Pasco: Dirt bike driver dies when he hits car

So many things wrong with this picture. His first bike is a 250? Am I the only one that thinks a teenaged boy should learn to ride and respect the bike on a 125, even if it is too small? This was a kid with a wild side.

Then the grandmother blames the wreck on Hernando County not having ANYWHERE to ride??? Hello, Crooms?? And it's been several years, but I saw several riding spots on the side of 19 in and around Spring Hill. As in, I saw people riding, and it was obviously a common spot. I was in SH to buy a dirt bike, and the kid who had it had plenty of places to ride - he was upgrading to something faster.

 

where are the pics y0

 

Are you saying had he been on a 125 this wouldn't have happened NOTHING wrong with the bike he was riding, it was just a poor decision on his part NOT to watch for traffic. And about the 'nowhere to ride', if there isnt anywhere to ride why the hell did you buy a dirtbike. Maybe its just me, but I usually dont buy 'toys' unless i have somewhere to play with them.

 

No, I'm not saying it wouldn't have happened, but it "might not" have. Kind of like Nick Hogan driving around that Supra..would it have been different if he drove a Camry? Less power, less thrill. Maybe the 250 was beyond his limits, and he could have maneuvered to prevent the crash on a 125. A YZ125 is a just fine starter bike. If you read the whole article, you'll see the kid had a wild side, which would be a kid I would be more cautious with, and give a less powerful bike to, and SUPERVISE more. Set clearer boundaries.

Precisely...the person who bought him the bike is the same person saying there is nowhere to ride. THAT'S the person who should have been eliminated from the gene pool.

 

Not just "watch for traffic." He ran a redlight, driving an illegal vehicle on a public road, and he had no driver's license whatsoever.

 

wow...i guess NO ONE is allowed to attempt to have FUN huh? If this were a skateboarding death from railsliding a 2nd story staircase you'd prob find something wrong with that too eh? How many AWESOME riders do you know? Every SINGLE ONE I know has a 'wild side' and likes to push there limits. Blame no one, shit happens, life goes on (for some of us), it sucks for his fam, but to place blame on them for buying him the bike and not 'supervising' him is just asinine.

 

I never placed the blame on them. Your asumption is what is asinine. I do believe in adults being accountable, though.

And, no, a 16yo had no business riding a dirt bike on public roads (big/major enough roads that there's a traffic light there!), WITH A PASSENGER, and running a red light. He can have "fun" where it's appropriate. Time and place.

 

Lets not forget how the news loves to blow stuff out off proportion/context. Hell look at the nick hogan incident...with their underground street racing and their other misc. bullshit/blanket statments. I would love to know how him being a "central highschool dropout" has anything to do with this wreck.

"while driving with no license on his illegal dirt bike"

Also how is a dirtbike itself illegal?? He was riding it on the road illegally without proper lighting, tag, and drivers license.

It seems to me this article is way to biased...this wasn't much as news as it was a biased article on his life as a whole. That's why i hate reading/watching news from certain publishers.....news should be just that....facts. Not some biased bullshit pointing out facts that have nothing to do with the subject, only to make you see someone how they want you to.

 

It sounded to me to be clarifying the difference between a strictly offroad bike and a ... what are they called.. dual sport bikes? Street legal dirt bike?

 

its poor parenting.. let darwinism take control!