For those of you with a weak heart, weak stomach or are pregnant, please stop reading from here. If you are standing, I would suggest you sit down first. I don't want you to faint and hit your head. The story that I am about to tell you will make you weep.
So I got some lunch today and just sat down at my desk when an email popped up in my inbox. It was from a co-worker. The subject line reads "you might want to go check out your motorcycle". In the email, she attached a cellphone picture of the parking garage, with a view to the motorcycle parking area.
I rushed down to the parking garage and what I saw was only previously seen in movies or in nightmares.
Apparently, an elderly man, driving the green Lexus, seen at the left of the picture, drove thru the security gate in the garage and then proceeded to plow thru a row of parked motorcycle. From talking to security and eye witnesses, it appears that the driver mistaken the gas pedal for the brake. When he turned into the gate, instead of hitting the brake to slow down to take a ticket, he hit the gas. Panicking, he floored the gas pedal.
He first hit a 6-seat golf cart that the parking security used to serve as a road block in front of the motorcycles. The golf cart's front end was mangled and the cart was pushed 40 feet out. The first in line was a Harley cruiser that got hit so hard, it flew to the side, spinning like a top.
2nd bike was a GSX-R, it got pushed into my CBR250. Together, both bike got pushed back and pinned against a concrete pillar.
The Lexus went on and hit 2 more bikes, ran over a row of parking signs, and came to a stop before hitting the wall at the end of the garage. When asked if he is ok, the elder driver said "I am looking for a place to park".
I am no bike expert but I think all these damage can be buffed out. Right?
RIP CeeBee
2011 CBR250R
7,850+ miles / Avg 81 MPG Overall (83 MPG since 15T Sprocket)
11/25/2011 - 9/10/2012
