Four Deaths....and the thoughts of Morons

While home in North Carolina over the past eleven days, noted that four motorcyclists died in traffic accidents. Many were due to bad judgment (speeding, stunting) some were bike/car crashes; all tragic. When riding one has to be very careful, especially in North and South Carolina where speeding, tailgating, drivers glued to cell phones, running red lights....all that and more. Many are from other states and countries; so when you ride keep your eyes moving and watch out for the other guy (this is also good advice in cars or whatever you drive).
What griped my ass though was the comments made by some in the Charlotte Observer. Everything from "hope he was an organ donor" to "he deserved it". It also is fair to note that there were also a number of automobile crashes which also resulted in deaths (including some in the so called super safe SUV's....how is that possible). Course it seems that those newspaper post article posting sites really bring out the jerks. I liked one of the comments after one post; "none of you would be friends of mine in real life, certainly none here") talking about the tones of the comments. To be fair not just the motorcycle posts, most of the posts made seem to be of a "Rush Limbaugh" tone. You know the type, basically sarcastic hate filled posts with a tinge of racism.
To my friends and co riders, be careful. Watch out for the cages and keep your attention on the road. Save the stunting for the parking lots, and speeding for the track. Ride safe, and ride long (and I have been riding now for 37 years without an accident, so I speak from experience.