Rider Down - RIP - Jock Gray Chepren
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Rider Down - RIP - Jock Gray Chepren
February 28, 2009
Motorcyclist killed in Clearwater accident
CLEARWATER -- A Dunedin man was fatally injured Friday evening on McMullen Booth Road, according to the Florida Highway Patrol, when his motorcycle slid into the back of a sport utility vehicle. Jock Gray Chepren was 24.
It was around 7 p.m., according to FHP, that James Dorsett, a 58-year-old Tarpon Springs man, was driving south in a 2004 Land Rover SUV on McMullen Booth when he entered the left turn lane at the intersection of Union Street. Under a green light, Dorsett turned left onto Union.
Chepren was on a 2001 Suzuki motorcycle, driving north in the outside lane of McMullen Booth, when troopers said the SUV turned in front of him.
The motorcyclist tried to avoid a collision by turning his Suzuki onto its right side and sliding down the roadway, the FHP said. But the motorcycle hit the right-rear side of the Land Rover, ejecting Chepren. He struck the SUV and slid underneath it, leaving him critically injured.
Chepren was taken to Mease Countryside Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. He was wearing his helmet, according to the FHP.
An occupant of the SUV, Brenda Dorsett, 58, was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. The investigation into the crash is continuing.
- Jamal Thalji, Times staff writer
Posted by Times Editor at 12:18:35 PM on February 28, 2009
Motorcyclist killed in Clearwater accident
Motorcyclist killed in Clearwater accident
CLEARWATER -- A Dunedin man was fatally injured Friday evening on McMullen Booth Road, according to the Florida Highway Patrol, when his motorcycle slid into the back of a sport utility vehicle. Jock Gray Chepren was 24.
It was around 7 p.m., according to FHP, that James Dorsett, a 58-year-old Tarpon Springs man, was driving south in a 2004 Land Rover SUV on McMullen Booth when he entered the left turn lane at the intersection of Union Street. Under a green light, Dorsett turned left onto Union.
Chepren was on a 2001 Suzuki motorcycle, driving north in the outside lane of McMullen Booth, when troopers said the SUV turned in front of him.
The motorcyclist tried to avoid a collision by turning his Suzuki onto its right side and sliding down the roadway, the FHP said. But the motorcycle hit the right-rear side of the Land Rover, ejecting Chepren. He struck the SUV and slid underneath it, leaving him critically injured.
Chepren was taken to Mease Countryside Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. He was wearing his helmet, according to the FHP.
An occupant of the SUV, Brenda Dorsett, 58, was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. The investigation into the crash is continuing.
- Jamal Thalji, Times staff writer
Posted by Times Editor at 12:18:35 PM on February 28, 2009
Motorcyclist killed in Clearwater accident
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I am not claiming to know what happened here or implying that this guy did anything wrong, but I know that there are some people out there that think it is better to lay down a bike to try to avoid an accident than try to ride through it, out of it, whatever.
It is NEVER a good idea to lay down your bike in an attempt to avoid an accident as you can stop MUCH faster using the brakes and tire traction than sliding across the roadway. I can totally understand if this is what he tried to do and locked up the tires and went down or tried to swerve and went down, but I hate how these articles always say a rider laid down his bike to avoid an accident. It almost implies that you should lay your bike down like you see in the movies sometimes when that is NOT a good idea. You have a much better chance of surviving if you can keep it on two wheels to get the full braking action the bike is capable of before impact or even better swerve to miss the impact all together. Hell, even jumping right before impact to try to get over the car is better than laying it down and sliding under it.
Remember, it is the impact you are trying to avoid. The rest is secondary. Be careful out there and ATGATT (even now that it is getting hot out again).
I am not claiming to know what happened here or implying that this guy did anything wrong, but I know that there are some people out there that think it is better to lay down a bike to try to avoid an accident than try to ride through it, out of it, whatever.
It is NEVER a good idea to lay down your bike in an attempt to avoid an accident as you can stop MUCH faster using the brakes and tire traction than sliding across the roadway. I can totally understand if this is what he tried to do and locked up the tires and went down or tried to swerve and went down, but I hate how these articles always say a rider laid down his bike to avoid an accident. It almost implies that you should lay your bike down like you see in the movies sometimes when that is NOT a good idea. You have a much better chance of surviving if you can keep it on two wheels to get the full braking action the bike is capable of before impact or even better swerve to miss the impact all together. Hell, even jumping right before impact to try to get over the car is better than laying it down and sliding under it.
Remember, it is the impact you are trying to avoid. The rest is secondary. Be careful out there and ATGATT (even now that it is getting hot out again).
