a shipmate of mine from our time on the USS Olympia SSN717 has recovered enough from a truck nearly killing him to post some photos. People, open your damn eyes, use your damn brakes.

the moron driving the above SUV was driving at 70 miles per hour.
They did not see Pat, he was riding the bike below. They did not hit their brakes.
they went on to roll their SUV 3 times. No idea why they didn't see Pat, no word on how they made such an egregious error of driving, or how much they were hurt from rolling their SUV 3 times

Pat needed a lot of surgeries, blood, luck and skilled doctors to recover from the incredible pummeling and amputation of a leg. It's your ass on the line out there on a bike, theres no cage to keep you safe, not a single airbag.

So could you readers do a simple 2nd look for bikers tomorrow when you drive? It's going to save at least one life

This ends my public service announcement, and I'll now resume the regular cool posts. 

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Crashed in front of Source Interlink just a couple hours ago... catastrophe? Almost. Coincidence? Maybe. But, right in front of the Hot Rod, Motor Trend, etc etc magazine company offices?

Every one crashed makes the rest a bit more valuable. Attrition is a powerful value adjuster
found on https://www.facebook.com/DavidFreiburger?hc_location=stream

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If your office is next to and below the street level or parking lot, maybe you ought to be wary of cars crashing in

thanks Mike!

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Stupid people driving recklessly fast cause traffic collisions

thanks Dan!

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any landing you can walk away from

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the only car severly damaged that I know of at this years Speedfest was the #3 MG

 Photos in reverse chronological order

and moments before competing with Mercedes 300s

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To Valet, or Not to Valet... it's not a question. Don't. Here is one example, if you didn't get it when you watched Ferris Bueller's Day Off

The approximately $400,000 pileup reportedly happened when a valet drove a Maserati into -- and under -- a Jeep Grand Cherokee, which crashed into a Mini Cooper and a vintage Porsche 356.

The Epic Hotel in downtown Miami witnessed an epic crash involving expensive cars on Friday night. Onlookers revealed a Maserati Gran Turismo spiraled out of control and crashed into a number of cars.

I think before I hand over the keys to my car, I'm going to make sure the valets are bonded, licensed, and insured by some company that is fast with paying off damage claims.

police found the valet driving the Maserati ‘was coming down a parking garage ramp too fast, lost control, and drove his luxury sports car right under the SUV’

Learned about this from
http://justacargal.blogspot.com/2012/04/epic-car-damage-by-valet.html
Photos from
http://now.msn.com/now/0416-valet-hotel-crash.aspx
http://www.jeepforumz.com/showthread.php?p=22230

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