this motorcycle underneath a passenger jeep. both passengers were dead. minutes before, i passed the same road. wala pang aksidente...

[CVT]

Nicolodeon: thank you for sharing. May his soul rest in peace.

I also walked on the same edge many years ago. It was fun, yes, but really dangerous.

Now that I am on 4 wheels, there are instances when I could not see them coming. Who is to blame? It depends on whose side you're coming from.

But such terrible waste of life!

[1D4LV]

R.I.P.

but imho, people i see now on bikes are really beginners. i am not saying that accidents can't be avoided, but it seems people riding bikes nowadays tend just to buy a bike and ride it, without taking the necessary precautions and the necessary technical knowledge how to ride one.

iba kasi ang kotse/four wheeled vehicles. with these vehicles, you just make sure may fuel, turn on the ignition and go. with bikes, you need first to have a feel on how the bike responds, its power, its limitations, etc. tapos andyan pa yung factor na "need for speed..." syempre, an 80 kph on a 4 wheeled vehicle is different from an 80 kph sa bike.

[nicolodeon]

So how did it happen?

The usual bravado of a youth thinking that he is indestructible and that he has the fastest reflexes on earth.

In a nutshell, he was racing another bud home...lost control of the bike when he tried to avoid something (they never knew what that something was)...flew off the bike...landed on his head...dead on the spot.

[the_wildthing]

That's too bad.

Lack of experience I suppose.

This reminds me why my biker friend advised me to start with the lower displacement bikes first to learn the skills.

This also reminds me of John Duran.

[Flagg]

RIP

I heard that's one of the reasons M.Y. SAN was sold. A Ducati w/o helmet daw. Tsk tsk. Sayang sobra.

[BlueBimmer]

kaya bawal talaga bike sa amin, my parents forbid using anything on 2 wheels.

RIP

[aceshark]

kaya bawal talaga bike sa amin, my parents forbid using anything on 2 wheels.

RIP

same here bro. tagal ko na nagpapabili motorbike sa mom ko. ayaw nya. para na rin daw ako bumili ng kabaong ko. hindi raw pwede yung katwiran ko na "MAG-IINGA" ako kasi pano raw kung yung mga kasabay ko sa kalye ang hindi nag-iingat? wala raw kalaban-laban kapag nakabangga ka ng may apat na gulong and worse kung mas marami pa yung gulong ng sasakyan. and isa pa, di rin pwede na "MAG-IINGAT PO AKO" kasi kahit anong oras pwede ako toyoin at mag-pasikat. (alam ng nanay na may konting kayabangan si anak)

[ts1n1ta]

lost a cousin just last december...also with motorcycle accident..although, in my cousin's case, hit and run...
my prayers to your acquaintance's family... Let's all be safe.

[mazdamazda]

aw no... my condolences.

which reminds me:

the other week as I was going home while traversing tramo area, I saw this motorcycle underneath a passenger jeep. both passengers were dead. minutes before, i passed the same road. wala pang aksidente...

saw a similar accident near magallanes the other day.

an underbone smashed into the rear corner of a bus... wasak yung motorcycle...

konting ingat lang to our motorcycle riding tsikoteers out there.

[Bogeyman]

This reminds me of that saleslady (or was it a bank executive?) who was killed while riding a scooter with her partner on EDSA, near Dusit Hotel. They were pinned under a bus, killing them instantly.

[flakez]

sorry to hear that. RIP

dami talagang ganyan na kabataan. may barkada rin ako dati lipad ung motor kasi hindi nakita ung humps. mga 6 feet ung lipad niya. buti bali lang inabot.

[niky]

Our finance VP died just last month in a motorcycle accident. He had just won as town councillor, he was successful in business, and he had a family. He'd just bought himself a big bike a year or two ago, and was still new to it (hard for him to learn, at 50 and only 5'3").

I think it's a message to all who're getting into bikes, don't bite off more than you can chew, and learn to walk (really) before you start running.

[team_PONGLAI_11]

sad to hear... condolences to the family.

please do not race on the streets,

drive safely.

[wren]

may he rest in peace...

curious lang, is it easy to get a motorcycle licence in the RP? i remember when i got mine, they had me riding thru obstacle courses to see if i could handle a bike.