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.