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Every year about this time in Daytona they have Bike Week, a ten day long festival for motorcyclists. Every year there is a string of deaths, bikers killed in accidents that are almost always their fault. Last year ten bikers died over the course of the event. This year's event started on Saturday, and so far three bikers have died - two on Saturday and one on Sunday. Last night's fatality was caused by a biker who was riding on the wrong side of the road down US1 and collided with two other motorcycles.
Offhand, I can't think of any other festival in the U.S. in which it is the expected and predictable outcome that participants will kill themselves as a direct result of participating in the event, at least on per day for the duration of the event. It just boggles my mind every year.
Offhand, I can't think of any other festival in the U.S. in which it is the expected and predictable outcome that participants will kill themselves as a direct result of participating in the event, at least on per day for the duration of the event. It just boggles my mind every year.