High Speed Plays a Part in Serious Motorcycle Accident
A Freemont, CA man was killed after he lost control of his motorcycle on an on-ramp to Highway 680. Witnesses said they saw the rider trying to merge into the northbound lane of traffic when smoke started coming from somewhere on the bike. The bike then veered into a median the separates the on-ramp from the highway itself and the rider was ejected from the bike upon impact.
The rider landed on the right shoulder of the road and his bike veered into the right lane of traffic. Witnesses said the rider was traveling at high speeds between 70 to 75 miles per hour. The rider was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident.
In the state of California, urban interstate roads and limited access roads have a speed limit between 65 and 70 miles per hour. Although motorcycles can be slightly smaller than normal vehicles, they are still at a very high risk of being in serious auto accidents because of the limited protection that they offer and the difficulty in operating them. If a vehicle happens to bump into a motorcycle riding at normal speeds, it could cause the bike to slip and cause serious damage to the bike itself or injure the rider.
This is especially true if the impact is significant enough to knock the rider off the bike. The fact that the rider in this incident was riding his motorcycle between 5 to 10 miles over the speed limit could have been a major factor in the cause of the accident. The important factor currently missing in this incident is what caused the rider to lose control of the motorcycle in the first place. It is possible that an obstruction on the entrance ramp or poor road conditions on the entrance ramp contributed to the accident causing the bike’s wheel to slip, which could have resulted in the rider losing control. There are many things that can cause a motorcycle rider to lose control of their bike just like a regular vehicle. The worst part of this incident is that a person lost his life because of high speeds and losing control of his bike for unknown causes. Regardless what the cause was, this man’s family deserves to have some sort of answers to find out what caused the death of their loved one.
