Road Rash Queens Myspace page..cool chick

[hgslayr]

Something about a girl on a bike....And wearing safety gear.
http://www.myspace.com/brit2morrow

[hgslayr]

I keep telling my wife if she doesnt behave by the time shes 40 I'm gonna trade her in for 2 twentys....Abit too young for this 45 yr old man.
Shes a little cutie though..

[Rune Giant]

That's the same girl who was in the story/link posted earlier by Jakesboss. As cool as she may be, she should have held onto her friend who was piloting his bike more, and made some sort of suggestion to slow down, esp. when she felt the wind starting to catch her helmet pulling her back, or tucked in to create less drag. Instead she didn't want to pull on him (had she he would've slowed down, knowing hopefully he was losing his passenger), and we all know what happened next.

Sorry, but cool always doesn't equate to smart. She could have completely avoided the accident, full gear on or not by simply hanging on tight and communicating with the pilot. Glad she's alive so she can teach others to avoid the errors she made.

[dog]

Novice to Historian in what? A Month! All the classes have paid off. Yea Jakesboss posted that a while back. But its good to know, The tree of shame at the bottom of The Dragons tail (Deals gap) Has lots of idiot pieces all over this tree-and in the store after the ride where one can purchase a T-shirt, sticker postcard or refreshment and you can view all the idiots and the poor passenger victims photos of their road rash,deaths tow trucks etc etc. I slid one time on a light drizzly day (day light) about 40 feet,stood up to see if anything was broken,hanging ripped off or if any blood,"NOTHING" My bike suffered right side damage (The norm). It slid further than I did. Jeans and jean jacket was all for that day. I've also had 3 other similar accidents on wet pavement and pretty much same story,nothing to me. dog

[Rune Giant]

Been riding road for 2 months now. Been riding dirt for 30, sometimes with, sometimes without passengers, and sometimes as a passenger (when I was a lot lot younger). Even rode as passenger on road bikes when I was around 10-12. You naturally want to hang on (for dear life). Ever read the story by Lamonster heading to the airport in Italy on the back of Mario's bike? Lamont's a big guy, but held on like it was the end of the world...tightly. I was merely trying to point out, as a passenger, it should be common sense, and mostly natural instinct, to hold on tight, give the pilot feedback, etc. The last thing they want to do is lost their passenger.
And glad you survived your little falls too.

[CherryRune]

I saw the article on this chick when it first came out....wow. I would be the same as her...back on the bike. Nothing can stop me from riding except death. I'm 3rd generation and don't know any better.

[hgslayr]

Giant...no offense, but you should be a Civil Defense attorney because your great at blaming the Victim. Having been the owner of a ZX7 Ninja
The acceleration of these machines is phenomonal, couple that with a female passenger who has little upper body strength...I dont think any girl could hold on in an extreme acceleration situation. Jump on a Hayabusa sometime and let me now what you think about acceleration. I dont think she had the ability (helmet)or time to communicate with the Idiot driver.
Have you ever been over 150 MPH on a bike? The wind pressure trys to pull your helmet off the top of your head....its very scary.
I dont think she did anything wrong other than not having proper safety gear/clothing on and jumping on behind an Idiot. The driver should have known that there was a problem by the force of her starting to pull back on him and her getting pulled around by the air.

[Dockery]

hgslayer I agree with you. It's the rider's responsibility to look at for his passenger. He felt the wind more than she did. There are times when frankly you just don't need to find the top end speed, or maximum acceleration.

Having said that, apparently she was 20-21 when it happened. And the Rider was probably about the same. I know I did plenty of stupid things at that age, so I am certainly not going to throw stones.

[hgslayr]

I guess its a sign of the times to blame the Victims...that just burns my rear when someone does that. Next someone will blame the Virginia Tech students for being shot. What ever happen to accountability and personal responsibility. The driver is totally responsible for his passenger....PERIOD.

[WIZ]

I guess its a sign of the times to blame the Victims...that just burns my rear when someone does that. Next someone will blame the Virginia Tech students for being shot. What ever happen to accountability and personal responsibility. The driver is totally responsible for his passenger....PERIOD.

i agree.........somehow that got lost in the seventy's........

[Rune Giant]

Giant...no offense, but you should be a Civil Defense attorney because your great at blaming the Victim. Having been the owner of a ZX7 Ninja
The acceleration of these machines is phenomonal, couple that with a female passenger who has little upper body strength...I dont think any girl could hold on in an extreme acceleration situation. Jump on a Hayabusa sometime and let me now what you think about acceleration. I dont think she had the ability (helmet)or time to communicate with the Idiot driver.
Have you ever been over 150 MPH on a bike? The wind pressure trys to pull your helmet off the top of your head....its very scary.
I dont think she did anything wrong other than not having proper safety gear/clothing on and jumping on behind an Idiot. The driver should have known that there was a problem by the force of her starting to pull back on him and her getting pulled around by the air.

I do feel sorry for her, and no, I don't think she's fully to blame. But she is partially responsible. I'm not blaming the victim, as much as the situation which may have been avoided. But she seems to have a good head on her shoulders and is getting the word out about the mistakes that were made.

[Rune Giant]

I guess its a sign of the times to blame the Victims...that just burns my rear when someone does that. Next someone will blame the Virginia Tech students for being shot. What ever happen to accountability and personal responsibility. The driver is totally responsible for his passenger....PERIOD.

Correct you are. And no I wasn't offended. And as I said, I'm not blaming her for what happened. And like Dockery said, people at that age tend to do some dumb things. Glad it turned out to be a story of victory and not a tragedy.

[hgslayr]

I feel like she was put into a situation where she had to make some split second decisions whether right or wrong the one single factor that would have avoided the accident was the idiots decision to speed.I dont think she has any responsibility for her actions or inactions due to the "fight or flight syndrome" she likely was experiencing. I think if she had done anything differently she may not be here telling us about it because she likely would have pulled him off on top of her causing possble neck/back injuries or death.
Being a former Police Officer and Traffic Accident Investigator I would have found the driver completely responsible for the accident and her injuries as I'm sure any court of law would. I would like to see the Defense attorney try to convince a jury that she was negligent when she put her hands on the tank to pull herself forward...Gotta get on one of these bikes Giant and you'll know what I'm talking about.

[Rune Giant]

I have a good idea. I see idiots on them everyday going down the freeway at 120 something, or on the backroads here taking corners waaaaay too fast (nothing like seeing one of them shoot off the side of the road into a forest of 200 year old oaks, followed by 10 more guys doing the same thing). One thing that did impress me was her using her experience from falling off horses, which not only saved her life but ended up not breaking much, if anything.
As far as getting on one of those bikes, I just don't fit.

[Mike Langlois]

Sounds to me like they were both exhibiting a lack of intelligence. Back in the day when I rode a Ninja 900, I did some 155+ mph runs with a passenger. But.... I let them know we were going to go that fast and how to hold on/ tuck in prior to starting the ride. The passenger liked it so much he had a few drinks and tried it on his bike.....Crashed with minor injuries.