Teen motorcyclist dies in Palmerston North (11 April)

[Beemer]

please dont quote skidmark. He is a fucking moron who has no idea what appropriate means.

RIP. really sad situation.

I even started thinking there was a god when he said he was fucking off for good, but no, like the proverbial bad penny, he keeps rolling up to dispense his particular brand of crap.

Sad, sad accident - well, crash really. If the car did fail to give way, that's not an accident, it's carelessness and it's tragic that it has resulted in the loss of a young life.

[EJK]

Yeah, a High school student.... Thats younger than me...

[ynot slow]

Seems to be two sets of anguished parents,rip to that family just farkin tragic.The car driver,if he was not licensed tough lesson to learn,but his family must be devistated.

My daughter is about to get her full license soon,as well as being at Massey Uni and city traffic for first time is scary for me,even when she went back to uni last week it was good to get her text to say I'm safely back.

Got to be parents worse nightmare,sad to read.

Good idea skidmark,another accident waiting to happen,do it in a closed carpark please not the open road.

[robertydog]

Condolences to the family & friends

[Duke girl]

Sad to hear about the loss of someone so young. My thoughts and condolences to his family and friends. May his soul live on forever. RIP.

[gijoe1313]

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[Sparky Bills]

Not nice to hear..

RIP

[86GSXR]

Awful tragedy. That intersection is evil. RIP.

[motorbyclist]

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EDIT: I think the motorcycle license age needs raising to 18

why? it wasn't even the poor kid's fault! the rest of us seem to manage fine without losing our licences, why should a few bad eggs ruin it for everyone else?

So just commuting back from school no gear, sigh if he had a jacket etc he probably would have survived.

Ahhh well too late now.

R.I.P dude, will pop a few tribute monos and stoppies when i'm mobile again for ya, , throw some knee down for ya too.

right, so your jacket will protect you if you endo one of those stoppies, land on your head and smash the vertebrae in your neck killing you on the spot?

or lowside with your knee down and wrap yourself backwards around a roadside object?

without knowing the accident details we can't make any speculation, and there's some accidents where no amount of gear could save you.

i think the licence age is fine where it is considering kids can leave school at 16 and may need a bike/car to get to work by then... the methods of losing a licence also seem to be pretty well set up for certain idiots too



right, now i've made a mess of this thread, my condolences to the families involved, and RIP for the young man so needlessly lost to us.

[Bikernereid]

Sad to hear. Thoughts go to the family and all his friends.

[sunhuntin]

that intersection is horrid. if i recall, its got stop signs, not a giveway. even in quiet traffic, i have trouble getting across, and i always wait till theres nothing coming anywhere. poor bloody kid... very sobering riding the road where someones just died, and a reminder to take your time and have patience.

[SDU]

Condolences to the family & his friends.

Tragic!



Has there been a name release yet?
Hoping it's not one of my Dannevirke cousins son, they have lost to many close family members already in the last few years.

[scumdog]

Seems to be two sets of anguished parents,rip to that family just farkin tragic.The car driver,if he was not licensed tough lesson to learn,but his family must be devistated.

Not wishing to hijack BUT: I wonder if/how long for the unlicenced drivers parents had been turning a blind eye??

Sad for all invlove but so preventable, makes me effinpissedoff.

[Ixion]

Does anyone feel that the standard of the licence test is such that possesion of a licence would give any assurance that the car driver's behaviour would have been any different ?

[skidMark]

Does anyone feel that the standard of the licence test is such that possesion of a licence would give any assurance that the car driver's behaviour would have been any different ?

Nope.

They did say no license as opposed to disqualified, so on assumption (we will have to wait for details)

But assuming he was around the same age and a school student driving without a license.

Why did the parents let him drive, parents do seem to step back alot these days ( i am talking about the car driver)