Two on motorcycle killed when teenage pickup driver loses control near Apopka

having stage 4 cancer, I have a certain clarity on life and death. I consider myself lucky to know when I will die, and how I will die. But it is accidents like these that should show you how precious life is. Waste no time on worrying unnecessarilly, hold your children for no reason, and always tell your wife or husband you love them before they leave. Enjoy life to the maximum, help those who need it, but most of all, treat yourself well..........Rocky......

Anyone could have lost control on a slick, wet road regardless of age. Sounds like a tragic ACCIDENT to me. Don't think the 17 year old will be the same. Tragic for everyone.

rocky321 wrote:

having stage 4 cancer, I have a certain clarity on life and death. I consider myself lucky to know when I will die, and how I will die. But it is accidents like these that should show you how precious life is. Waste no time on worrying unnecessarilly, hold your children for no reason, and always tell your wife or husband you love them before they leave. Enjoy life to the maximum, help those who need it, but most of all, treat yourself well..........Rocky......

Sorry to hear of your illness, but contrary to what you say, only the Lord above knows when, and how we will die. You must have hope in your heart.

I'm waiting on all the peanut gallery to comment on how we should ask that teenage drivers submit to annual written, vision, hearing and driving performance tests due to their dangerous driving history like we got when the senior hit the pedestrian a few days ago???? Check the other story of the 14 year old girl driving who lost control and a passenger was killed who was ejected. Gee I think we really need to get these kids tested annually don't we ???? I'll take my chances with the seniors ANY DAY.

Hasn't anyone explained to drivers in Florida you must SLOW DOWN when the roads are wet. These tragic wrecks need not happen.

What is a "teenage pickup driver"?

Illiterate Sentinel wrote:

What is a "teenage pickup driver"?

Its a teenager who drives a pickup truck. DUH

Illiterate Sentinel do not be to hard on this reporter. He/She only copies the LO report as he/she can not think or write for themselves. The editors only work on Monday-Thursday between the hours of 10:00-2:00 with an hour for lunch.

rocky321 wrote:

having stage 4 cancer, I have a certain clarity on life and death. I consider myself lucky to know when I will die, and how I will die. But it is accidents like these that should show you how precious life is. Waste no time on worrying unnecessarilly, hold your children for no reason, and always tell your wife or husband you love them before they leave. Enjoy life to the maximum, help those who need it, but most of all, treat yourself well..........Rocky......

Sorry to hear that but it sounds like you are handling it very well. Best of luck and good wishes for your family and friends!

If that girl had recklessly discharged a firearm along that road and 'accidentally' killed two motorists, what would the penalty be?

They need to raise the legal driving age to 17 and only 16 year old can get permits. I know of kids who are 15 driving with a permit and they have no business being on the road. I feel bad for the family of the motorcyclists.

You have to be NFL (No Frontal Lobes) to drive a motorcycle around Central Florida. Besides the inexperienced teenagers, you have the foreign tourists in rental cars, soccer moms on cell phones, etc., etc..

You can do everything right and still end up dead...

Mr Good Bar wrote:

I'm waiting on all the peanut gallery to comment on how we should ask that teenage drivers submit to annual written, vision, hearing and driving performance tests due to their dangerous driving history like we got when the senior hit the pedestrian a few days ago???? Check the other story of the 14 year old girl driving who lost control and a passenger was killed who was ejected. Gee I think we really need to get these kids tested annually don't we ???? I'll take my chances with the seniors ANY DAY.

Thank You !!

Deno wrote:

You have to be NFL (No Frontal Lobes) to drive a motorcycle around Central Florida. Besides the inexperienced teenagers, you have the foreign tourists in rental cars, soccer moms on cell phones, etc., etc..
You can do everything right and still end up dead...

I was going to say that too !!

Anybody check where her cellphone was while she was driving?

Today i drove 238 miles on I-95, speed limit approx. 70, except in areas of construction - and there she was in her non-descript little sedan, left hand lane, going between 55-60 mph -- cell phone pasted to the side of her face.

Everyone had to go around her - where oh where were the flahsing lights and big uniforms to pull her aside?

i drive a 1500 ram truck - and that is safety against these idiots.

WET ROADS ARE SLIPPERY! Hello!

cinda wrote:

Anyone could have lost control on a slick, wet road regardless of age. Sounds like a tragic ACCIDENT to me. Don't think the 17 year old will be the same. Tragic for everyone.

People lose control on wet roads because they are driving too fast for the road conditions, which is by the way, against the law. Younger, inexperienced drivers are more likely to make this mistake.

When it's raining, slow down, turn the headlights on, and don't follow too closely to the vehicle in front of you. These crashes can be avoided.

My sympathies to the friends and families of the two people who were needlessly killed.

Ann wrote:

WET ROADS ARE SLIPPERY! Hello!

Yet, even so, thousands of us manage to drive on them WITHOUT sliding into oncoming traffic.

William Beem wrote:

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Yet, even so, thousands of us manage to drive on them WITHOUT sliding into oncoming traffic.

William,
That is true but experience has a lot to do with it. Just takes one time with that feeling to educate a driver.
BillR.

A 17-year old can't legally drive in State of Florida unless that is a license driver riding with her. The 17-year old girl only has a learner's permit and she knows the requirement. If no license driver was not riding with her she should be, and according to the law, charged with two counts of vehicular manslaughter.