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ohlovely t1_jebvm60 wrote

There was a crash between a pickup truck and a motorcycle. News reports say the driver of the motorcycle did not survive.

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dtjayhawk t1_jebyajg wrote

Traffic is backed up all around that area. Westbound trafficway to chestnut backed up way past the bridge. Avoid if possible

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EcoAffinity t1_jec1gbm wrote

According to some random public comment on Facebook who supposedly witnessed what happened, a motorcyclist was going about 80 down Glenstone and collided with a car pulling out of a parking lot near Chestnut, right on the other side of the bridge.

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Jimithyashford t1_jec2ovo wrote

It’s unfortunate that motorcycles tend to have a stronger appeal to exactly the kind of motorist who should least be driving them.

(I’m speaking in generalities, of course I know many motorcyclists have no desire to hot rod and are super chill and responsible)

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Mechanicallvlan t1_jec6npv wrote

Replying to EcoAffinity (#2,503,779)

I see motorcycle assholes like that on Glenstone and Battlefield all the time. I was behind three of them yesterday before they weaved away through traffic. I'm glad I haven't had to clean one of them off of my car.

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Jimithyashford t1_jec7j7p wrote

Replying to sikki_nixx (#2,504,471)

The fact that motorcycles appeal to thrill seekers and risk takers and people who like to Hot rod and show off, exactly the worst kind of people to be driving the least safe and highest mortality rate form of road legal automobile.

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silentxem t1_jecdewd wrote

Replying to Mechanicallvlan (#2,505,024)

It's just a smaller breed of the muscle car assholes that I see/hear on Glenstone and National all the time.

I don't understand the desire to drive your fun vehicle in town when there's all sorts of cool hills and valleys you can kill yourself on mere minutes away outside the city. Even as a mere Prius driver, that's always been infinitely more fun to drive than the main drags of Springfield.

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Jay91Doss t1_jefpat3 wrote

the motorcyclist was cut off from the truck and slammed into the side of it. the 18 yr old died on impact

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Empty-Highway-6178 t1_jeft493 wrote

I wish we could just be respectful when talking about the dead. Someone just buried their Son and we got assholes on fucking reddit not doing shit talking about ofc he did this and that.

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