XPost: alt.birdwatching.ducks   
   From: noreply@example.com   
      
   On Mon, 23 Jun 2014 22:24:50 +0000 (UTC), Brent wrote:   
      
   > On 2014-06-22, richard  wrote:   
   >> On Sun, 22 Jun 2014 05:43:19 +0200 (CEST), Yes They Walk Among Us wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> A woman who parked her car on a highway to rescue ducklings has   
   >>> been found guilty of causing the deaths of a motorcyclist and   
   >>> his daughter who slammed into her vehicle.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Did anyone bother to ask just how close to the car the motorcyle was before   
   >> they collided?   
   >> Did the biker not have sufficient time to maneuver out of the way?   
   >> IOW, was the biker tailgating?   
   >> Did the biker not have clear vision of the parked vehicle?   
   >> If he did, why not maneuver around it?   
   >> If you can't tell if a vehicle is parked, it's damn time you got off that   
   >> bike and parked it.   
   >   
   > What I've gathered from around the interwebs:   
   >   
   > The car was stopped in the left lane of a limited access highway in a   
   > curve. The vehicle in front of the motorcyclist changed lanes veering   
   > out of the way at the last moment exposing the parked vehicle. The   
   > motorcyclist was also distracted by the woman wandering in traffic.   
      
   That sounds like it might have been that way.   
      
   One time when I was riding my bike, I came upon a stalled car in the left   
   lane, and it took me a few seconds to realize that.   
   I hit both brakes hard and stopped within a few feet of the car.   
      
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