I didn’t post anything all last week. One of my childhood friends from Riverside, Alison Jacob, called me and told me her older brother Rob was in a motorcycle accident. I picked her up at the airport on Tuesday and we went up to join Rob’s wife at Norwalk Hospital. Rob was in a coma, he died on Saturday. I spent most of the week with his sisters Alison and Shelby, his mother and his wife Pam. It was awful as you can probably imagine, ending badly.
I’m posting this in English only because I don’t have time to get the translation done. It will come later.
I’ve had it with motorcycles. Rob wasn’t wearing a helmet but likely wouldn’t have made it if he was so while I think anyone who rides a bike without one is really crazy, that’s not the point here. I’m sick of motorcycle riders period.
I don’t think anyone with a wife, a sister, a brother, a mother or close friends should ride a motorcycle. Period. It is an extremely selfish act. Rob left us, really, at the accident scene. His problems and sorrows were over. His wife, sisters, mother and friends were left to suffer. I was there for all that, and saw it first hand as they went through the stages with the doctors, and had to make that final decision to remove his life support. No one should have to choose that.
So to all you tough guy motorcycle riders, let me ask you something. If some guy was hassling your wife and said something to her that upset her, what would you do? Deck him probably. Well if you’re so concerned about her, why would you risk putting her through a hell that’s 100 times worse? Because you’re a selfish moron is the only answer I have. I don’t care how much you enjoy your motorcycle. It’s not just about you. Because you’re a really safe rider? Well the New Canaan Police verified that the other driver was completely at fault, but he’s alive. He was in a SUV.
Stop riding your motorcycle if you care about anyone in your life. You’re just a jerk if you don’t.
I’ve included a link from an editorial in the New Canaan Advertiser about this accident. It’s pretty good.
