This will be bumped a lot I think..

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"UPDATE: Two critical, one stable after Lovell Rd. crashes By: Kevin Massey, Associate Producer Date created: 8/22/2007 7:04:01 AM Last updated: 8/22/2007 1:06:48 PM One of the two motorcyclists hit by a car on Lovell Road early Wednesday morning is now in critical condition, as is a man hit while trying to help him. The Knox County Sheriff's Office says James Dockery and Carrie Leonard were thrown from their motorcycle after Natasha Craft ran a red light and hit them. Ronald Yeninas was among the witnesses who was trying to help Dockery when he and Dockery were struck by a second car driving through the crash scene. Both Dockery and Yeninas are reported in critical condition at UT Medical Center Wednesday afternoon. Carrie Leonard is reported in stable condition. PREVIOUS: Two charged with DUI in Lovell Rd. crashes The Knox County Sheriff's Office has announced charges pending against two drivers in a pair of collisions this morning. The sheriff's office says 27-year-old Natasha Craft of Widner, Georgia, ran a red light turning onto Lovell Road and hit a motorcyle with two riders. The riders, 29-year-old James Dockery of Tallassee and 21-year-old Carrie Leonard, were thrown from the motorcycle. People eating at a nearby Waffle House rushed out to help them. The sheriff's office says minutes later, 27-year-old Charles Warren of Knoxville drove through the accident scene, hitting Dockery again and also hitting 40-year-old Ronald Yeninas of Bloomburg, Pennsylvania, who was trying to help the victims of the first crash. Deputies say Craft fled to a nearby truck stop after the first crash. She is charged with driving under the influence, implied consent violation, leaving the scene of an injury accident, failure to yield the right of way, and failure to provide information and render aid. Warren is charged with driving under the influence and violation of the open container law. Other charges may be filed as the sheriff's office continues its investigation. There is not yet any update on the condition of those injured in the incident. PREVIOUS Two overnight car crashes sent three people to the hospital early Wednesday morning. They happened within minutes of each other just before 3:00 on Lovell Rd. near I-40. The Knox County Sheriff's Office was not releasing any details, but witnesses say a car hit two people on a motorcyle. When bystanders tried to help them, they say a second car hit one of the original victims, as well as one of those trying to help. They say people tried to flag down the second car before it crashed, but the car wouldn't stop. "The guy just plowed him," said Kim Foster, who works at a nearby Waffle House. "They both went flying. It was awful." The names and conditions of the victims were not released, and the status of the drivers of the two cars was unknown as of 7:00 a.m. Wednesday. "

8/22/2007 11:58:11 PM

you should have posted this in the garage.

then you would have gotten flamed big time

you still will

8/23/2007 12:01:35 AM

8/23/2007 12:02:25 AM

This thread should have been called "reasons not to drive drunk." There is nothing in here that's really a reason to not get a motorcycle.

8/23/2007 12:04:04 AM

ITS OK. KIWI IS A DUMB GIRL

8/23/2007 12:04:58 AM

I was going to make a woman driver comment too, but the drunk driving aspect of this is so overwhelming, i'm amazed someone would pick out the motorcycles.

8/23/2007 12:06:06 AM

You don't typically get run over if you're in a car.

Don't worry, several deadly motorcycle accidents happen daily and I'll be sure to post them.

8/23/2007 12:06:34 AM

Her myspace?



http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=178325542


Her mood is blah?

[Edited on August 23, 2007 at 12:10 AM. Reason : .]

8/23/2007 12:10:10 AM

Maybe it had more of an impact because I drove by the scene this morning and all I saw was a motorcycle in millions of pieces and bloody pavement.

[Edited on August 23, 2007 at 12:13 AM. Reason : ^that was fast]

8/23/2007 12:13:07 AM

dont worry, ten years from now the faggots reading this will have outlawed it

8/23/2007 12:33:28 AM

yeah this doesn't have much to do with the dangers of motorcycles

however, the two drunk drivers should be shot

8/23/2007 12:36:00 AM

so of all the words you bolded, none of them had a goddamned thing to do with a motorcycle, yet you make the thread about motorcycles???

FAIL

8/23/2007 12:36:13 AM

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"struck by a second car driving through the crash scene."

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

[Edited on August 23, 2007 at 12:42 AM. Reason : .]

8/23/2007 12:41:15 AM

8/23/2007 12:41:33 AM

This thread fucking fails.

Nice try on bashing the victims of the crime, though. How about reasons to not drunk drive?

8/23/2007 12:44:06 AM

haha that murdering drunk woman driving the first car is feeling pretty "blah" right now I'm sure

I hope she likes prison

8/23/2007 12:45:34 AM

this thread reminds me of the movie Disturbia.

8/23/2007 1:46:21 AM

8/23/2007 1:52:27 AM

This story shows the danger of being on the road at 3:00AM. Adding an even greater element of danger is being on a motorcycle at that hour.

Their injuries would undoubtably be less severe or even nonexistent had they been in a car rather than a motorcycle. Hence the thread title.

[Edited on August 23, 2007 at 2:50 AM. Reason : .]

8/23/2007 2:40:11 AM

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"You don't typically get run over if you're in a car. Don't worry, several deadly motorcycle accidents happen daily and I'll be sure to post them."

Does anyone remember the accident on Chapell HIll Road ( I think thats where it was) where a guy in a car stalls or something on the side of the road and six or seven people go out to help him and they all get struck by one drunk driver late at night and died? I believed this happened when I was a junior in college so like in 2004....

Yeah it happens in a car too... It has nothing to do with riding a motorcycle. When you learn to ride or you have been riding a long time, you learn to be a little more aware of your surroundings. Thats not to say that you wont get hit by a drunk driver; your risk definitely increases... but it also happens with people driving cars.

This is more of a drunk driving issue and for that matter it pisses me off. Some of my friends will do this and it makes me mad when I say "Hey no matter what time of night, if you need a ride, I will come pick you up," and I find out the next morning they drove drunk.. There are NO excuses.

8/23/2007 3:42:03 AM

a better title probably would have been "Reasons to not drink and drive" or "dumb drunk driver"

I don't see how this thread really lists "reasons not to get a motorcycle".

0/10

8/23/2007 3:51:48 AM

If you ride a motorcycle then you know the risks associated with it.

8/23/2007 10:38:33 AM

You don't typically get run over if you're in a car.

8/23/2007 11:17:19 AM

UT medical center


oh god

I hate that fucking place

8/23/2007 11:19:06 AM

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"If you ride a motorcycle then you know the risks associated with it."

There are an assload more than when riding in a car. I don't care how alert you are.

8/23/2007 11:19:31 AM

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"Does anyone remember the accident on Chapell HIll Road ( I think thats where it was) where a guy in a car stalls or something on the side of the road and six or seven people go out to help him and they all get struck by one drunk driver late at night and died? I believed this happened when I was a junior in college so like in 2004...."

the situation was an accident between two drivers after an NCSU football game in October. both drivers were knocked unconscious and helped by 9 good samaritans. along comes an intoxicated Larry Veeder who plows into them with his van, killing 6, most good samaritans.

and i'll never forget, my friend was in the 1st accident that people stopped to help.

and it happened around 8:30, 9:00 pm.

[Edited on August 23, 2007 at 11:28 AM. Reason : ]

8/23/2007 11:27:21 AM

http://webapps6.doc.state.nc.us/apps/offender/offend1?DOCNUM=0837935&SENTENCEINFO=yes&SHOWPHOTO=yes&numtimesin=2

He doesn't look very happy about his new digs.

8/23/2007 11:36:09 AM

A few days ago there was a story of a lady who was stopped on the side of the road and was walking around the side of it to do something when a van struck her, tossed her into the air and killed her instantly. they are still looking for the driver.

I agree, you do have to be more alert when on a motorcycle. you have to constantly have a way out and assume everyone around you is going to run into you somehow. There are people, like my bf for instance, who just don't do that. They fiddle with other crap and pay two seconds attention to the road. That makes me nervous and I point out every accident involving a motorcycle because the motorcyclist is ALWAYS severely injured if not killed.

I'll also agree that 99% of the accidents involving motorcyclists are not caused by them. car drivers don't give a shit about people being unprotected on the road and will be reckless.

Anyway this thread will be a continuous one which is why I named it what I did. My ongoing argument against distracted people getting bikes....

8/23/2007 11:45:20 AM

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"and i'll never forget, my friend was in the 1st accident that people stopped to help. "

Yeah, one of my friends was involved in the 1st accident. I remember hearing about the accident that night, but I didn't know he was involved. Then, the next day I was giving some friends a tour of campus when this bitch news reporter walks up, and asks if we had heard about the accident as she was getting responses from students. Then, she asks if we knew the student who died, and she says his name. I freaked out, and for the next day or so I think he's dead and try to contact my other friends and finally I ger word that he was in the ICU, but that he was okay. I wanted to kill that bitch reporter.

8/23/2007 12:04:38 PM

DAMN THOSE DANGEROUS CARS!



Schools should suspend kids who draw cars in art class.

8/23/2007 12:15:04 PM

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pics on page 4 here.
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i won't get on another one, at least not on the street.

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"If you ride a motorcycle then you know the risks associated with it."

definitely. i accepted the risks, and lost big. no one wins though. if you ride long enough, you WILL go down at some point. it's just a matter of how bad it is.

that's not to say it wasn't worth it though. the joy of riding a motorcylce is an undescribable experience for most people. i don't know that i would trade all the hell/pain i've been through for the 5 years of good riding i had.

8/23/2007 12:35:32 PM

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"Motorcycle accident kills Scott County man spacer By: Laura Headlee, Producer Date created: 10/27/2007 8:52:56 AM Last updated: 10/27/2007 8:53:28 AM spacer Post a Comment spacer A 23-year-old Scott County man was killed in a motorcycle accident on Friday. Advertisement Elmer Thomas Preston of Huntsville was heading south on U.S. Highway 27. Joey Ray Parton was trying to cross the highway from Carson Road when, according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol report, he pulled into Preston's path. The motorcycle swerved and lost control, skidding almost 50 feet before Preston was separated from his bike. He then struck the front of Parton's car. No charges have been filed in the accident."

10/27/2007 11:45:38 PM

holy fuck you are a dumb cunt

10/27/2007 11:54:30 PM

Kiwi you fucking piece of shit, let this dumbass thread die.

Not only is it fucking tasteless of you posting people's deaths, its fucking annoying.

10/28/2007 12:01:07 AM

10/28/2007 12:05:33 AM

Gosh, someone needs to make a "reasons not to get a car" thread, and post in it every time they see a news article about a car wreck

10/28/2007 12:22:04 AM

TBH, there's a lot more wrecks that motorcycle riders prevent themselves from being in from motorcycle agility than actual motorcycle accidents.

10/28/2007 1:27:48 AM

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"She "

well there's your problem

10/28/2007 1:47:16 AM

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"This thread fucking fails"

10/28/2007 8:23:40 AM