Dear Editor
It has been 18 months since a novice driver deliberately went around a car to run a stop sign. He then went across three lanes of traffic and left the rider of a motorcycle no choice to avoid death or killing the passenger of the vehicle, but to collide with the rear tire of the car.
The motorbike and rider made a complete somersault in the air across the trunk of the car then made another complete somersault in the air before the motorcycle was kicked away prior to hitting the pavement. This maneuver caused less damage to the rider then flying through the air.
His injuries are fractured pelvis on both sides, torn rotator cuff, internal injuries and bruising from knee to belly. He is still receiving physiotheropy. They are all minor injuries compared to death!
What a way to end a wonderful 600-kilometre ride. Riding free, the way only bikers understand, with friends that warm, sunny Saturday afternoon.
The rider had been home in North Battleford for five minutes when he was hit and lying on the pavement. Was this life changing experience the bikers fault? No.
We drivers of motor vehicles need to respect bikers’ unique way of travel, show them respect that they have as much right on the road as we do. We need to look before we turn, look before we speed up and look before we judge.
Bikers are fathers and mothers, sons and daughters, preachers and doctors, and the love of my life. Are we as a society so self-centered on our own actions that common courtesy is thrown to the wind?
All motorists need to understand the concept of "in a hurry to go no where.” Is speed, the irresponsible actions shown to other drivers, necessary to get to our destination? Is it that important when we drive to be distracted, to be first, to be angry, to be rude, every day, every hour, every minute "in a hurry to go no where.”
We need to understand motorcyclist are small in comparison to four-wheeled weapons of destruction. Society has changed us into demons on the road. Why? We the drivers of any motor vehicle need to implement and respect the saying of one of the most respected bikers from North Battleford, Tom Kryzanowski. "Biker Tom," father of this injured biker, says, "ride on be safe."
Connie Jamieson
North Battleford
