# Rider down 90/400 area **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [March 21, 2010, 6:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rider-down-90-400-area/151948 "2010-03-21T18:19:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mike93](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mike93/32/7325_2.png) [@Mike93](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mike93)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 8:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rider-down-90-400-area/151948/21 "2010-03-22T08:20:14Z")
Drove by this site on the way to work this morning…sad news for sure. Not to make any assumptions as to who was at fault but there was a healthy single-tire skidmark leading right up to the point of impact with the guardrail…will be interesting to hear what the investigation and witnesses to this have to say. RIP to the rider…regardless of how it happened. ---
**Author:** ![mike125k](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mike125k/32/7282_2.png) [@mike125k](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mike125k)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 8:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rider-down-90-400-area/151948/22 "2010-03-22T08:23:27Z")
I’d have to believe there are a number of first hand witnesses. When I drove by right after it happened there were already 7-8 cars pulled over trying to help. ---
**Author:** ![98SS10](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/98ss10/32/7288_2.png) [@98SS10](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/98SS10)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 9:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rider-down-90-400-area/151948/23 "2010-03-22T09:56:26Z")
That area is where I see a lot of cages realizing they forgot to get right to merge onto the 400, the news reports all indicate the ridrr was thrown upon impact so I’d guess the skid mark had nothing to do with the accident considering witnesses stated the bike continued along the shoulder and into the guardrail unmanned. ---
**Author:** ![BREETIME](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/breetime/32/5214_2.png) [@BREETIME](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BREETIME)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 10:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rider-down-90-400-area/151948/24 "2010-03-22T10:47:56Z")
i pumped gas next to a older looking rider not too long before this happend on center and union. dark bike/dark gear. ---
**Author:** ![AF\_AWDrive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b4bc9f/32.png) [@AF\_AWDrive](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AF_AWDrive)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 11:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rider-down-90-400-area/151948/25 "2010-03-22T11:10:15Z")
this story kinda makes me glad my bike is up for sale… hopefully staying on 4 wheels this summer. rip, this is a terrible situation. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 11:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rider-down-90-400-area/151948/26 "2010-03-22T11:12:18Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > As long as we’re making wild speculations, I’ll say it was probably another retard on a sportbike doing 50+ over the speed limit. I hate to be a dick, but you are probably closer to the truth. There’s no excuse for running into the back of a car. There can’t be, it’s too easily avoidable and too severe in consequence. It may not have technically been the rider’s fault, but try telling that to him now. This was either a failure to leave proper space cushioning or a failure to recognize a hazard, probably both. ---
**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 11:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rider-down-90-400-area/151948/27 "2010-03-22T11:24:06Z")
emergency braking should be practiced every ride… in a parking lot… 0-40-0… again it may or may not have saved this gentlemans life… im not going to speculate. ---
**Author:** ![Axis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/axis/32/5149_2.png) [@Axis](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Axis)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 11:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rider-down-90-400-area/151948/28 "2010-03-22T11:25:47Z")
This is why I’m somewhat cautious about getting into bikes. Even if its technically not the riders fault it doesn’t mean much when said riders dead. ---
**Author:** ![layzie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/layzie/32/7599_2.png) [@layzie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/layzie)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 11:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rider-down-90-400-area/151948/29 "2010-03-22T11:44:27Z")
My dad went by this, said the guy was laying face down in the middle of the street and cops standing above him ---
**Author:** ![NYstanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/6a8cbe/32.png) [@NYstanger](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/NYstanger)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 12:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rider-down-90-400-area/151948/30 "2010-03-22T12:54:53Z")
> [@Fry](#): > > I hate to be a dick, but you are probably closer to the truth. There’s no excuse for running into the back of a car. There can’t be, it’s too easily avoidable and too severe in consequence. It may not have technically been the rider’s fault, but try telling that to him now. This was either a failure to leave proper space cushioning or a failure to recognize a hazard, probably both. So true. I get cut off all the time while driving, doesn’t mean I’m plowing into the backs of cars. The guy was 72, I can’t imagine him pulling a spontaneous heavy swerve. ---
**Author:** ![Hass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/51bf81/32.png) [@Hass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hass)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 1:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rider-down-90-400-area/151948/31 "2010-03-22T13:31:16Z")
> [@NYstanger](#): > > So true. I get cut off all the time while driving, doesn’t mean I’m plowing into the backs of cars. The guy was 72, I can’t imagine him pulling a spontaneous heavy swerve. have you never seen old people drive before? anyway… my dad went down sat to PA to do a ride down there with some people, and dumped his bike when he made a turn and hit some snow on the road still. I was pretty worried when i heard that, but this makes me feel not so bad about it -.- if you can understand what i mean ;\ ---
**Author:** ![maverick27](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maverick27/32/4946_2.png) [@maverick27](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/maverick27)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 2:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rider-down-90-400-area/151948/32 "2010-03-22T14:41:14Z")
drove past this accident at 8:30. Looked bad. Did not see damaged vehicle other than motorcycle. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 3:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rider-down-90-400-area/151948/33 "2010-03-22T15:06:52Z")
motorcycle was supposedly a suzuki hayabusa… ---
**Author:** ![burnt\_toast](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/burnt_toast/32/7518_2.png) [@burnt\_toast](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/burnt_toast)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 3:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rider-down-90-400-area/151948/34 "2010-03-22T15:20:45Z")
> [@98SS10](#): > > That area is where I see a lot of cages realizing they forgot to get right to merge onto the 400, the news reports all indicate the ridrr was thrown upon impact so I’d guess the skid mark had nothing to do with the accident considering witnesses stated the bike continued along the shoulder and into the guardrail unmanned. they’re called cars. cages (or cagers) is the most retarded nickname ever created. ---
**Author:** ![bigwoode](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bigwoode/32/5175_2.png) [@bigwoode](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bigwoode)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 7:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rider-down-90-400-area/151948/35 "2010-03-22T19:19:09Z")
> [@Fry](#): > > I hate to be a dick, but you are probably closer to the truth. There’s no excuse for running into the back of a car. There can’t be, it’s too easily avoidable and too severe in consequence. It may not have technically been the rider’s fault, but try telling that to him now. This was either a failure to leave proper space cushioning or a failure to recognize a hazard, probably both. +1, I watch bikers drive down Main St. all summer WOT, wheelies, in and out of traffic. It sucks to see another life lost; I can only hope my impression and prediction is incorrect. ---
**Author:** ![Toadsi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/toadsi/32/7316_2.png) [@Toadsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Toadsi)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 9:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rider-down-90-400-area/151948/36 "2010-03-22T21:14:07Z")
I crashed my bike in 2004 being an idiot and traveling toooo fast on a road i wasn’t familiar with. I almost was cut in half by a guard rail. I pretty much walked away but got a huge scar across my lower stomach. My bike was totaled and I never bought another one again. I will ride a friends bike here and there but wont ride any kind of way i used to. I am lucky and realize it. RIP to the rider. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rider-down-90-400-area/151948.md?page=1)