Sacramento Weekly Meet Discussion (dead meet, but how the SRIC started)
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ahh finally awake.
I saw the most horrible thing this morning. I've never been exposed to people getting hurt. I mean, I have been in a few car wrecks, but have always come out uninjured, as have the other parties - even the one time I was in a head on. And I thought I was tough, I watched that video of Nick Berg getting beheaded and really felt no emotion. I mean, I felt bad for the guy because it's horrible what happened, but the video didn't disgust me or have really any emotional effect on me.
So this morning I am heading towards Mikes house after work. I turn left on Sunrise and I'm approaching Folsom Blvd (I'm gonna get on 50E). I'm coming up to the stop light at Folsom, check it, and it's green. As I look down from the light, out of the corner of my eye and approaching from the left, I see an early 90s (probably 93 or so) white civic hatch. It wasn't moving too fast, so I think she might have stopped at the red, then started going again. Maybe it had been red a long time and she decided she was tired of waiting, maybe she thought it was a stop sign, maybe she was just out of her mind and decided to go on through the interesection. Regardless, I'm not quite to the tracks yet when I see her so I start slowing down, even though I've really got no chance of hitting or being hit by her. Better safe than sorry, ya know?
That's when I glance up the road (or I guess down the road since I was heading South) to see a guy on a Yamaha Motorcycle entering the intersection. It doesn't look like he sees her, and I'm pretty sure she doesn't see him. They end up hitting - it looked like she tboned him, the front drivers side corner of her car impacting his bike just behind his front wheel. He was probably going around 40 - maybe even slower if he hit the brakes, she was probably doing about 20.
The small windshield on his bike EXPLODED and the guy just lifts off in to the air. He didn't fly straight forward, instead he flew up in a perfect arc and landed about 15 or 20 feet away. My car was already stopped and pulled to the side by the time he landed and I was first up to the guy in the middle of the intersection. His bike was seriously mangled, the impact broke external bits off the motor itself and oil was all over the street where the bike stopped. When I got up to the guy, he was breathing really erratically. I'm not well versed in this type of stuff - I've taken first aid and CPR but it was in 10th grade, which was in 96, so it's been a while. He's laying with his head to the north (so away from 50), on his right side. I don't know if he was concious when we got there but it seemed like he was having trouble breathing, probably was in shock. The woman who actually hit the guy got to him right after I had, and she was already through to 911 and telling them what happened.
Thankfully, right after the accident happened, a woman from CHP dispatch, who was on her way home, stopped to help. Knowing the dispatch officers, she gets the phone from the woman who hit the guy and says "hey, it's me _____, guy just got hit on a motorbike, we're on Sunrise and Folsom, which is the north side of 50, send medical". Very cool. Things were getting a little better since someone on scene was trained to at least keep calm and cool. That's when these two numb nuts, who admittedly were only trying to help, showed up. I hate stupid people like these guys.
The guy who had gotten hit was finally starting to move around a little. He was having trouble breathing, so the CHP woman, reluctantly let him roll on to his back to make it so he could get air. She probably figured any injury that might be made worse by rolling over won't matter too much if we let him die from not breathing, so she let him roll. Then the guy starts grasping at his helmet to take it off. The strap is too tight on his head, so the CHP woman gets these two guys to undo it. She tells them "Whatever you do, don't take his helmet off. Right now it's keeping his spine straight, and if that's injured and you remove his helmet his head will have free movement and he could get seriously hurt". So what do you think these two *******s do? They let the ****in guy, and help him, take off his helmet. Idiots. You'd think that people would listen to the only person on scene who deals with this stuff daily and is trained in it, but you'd be wrong.
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I saw the most horrible thing this morning. I've never been exposed to people getting hurt. I mean, I have been in a few car wrecks, but have always come out uninjured, as have the other parties - even the one time I was in a head on. And I thought I was tough, I watched that video of Nick Berg getting beheaded and really felt no emotion. I mean, I felt bad for the guy because it's horrible what happened, but the video didn't disgust me or have really any emotional effect on me.
So this morning I am heading towards Mikes house after work. I turn left on Sunrise and I'm approaching Folsom Blvd (I'm gonna get on 50E). I'm coming up to the stop light at Folsom, check it, and it's green. As I look down from the light, out of the corner of my eye and approaching from the left, I see an early 90s (probably 93 or so) white civic hatch. It wasn't moving too fast, so I think she might have stopped at the red, then started going again. Maybe it had been red a long time and she decided she was tired of waiting, maybe she thought it was a stop sign, maybe she was just out of her mind and decided to go on through the interesection. Regardless, I'm not quite to the tracks yet when I see her so I start slowing down, even though I've really got no chance of hitting or being hit by her. Better safe than sorry, ya know?
That's when I glance up the road (or I guess down the road since I was heading South) to see a guy on a Yamaha Motorcycle entering the intersection. It doesn't look like he sees her, and I'm pretty sure she doesn't see him. They end up hitting - it looked like she tboned him, the front drivers side corner of her car impacting his bike just behind his front wheel. He was probably going around 40 - maybe even slower if he hit the brakes, she was probably doing about 20.
The small windshield on his bike EXPLODED and the guy just lifts off in to the air. He didn't fly straight forward, instead he flew up in a perfect arc and landed about 15 or 20 feet away. My car was already stopped and pulled to the side by the time he landed and I was first up to the guy in the middle of the intersection. His bike was seriously mangled, the impact broke external bits off the motor itself and oil was all over the street where the bike stopped. When I got up to the guy, he was breathing really erratically. I'm not well versed in this type of stuff - I've taken first aid and CPR but it was in 10th grade, which was in 96, so it's been a while. He's laying with his head to the north (so away from 50), on his right side. I don't know if he was concious when we got there but it seemed like he was having trouble breathing, probably was in shock. The woman who actually hit the guy got to him right after I had, and she was already through to 911 and telling them what happened.
Thankfully, right after the accident happened, a woman from CHP dispatch, who was on her way home, stopped to help. Knowing the dispatch officers, she gets the phone from the woman who hit the guy and says "hey, it's me _____, guy just got hit on a motorbike, we're on Sunrise and Folsom, which is the north side of 50, send medical". Very cool. Things were getting a little better since someone on scene was trained to at least keep calm and cool. That's when these two numb nuts, who admittedly were only trying to help, showed up. I hate stupid people like these guys.
The guy who had gotten hit was finally starting to move around a little. He was having trouble breathing, so the CHP woman, reluctantly let him roll on to his back to make it so he could get air. She probably figured any injury that might be made worse by rolling over won't matter too much if we let him die from not breathing, so she let him roll. Then the guy starts grasping at his helmet to take it off. The strap is too tight on his head, so the CHP woman gets these two guys to undo it. She tells them "Whatever you do, don't take his helmet off. Right now it's keeping his spine straight, and if that's injured and you remove his helmet his head will have free movement and he could get seriously hurt". So what do you think these two *******s do? They let the ****in guy, and help him, take off his helmet. Idiots. You'd think that people would listen to the only person on scene who deals with this stuff daily and is trained in it, but you'd be wrong.
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When we take off his helmet, the guys mouth is bleeding. I can't tell if he's bleeding from the mouth, or if he just cut his toungue/lip/something. I didn't really care to find out, to be honest. Finally, after what seemed like forever, FD showed up, then the paramedics. Just before the medic people had arrived, our two morons let the victim, again against the instruction of the woman from CHP, sit up. Again, what idiots. So the medics are on scene, and they're starting to help the guy out. I helped idiots #1 and #2 move the guys mangled *** bike out of the street. It's not easy pushing/pulling a 300lb or so piece of twisted metal that doesn't roll. I walk over towards the medics to talk to the woman from CHP and say thanks since she's getting ready to bail. She didn't see what happened, just had arrived later so there was nothing she could tell the cops.
Then I hear the guy complaining about his wrist hurting. I look at him, and it's pretty obvious what the problem is. His wrist was VERY broken. Poor guy. So CHP shows up and starts writing things down about the intersection, time of day, conditions, etc. He uses his ram gaurd thingies to bump the chicks car off the road, just behind mine too. I was a little stressed, but that went ok. The cop came over and talked to me, it's funny how nice those guys are when you're not being stopped for speeding or have been involved in the accident. I told him the woman definitely ran the red. My light, and the light for the biker were obviously and completely green. They had been for a while. I know this becuase it had been green the whole time I was on sunrise, and I got on to sunrise about a half mile back. He said thanks and let me take off, then went to talk to the woman. For some reason, the other 3 or 4 people who had seen the accident, even though they had gotten out to see the carnage, had left before talking to CHP. That's not cool at all. The chick who hit the guy, though she seemed very concerned about his well being, could have easily said the guy ran the red, and with no witnesses to tell what they saw, could have caused serious problems for the guy on the bike. I imagine my statement ended any possibility of her doing that, if she even would have, which like I said, I dont' think she would. I hope I helped the guy at least a little.
I'd bet she got cited for running the red and I'm sure she'll be spending time in court in the future. I am pretty sure the guy on the bike is ok. He was pretty coherent when the meds were talking to him and his biggest concern was his broken wrist, so he's probably alright. Thankfully.
So that was my fun morning. It all happened and ended pretty quick. I left work at 6:02, and was back on the road headed for Mikes at 6:34. I could have gone my whole life without seeing that though. It was really bad
Then I hear the guy complaining about his wrist hurting. I look at him, and it's pretty obvious what the problem is. His wrist was VERY broken. Poor guy. So CHP shows up and starts writing things down about the intersection, time of day, conditions, etc. He uses his ram gaurd thingies to bump the chicks car off the road, just behind mine too. I was a little stressed, but that went ok. The cop came over and talked to me, it's funny how nice those guys are when you're not being stopped for speeding or have been involved in the accident. I told him the woman definitely ran the red. My light, and the light for the biker were obviously and completely green. They had been for a while. I know this becuase it had been green the whole time I was on sunrise, and I got on to sunrise about a half mile back. He said thanks and let me take off, then went to talk to the woman. For some reason, the other 3 or 4 people who had seen the accident, even though they had gotten out to see the carnage, had left before talking to CHP. That's not cool at all. The chick who hit the guy, though she seemed very concerned about his well being, could have easily said the guy ran the red, and with no witnesses to tell what they saw, could have caused serious problems for the guy on the bike. I imagine my statement ended any possibility of her doing that, if she even would have, which like I said, I dont' think she would. I hope I helped the guy at least a little.
I'd bet she got cited for running the red and I'm sure she'll be spending time in court in the future. I am pretty sure the guy on the bike is ok. He was pretty coherent when the meds were talking to him and his biggest concern was his broken wrist, so he's probably alright. Thankfully.
So that was my fun morning. It all happened and ended pretty quick. I left work at 6:02, and was back on the road headed for Mikes at 6:34. I could have gone my whole life without seeing that though. It was really bad
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Could have been much, much worse. Next time you get the chance, straighten people like idiot #1 and #2 out. If you start giving orders in a situation like that, 99% of people will listen. Remember that.
WOW Matt, that must have been hard to see. Its really cool that you stopped to help the guy, you probably helped him more then you know with the statement you gave.
Folsom blvd. just scares me now, to many sad things have happen on that road. Motorcycles scare me even more with all the stories Scotty has, and he still wants to ride them
Everyone drive safe tonight when you head out to the meet and on your way home. Now I am going to be worried about you guys all night.
Folsom blvd. just scares me now, to many sad things have happen on that road. Motorcycles scare me even more with all the stories Scotty has, and he still wants to ride them
Everyone drive safe tonight when you head out to the meet and on your way home. Now I am going to be worried about you guys all night.
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Originally Posted by BAN SUVS
Could have been much, much worse. Next time you get the chance, straighten people like idiot #1 and #2 out. If you start giving orders in a situation like that, 99% of people will listen. Remember that.
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It's been almost 24 hours since the last post. I'm very disappointed in all of you. (ONE-one-thousand, TWO-one-thousand...) Okay, I'm over it.
OT - Contrary to popular belief, the terms 'POS' and 'NASIOC' are not synonymous, therefore they may both be used in the same sentence.
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Origami posted by brucelee
Anyone know who this POS Nasioc BAIC member is?
Anyone know who this POS Nasioc BAIC member is?
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Origami posted by RussB
fail. it's on at 6:30, close to an hour from when you posted.
fail. it's on at 6:30, close to an hour from when you posted.
...but it's on again at 10:30.
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