My cousin Dick was driving to work yesterday morning in Duluth. It was foggy. While driving, he saw a person flagging him to slow down. So he did and came upon this scene:
A semi-truck was crossing highway 2. It had stopped at the stop sign, saw no on-coming traffic in either direction and started to pull across the highway. A motorcyclist driving on highway 2, with the right-a-way, drove under the semi and was subsequently driven over by the back of the truck.
Dick is a first responder and was the second person on the scene. He approached the downed motorcyclist who was crushed and dead with no chance of being saved.
What went wrong? It appears as though the semi had cautiously stopped and pulled out. The motorcyclist had the right-a-way. What went wrong was perhaps the fog.
We've all been here - fog or pouring rain or blowing snow.
Dick told me this scene will stick with him for a long long time.
TBL: Next time we find ourselves in a similar situation, slow down, high speed takes away most options for safety when the conditions for visibility are poor.
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