Blame the truck driver.
Typical knee jerk responses by mostly uneducated motoring public.
Bike stopped on a green light. Yea he heard and saw the emergency vehicle, but maybe the truck driver did not. Maybe biker should have checked rear view and made an different move when he saw the big truck.
Maybe the truck was following to close, who knows. This trucker missed completey squashing this biker, so he helped save this person more serious injury or death.
My point is how when there is an accident involving a class 8 truck, the majority of the public immediatly place blame on the truck driver. I have seen and heard of truck drivers placing themselves in dangers way by running off the road, using extreme braking manuavers to avoid hitting a car that has pulled some bone headed stunt. Sometimes the driver is injured or killed and the other person does not even know what he has caused and usually does not even stop.
Yes, I am a driver, an owner operator in fact. Are we perfect? Not by a long shot. I am approaching 30 years and 3 million miles of accident free driving, an old timer for sure. Just remember these company's are churning out drivers after a few weeks of schooling, these are people who have not driven anything bigger than the family sedan. They are given the keys to an 80k tractor trailer and told to hit the road. I don't believe some of them know the amount of destruction that truck will do within seconds of a bad decision or lapse of judgment.
Lastly, just remember that there are bad and or reckless drivers driving trucks,cars and yes even motorcycles. Don't be quick to judge before you get all the facts.
Sorry about getting on the soap box, but it's been a long day
And remember, about the only thing not brought by a truck is that little bundle of joy you call son, daughter .
