Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

MDOT shares photos of motorcycle that drove into wet concrete as a reminder
ABC 12 ^ | August 21, 2018 | Amy Hybels

Posted on 08/30/2018 7:02:18 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Bath Township, MICHIGAN (WJRT) - (08/21/2018) - The Michigan Department of Transportation tweeted out photos of a motorcycle on I-69 missing its driver.

MDOT is using the photos as reminder of the importance of driving safety in work zones as the busy construction season is wrapping up.

Their Facebook Post, which has generated thousands of responses and shares, asks if you have lost a motorcycle driving on I-69 in Clinton County Monday.

One of the photos, which appears to show tire imprints in wet concrete, serves as a reminder of why it's not a good idea to use closed lanes to bypass traffic backups.

Wet concrete stopped this motorcycle in its tracks.

MDOT said its driver, in an attempt to avoid slowed traffic, drove down the closed lane, taking no notice of the foreman who tried to flag him down.

"The driver kept going," said Aaron Jenkins, the University region communications representative for MDOT, "until he reached the fresh concrete that he drove his motorcycle into."

Jenkins said after crashing in the wet concrete, the driver ran off.

"If a lane is closed," he said,"it's closed for a reason."

"That concrete could have been deeper," he noted, "he could have seriously injured himself or he could have injured some of the workers."

Long haul driver Tom DeCourley said he see's dicey driving in construction zones all too frequently:

"I see stupid people every day," he said. "They'll run right up, gotta beat you into the construction so they can get through it 60 feet sooner."

According to MDOT most highway construction zones require drivers to slow down to 55 miles-per-hour.

"Watch what you're doing, cause stuff can happen in the blink of an eye," said DeCourley.

Timely advice as MDOT tries to wrap up a lot of its projects before the weather turns.

"Those people that are working on these projects," said Jenkins,"they're fathers, mothers, daughters, and family members, they want to go home safely."

The detour the driver of the motorcycle took is going to cost him.

Bath Township police have impounded the bike, he'll be looking at a civil infraction for disregarding the traffic cones, and in a construction zone fines are doubled. Police say he'll also be facing a misdemeanor for leaving the scene of an accident.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: accident; chat; construction; i69; lansing; localnews; mdot; michigan; motorcycle; motorcycling; motorcyclist; scofflaw; workzonesafety
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-54 next last
Full title:

MDOT shares photos of motorcycle that drove into wet concrete as a reminder to drive safely in work zones

1 posted on 08/30/2018 7:02:18 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: 100American; al baby; Albion Wilde; Allegra; BufordP; EveningStar; Gefn; GunsareOK; JRios1968; ...

DANG!


2 posted on 08/30/2018 7:03:41 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks ( The US Constitution ....... Invented by geniuses and God .... Administered by morons ......)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

...and he still got to work before the folks sitting in traffic.


3 posted on 08/30/2018 7:05:10 AM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

So this Einstein fled the scene but had to abandon the motorcycle stuck in the concrete? Not exactly a clean getaway!


4 posted on 08/30/2018 7:07:31 AM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Doing it wrong. The more you do it, the wronger you get.


5 posted on 08/30/2018 7:07:43 AM PDT by Delta 21 (Splodeyhead is the only cure for MAGAphobia)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

6 posted on 08/30/2018 7:08:38 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Should be able to identify the motorcycle driver from the face implant in the wet concrete.


7 posted on 08/30/2018 7:10:11 AM PDT by CommerceComet (Hillary: A unique blend of arrogance, incompetence, and corruption.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

LOL!..........


8 posted on 08/30/2018 7:10:54 AM PDT by Red Badger (July 2018 - the month the world learns the TRUTH......Q Anon.......Timelines change. Aug 16)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

What’s truly amazing is that a member of the media actually used the correct term ‘concrete’ instead of calling it ‘cement.’ (note to 99% of the public: cement is a fine gray powder)


9 posted on 08/30/2018 7:11:33 AM PDT by FirstFlaBn
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

ahh, nice to see that Flint area driving habits have not changed since I lived there.


10 posted on 08/30/2018 7:11:40 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Delta 21

Note the foot marks leading away from the truck! LOL.


11 posted on 08/30/2018 7:12:29 AM PDT by Moltke (Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

12 posted on 08/30/2018 7:12:36 AM PDT by Daffynition (Rudy: What are you up to today? :))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Daffynition
I would never screed them out ..... what a legacy !

Why did the duck cross the road ?

'cause it wanted to !

13 posted on 08/30/2018 7:14:37 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

And people wonder why motorcyclists are so despised.


14 posted on 08/30/2018 7:14:44 AM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith......)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I’m presuming the bike has plates and can be traced to the owner.

Running off isn’t going to help much.


15 posted on 08/30/2018 7:15:37 AM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith......)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: metmom

It was probably stolen.


16 posted on 08/30/2018 7:21:27 AM PDT by US_MilitaryRules (I'm not tired of Winning yet! Please, continue on!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

To: FirstFlaBn

oh! thanks for that! My son is in the business, kinda sorta, and now I sound a bit more concretely informed. :) BTW, love concrete roads and gravel roads and dirt roads. Don’t like blacktop.


17 posted on 08/30/2018 7:24:37 AM PDT by huldah1776 ( Vote Pro-life! Allow God to bless America before He avenges the death of the innocent.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: All
This is the Aftermath of A Motorcycle Driving Through Fresh Concrete on Interstate 69 Near Lansing
18 posted on 08/30/2018 7:25:16 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks ( The US Constitution ....... Invented by geniuses and God .... Administered by morons ......)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Delta 21
By the looks of all the tiny cab-overs, that's gotta be in Europe somewhere...
19 posted on 08/30/2018 7:29:28 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (MAGAMarchOnWashington.com)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: metmom

“And people wonder why motorcyclists are so despised.”

Do please tell why motorcyclists are so despised?


20 posted on 08/30/2018 7:36:40 AM PDT by Notforprophet (Don't Tread On Me)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-54 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson