55 Fargo Posted July 3, 2007 Report Posted July 3, 2007 Hi all, yesterday while at work, it was an uneventful day in the Prison, as we were still on holiday routine. We were all sitting around joking and having a good time. We then get a phone call, one of our brother officers was killed on the highway leading to the Prison. It is a busy commuter highway that goes to single lane about 25 miles out of Winnipeg. Brian was travelling northbound on Hwy #7 on the single section, a semi truck was passing him and another car, as there was a car coming in the opposite direction, the semi driver pulled quickly back into his lane. He hit Brian, who was driving his HD motorcycle, he was knocked into the ditch where he died at the scene.Brian was 44 yo, a single parent to 2 kids and a 20 year vetran Officer, what a $hitty way to go. One reason why I never got interested in riding motorcycles,if he had been in a car he may have been seen better by the semi driver, or if hit would have had a better chance for survival.....Fred Quote
BobT-47P15 Posted July 3, 2007 Report Posted July 3, 2007 Condolences to his children and family. (I agree about cycles being less protection in an accident situation.) Quote
Normspeed Posted July 3, 2007 Report Posted July 3, 2007 Very sorry to hear that. The motto when riding, unfortunately, is to ride as if every driver were out to get you. Was he wearing a helmet? Quote
eric wissing Posted July 3, 2007 Report Posted July 3, 2007 Fred, sorry to hear about your friend. The hiways are more dangerous than prison? I tip my hat to you and your fellow correctional officers. I would take my chances on the open hiway. Eric Quote
mackster Posted July 3, 2007 Report Posted July 3, 2007 Condolences to his family. At least it sounds to me that he did what he wanted to and enjoy his time here with the rest of us... Quote
Norm's Coupe Posted July 3, 2007 Report Posted July 3, 2007 Very sorry to hear that. The motto when riding, unfortunately, is to ride as if every driver were out to get you. Was he wearing a helmet? Fred, sorry to hear about your co worker. Norm, I use to ride too. Luckily never had a bad accident on it though. Unfortunately, even when you ride as if every driver is out to get you, you can still have problems. The only accident I ever had was coming out of a store parking lot. I was sitting waiting to get out of the lot, going down hill, with my son (about 12 or 13 at the time) on the back. A woman waiting behind me rolled into me, locking her bumper under my rear fender. Then when she realized she bumped into me, she started backing up. Well.......her front bumper had hooked under my rear fender. As she backed up, the front wheel of the bike came up off the ground as if I was doing a wheelie. I motioned for her to stop and roll forward again. She did. Then as I was starting to get off the bike, she decides to back up again. Did that 3 times before I got the stupid woman to sit still. No damage to me or my son, just a little bend in my rear fender. However, my son never wanted to ride again. Quote
Dennis Hemingway Posted July 3, 2007 Report Posted July 3, 2007 My Condolences to his family & friends, I hate to see fellow officers being hurt or killed. Dennis Quote
PatS.... Posted July 3, 2007 Report Posted July 3, 2007 That's just terrible, Fred. My condolences to his family and his co-workers. That's way to young. Quote
55 Fargo Posted July 4, 2007 Author Report Posted July 4, 2007 Yes life is short at times, you don't have a chance when a semi-truck pushes you into the ditch at 60 MPH. I can still remeber a tour bus driver telling myself and my family way back in 1973 in Anaheim California, about his son being tragically killed on his motorcycle, the bus driver had a bit of a tear in his eye when he told the story, he call them "murdercycles". No doubt it hurt him to the end..........Fred Quote
Norm's Coupe Posted July 4, 2007 Report Posted July 4, 2007 Fred, As mentioned before, I was sorry to hear about your friend and co worker. I wouldn't blame the motorcycle though. He was just run off the road by the truck on it. I'm one of those people who believes we all have a set amount of time on this earth. So, regardless of what we are doing when that time comes, it's going to happen anyway be it an accident or by health problems. You said you were never interested in riding motorcycles, and that's ok. However, your friend was doing something he enjoyed by riding the motorcycle. To someone who enjoys riding motorcycles, it really beats driving a car. I know I enjoyed it when I use to ride, and I would love to be able to own and ride a nice Harley today, even at my age. However, because of my arthritis I can't because it bothers my wrist and hand to operate the throttle on the handle bar. I didn't start riding myself until I was about 36 years old. Was only able to ride about 10 years but enjoyed every minute of it when I did. So, he died doing something he enjoyed doing, and that's the way you should look at it. Was just a tragic accident. Quote
PatS.... Posted July 4, 2007 Report Posted July 4, 2007 I have coffee on some mornings with a former cop who just turned 80. He owns two bikes and rides every day. He says he is the oldest licensed motorcycle rider in Alberta and I believe him. He thinks he will meet his maker while on a bike and is quite at peace with the prospect. He's just hoping that it won't be this week!!! Like Woody Allen says "I'm not afraid of death, I just don't want to be there when it happens." Quote
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