Chula Vista left hand turn fatal

[tvscum 43]

Watch those left hand turn idiot drivers!

From CVPD:

On 4/30/15, at approximately 8:38 PM, the Chula Vista Police Department received several 911 calls reporting a traffic accident involving a motorcycle that had collided with a vehicle at the intersection of 5th Avenue and "E" Street. Officers arrived on scene and discovered that the vehicle was driven by a male adult and the motorcycle had a single occupant.

Witnesses at the scene stated the vehicle had made a left turn from westbound "E" Street onto 5th Avenue in front of the motorcyclist who was traveling eastbound "E" Street. Both vehicles had entered the intersection on a green light.

The motorcyclist was unresponsive and unconscious at the scene. He was transported to UCSD where he would succumb to his injuries.

At the time of the on-scene investigation, it appears the driver of the vehicle did not yield to the oncoming motorcyclist. It doesn't appear that alcohol or drugs is a factor in this collision.

The Chula Vista Police Traffic Division will be conducting the investigation.

[Wierdrider 189]

Some people do not acknowledge motorcycles when they see them.

[kato 54]

Or dont even see them at all

[ThumperBob 21]

They are trained to look for other cars and their brain just does not see us.

[TrophyHunter 15]

http://www.bikevis.com/motorcycle-led-running-lights.html

I put some bikevis bullets on my DR after a close call. I aimed them slightly outboard to catch the eye of traffic to the sides. There are probably other similar products but these were easy to install and damn bright. I also do the SMIDSY http://www.roadsafety.mccofnsw.org.au/a/84.htmlwhen conditions permit.

As we all know, you can do everything right and things happen. Hell - people in cars run into other cars all day long, just the price is higher on a bike.

[Mikey777 44]

I don't ride at night, especially for this reason. Your headlight blends into all the other lights and there is no depth perception for it. During the day, when I approach an intersection, I stand up on the pegs causing movement up and down. (My uncle-a motor officer- taught me that trick). Drivers are not used to seeing vertical movement, so it is more likely to catch their eye than horizontal movement.

[robertaccio 412]

Those headlight flasher type unit setups seem to grab my attention as a non-street bike rider cage driver. Don't know if anyone has compiled data on them but from a logical standpoint they seem to get attention.

I spent many years as a street bike rider with way too many close calls.

[97xr400r 122]

Terrifying when it happens, then infuriating!

I still think of the rocket motorcycles owner incident at least monthly, what a shame.

Thanks for the reminder tv, motivation for a light upgrade on the new daily

Rider.

[bikeslut 1]

I have a headlight modulator on my "street bike" and I can see a noticeable difference in drivers around me when it is flashing. Doesn't work after dark though (nor would I want it to)...for vertical movement I just lift the front tire a lot

[350thumper 336]

Terrible . Ive been in 3 head-on collisions car vs motorcycle on street .and I was always on the motorcycle & Driver was always turning left.

Im sorry for the riders family.

I like the standing up at intersection trick, Mikey.

May as well your gonna go flying over the bars anyways.

[Vacman 0]

The Ducati I just bought has white hyperlites front and red rear. I can switch the fronts to flashing and the rears flash when brakelight comes on. I have to say they're pretty slick and definitely get people's attention. I ran back from Phoenix at...reasonable speeds...and a lot of times people would move out of my way when they saw the lights flashing behind them.

http://www.hyperlites.com/hyperwhite.html