On May 10th 2007 a married couple, who enjoyed their time with each other after retirement, decided to go for a ride together on their motorbike. This was something they did often, but probably not as much as they liked to. Winter was approaching fast and there were very few 'fine' expected days left. The forecast said there would be rain for the next few days so this particular couple decided to go out on the bike on this day because it was possibly the last sunny, no rain day for a while.
They had no idea that this would be their last ride together. They had no idea that a man in his early twenties would be driving fast. Too fast, way above the speed limit! They had no idea that this guy would fail to slow down, even after being flashed on a speed radar. They had no idea that this guy would be going way to fast to be able to stop when he saw a motor bike with two people on it. They had no idea that this moment on their bike would be their last moments together, in this world.
This couple were both killed by a speeding driver who was simply going too fast to stop.
This couple had no idea they would have their lives cut too short on the bridge almost directly above where they had first met so, so many years before.
On May 10th 2007 a 33 year old man was driving his truck/pick up type vehicle back to his work when he suddenly saw his father's motorbike on the other side of the road. The young man stopped and went over to see what was going on. He saw his father lying on the road and went straight to him. He removed his father's helmet and was with him while he drew his last breath. He then looked for his mother, she was nowhere to be seen. Then through the shouting of a fellow motorist,(the speeding driver) he realised his mother had been trapped beneath the car.
He ran across the road jumped into his vehicle and drove it across the road to where the motorbike had been attached to a car. He used his truck/pick up to lift the car and free his mother. She had been dragged face down over 200 metres, she didn't survive (obviously). What that young man saw that day, no one should ever be allowed to see. An image that will no doubt haunt him for the rest of his life.
This blog is written (in respect) In memoriam of Uncle Gerald and Aunty Yoke, who were taken way too soon!
And yes, to say that speed, does in fact kill.
Take care on the roads!
The other point is, be thankful for the life you have and the people you have around you, I am, every single day!!!
Until next time,
the last single 34 yr old woman
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