Hard to say in your situation whether it was distracted driving or what, but the occurrence of motorcycle accidents resulting in fatalities has been prevalent for quite some time, it never ends from what I have seen. I know at least 2 dozen, from quick recollection, either fatal or serious injury, and in reality its more than that, I'm just not sure I can recall each incident, funeral, or situation over the years. I can recall gruesome scenes of the results. I am not sure what it is, was it like this say from the 80's or 70's back, seemed like a lot less bikes in the 70's, so maybe further back the incidents were less, less riders ?
I used to ride, as a mode of transportation, and for fun on occasion. There was a time that is all I had, one reliable ole rice burner of a Yamaha Maxim, easy on MPG, starts every time and insurance was cheap, just when winter comes around brrrr....
I remember even then keeping my eyes peeled and just being paranoid of other drivers, vehicles, doors opening from a curbside and similar. That kind of etiquette has to be magnified 10X now, so whats the fun in riding when it has to be like that and the results could still be injurious or fatal, by the same token you could have any other number of things happen just the same.
Its incredible, we've had 4 or 5 deaths recently in close proximity, one yesterday morning, snarling traffic, woman killed in a bike accident.
My opinion is that its highly dangerous, also a lot of fun, making you forget the consequences, its always the other guy it seems that cuts a bike off or what have you. Happened to my uncle, Oct 15 2002, did a face plant on the back of a dumptruck that pulled out in front of him, another corpse in a casket with a head the size of a basketball.
Still have 2 maxims in dry dock, (really need to sell em) since '93-'94, which was not long after losing a friend, traffic backed up in a dip on the belt parkway in brooklyn, several did not make it, whole group of them slammed into cars that were stopped.
I think the only fun left is the back country roads, and you still have critters, loose gravel, but thats always been the case, not like the cell phone toting drivers and overall increase in cars and trucks today.
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