View Full Version : Dallas Motorcycle Cop killed in accident
socwkbiker
02-23-2008, 02:41 PM
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/022308dnpolmotorcadecrash.196e2bd6.html
Check out this story and especially the pictures near the middle of the page. It happened yesterday as the Hilliary Clinton motorcade was headed to a rally. Just shows you that even the pros can make fatal mistakes.
Ride safe everyone.
Note the list at the end of the story for how often it happens.
I would like to check out the story but everytime I click on it my computer crashes and I get the send error report thing. Maybe I'll try again later
socwkbiker
02-23-2008, 03:42 PM
If it doesn't work, go to www.dallasnews.com (http://www.dallasnews.com) and the story is on the page.
pick187
02-23-2008, 03:54 PM
A buddy of mine is a motor officer. He is the only one in the division who hasn't been to the hospital. Being a motor cop is very dangerous.
dakals
02-23-2008, 05:00 PM
My prayers go out to his family and friends!!!!!!!
oledawg
02-23-2008, 07:21 PM
:'( A terrible tragedy! :'( :'( :'(
Thats too bad. It seems like a freak accident.
davidjones1
02-23-2008, 08:38 PM
Prayers out to the family and friends, you hate to hear about these guys going down. very very sad.
robertw
02-24-2008, 12:54 PM
Besides this case, there were 3 deaths of motorcycle officers escorting presidential motorcades in the last two years. While in D.C. recently I observed a Presidential motorcade cruising down Pennsylvania Avenue at about 55mph. The lead motorcycle cops cruised through the red lights holding up a hand to stop traffic at the intersections as they continued to lead the motorcade. It looked very dangerous for them. There was no major national security crisis that day, so I guess this was standard operating procedure.
unwind2
02-24-2008, 05:43 PM
So sad. It said in the article he had only been with the motor division about one month. :'(
dogdoc
02-24-2008, 05:47 PM
what caused this Dallas accident SWB?
dui546
02-24-2008, 08:47 PM
I spoke to our senior motor officer / police riding instructor. He told me that it was a very sad and tragic situation. The officer was a veteran but had little experience on a police motorcycle. I learned that he had only been assigned to the m/c unit for about 1 month. His training was accelerated and he was hurried into street duties to support the escort(s). My heart and prayers go out to his family and friends.
socwkbiker
02-25-2008, 12:02 AM
what caused this Dallas accident SWB?
He was coming around from the rear of the motorcade and hit a curb. He was launched and his helmet came off. Pronounced dead at the hospital. The article goes into much more detail, but that's the bare minimum of the story.
wompus
02-25-2008, 09:25 AM
I had a police friend who had been riding for one 40 years do the same thing. He hit a curb while doing a funeral run. He stayed in the hospital for months. He lost the sight and hearing on the left side from brain damage. He had to retire because of that.
I myself have been riding over 45 years and had a bad wreck a few years ago. (Wasn't my fault)
I do get a laugh out of any cop who rides bikes... they seem to think they are experts at handling a motorcycle.
I guess they are, for the most part too stupid to realize taking a motorcycle course doesn't make you an expert, it means you took a motorcycle course.
Experience and age will out do a 2 week course anytime!!
I had a police friend who had been riding for one 40 years do the same thing. He hit a curb while doing a funeral run. He stayed in the hospital for months. He lost the sight and hearing on the left side from brain damage. He had to retire because of that.
I myself have been riding over 45 years and had a bad wreck a few years ago. (Wasn't my fault)
I do get a laugh out of any cop who rides bikes... they seem to think they are experts at handling a motorcycle.
I guess they are, for the most part too stupid to realize taking a motorcycle course doesn't make you an expert, it means you took a motorcycle course.
Experience and age will out do a 2 week course anytime!!
Wise man there Wompus......I have been trying to figure out how to put that into words for a while.
"Wise man there Wompus......I have been trying to figure out how to put that into words for a while."
You've been working on learning to talk for a while now Toddster!!??
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The motor patrolmen around here do take some serious training. It seems to mostly be in slow speed and close in maneuvering. Most of them can do u-turns and slow speed stuff that is tricky for the most of us.Of course they also spend a lot of time on the bikes. But, from the description of this crash, he was going fast and made a small mistake. Any mistake is amplified with speed.
"Wise man there Wompus......I have been trying to figure out how to put that into words for a while."
You've been working on learning to talk for a while now Toddster!!??
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I talk just fine....It's not my fault you don't understand proper Southern English y'all http://s2.images.proboards.com/cheesy.gif http://s2.images.proboards.com/cheesy.gif
[quote:wzftwi4h]"Wise man there Wompus......I have been trying to figure out how to put that into words for a while."
You've been working on learning to talk for a while now Toddster!!??
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I talk just fine....It's not my fault you don't understand proper Southern English y'all http://s2.images.proboards.com/cheesy.gif http://s2.images.proboards.com/cheesy.gif[/quote:wzftwi4h]
You tell 'em, Todd.........I'm fixin' to go for a ride. Ya'll have fun.
I do get a laugh out of any cop who rides bikes... they seem to think they are experts at handling a motorcycle.
OOOO, naughty naughty. I think that is a broad generalization.
I think one of the things we have going for us is the ammount of time we spend in the saddle. It can be a blessing and a curse.
People think all we do is ride around and look pretty. They say when they see me, I look mean. They don't realize behind my shades I'm constantly assesing the situation that I am riding in. It is actually work for me. Don't get me wrong, I have the best job in the department.
unwind2
02-26-2008, 11:31 AM
I do get a laugh out of any cop who rides bikes... they seem to think they are experts at handling a motorcycle.
OOOO, naughty naughty. I think that is a broad generalization.
I think one of the things we have going for us is the ammount of time we spend in the saddle. It can be a blessing and a curse.
People think all we do is ride around and look pretty. They say when they see me, I look mean. They don't realize behind my shades I'm constantly assesing the situation that I am riding in. It is actually work for me. Don't get me wrong, I have the best job in the department.
Looking mean sure helps us nurses. We get the drunk/doped up folks in the ER from MVAs or bar fights who give us poor nurses attitudes when we're just trying to help them. One of you nice officers may happen to be at the ER and will walk in the room and ask them to be nice....man all of a sudden they mellow out. Look mean all you want...we know you guys...you look out for us and we look out for you. Thanks for all you do.
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