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Post by ozgringo on Oct 26, 2016 18:13:31 GMT -5
Every day 19 people die in traffic accidents in Bogota, Medellin and Cali. Basically 50% of these deaths are motorcyclists. 125 people are injured every day. According to the report it is getting worse. From www.semana.com/nacion/articulo/en-colombia-cada-dia-mueren-19-personas-en-accidentes-de-transito/501159Talking from a purely economic point of view. They should ban pillion riding on motos (for men), moto taxis. The approximate 75 people hospitalised each and every day from accidents on moto's has a huge economic cost let alone placing an un-necessary burden on an already crippled health system. A lot of this could be easily avoided.
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Post by sedelen on Oct 26, 2016 19:58:16 GMT -5
Oooh, that sounds really bad, but when you get out and see all the risks they take you can't help but wonder how come there isn't more.
Motorcyclists just plain get run over here in the course of everyday riding.
My main concern about the bikes is the amount of children I see on them, with their parents or a parent, without any head protection, and sometimes as many as 4 people on a small bike. The way I feel, if the parents want to take the risk themselves okay, but don't put children in harms way.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2016 10:45:16 GMT -5
I could believe 19 people per day would die in EACH of those 3 cities. I could never understand the risks that many of the motorcyclists take... as if they lack the will to live. If a car driver gets in an accident with a moto, the investigation will be weighted in favor of the moto driver. It's just the way things are. The other fall-out from an accident with a moto, is that the car driver may get death threats from the family of the moto driver. This happened to one of my nephews 5 years ago... and the deceased's family did not relent until my sister-in-law forked over 10 million pesos (on top of what was paid out by SOAT). And as late as last week, my wife and I were in a wood shop on the route to El Retiro. A foreign born US citizen who was visiting Medellin told us his sad tale of woe that had happened a few days earlier. For those familiar with the road from the Indiana Mall traffic circle to El Retiro, it is a curvy, winding road with construction at various points along the route. Apparently, this driver was rounding a curve and a moto ran into the front end of the car, and died as a result of the impact. The US citizen was supposed to return to the States, but is now on a legal hold, and cannot leave the country. On top of that, the driver had received a surreptitious death threat from the victim's family. Naturally, he is contrite over what happened... but that won't help him with his current predicament.
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Post by flynnflanagan on Oct 27, 2016 19:58:35 GMT -5
Near where I live there is an intersection where hundreds of moto traffic violations daily occure. Very rarely on the scene are the blue transito cops. The cops just don't enforce the laws, giving rise to indifference by the moto locos.
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Post by jabberwocky on Oct 27, 2016 21:36:17 GMT -5
Vago - I have ridden that stretch of road many times on my moto - as you state - lots of curves and construction , I am a conservative rider and stay in place generally - but many motos will try to squeeze by the slow traffic on the right and ride into oncoming traffic, one little mistake or miscalculation and you become a hood ornament.
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Post by jafo19d on Oct 30, 2016 20:21:02 GMT -5
I should invite my exwife to come visit
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2016 22:00:12 GMT -5
This is Colombia He can leave if he is creative
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