biker killed...

[Wigan Chris]

Who showed concern about the bird? I can't see it mentioned anywhere.

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What's wrong with Toms comment? The pheasant was also killed here you know. Are you perhaps suggesting that just because it's not a human it doesn't matter if it dies?
- Laurence, Cheltenham, UK, 03/11/2008

[Annette]

Play nicely boys and come back on topic please

[suds750]

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What's wrong with Toms comment? The pheasant was also killed here you know. Are you perhaps suggesting that just because it's not a human it doesn't matter if it dies?
- Laurence, Cheltenham, UK, 03/11/2008

Oh, I see now....I was getting a bit paranoid that I'd said summat insensitive!!!!

[fatowl]

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What's wrong with Toms comment? The pheasant was also killed here you know. Are you perhaps suggesting that just because it's not a human it doesn't matter if it dies?
- Laurence, Cheltenham, UK, 03/11/2008

I'm sorry a pheasant died - but it's not (to me) in the same league as a fellow human.

[StumpyFingers]

I feel sorry for his family,
If a bird can do that much damage at such a relatively low speed it makes sense that they test aircraft to withstand them.

Is it a one in a million that he got hit by a pheasant or by a bird?
Pigeons are a bigger threat around here.

[doglegdon]

Extremely sorry for the guy's family, especially the kids. As I get older, I think much more about mine when I'm out riding. Sure the guy was unlucky, but he and every other biker accepts the risks of doing what we do. As someone else said, at least he was doing something he enjoyed up to the last moment.
How many 'U Tube' videos are there, of bike accidents with deer and other flora and fauna posted on the web? It is very sad, but it shouldn't come as a complete shock, I think.