Cdacomuter

I heard about this one last night on KREM news... RIP rider.


SPRAGUE, WA—The Washington State Patrol confirms a motorcycle crash in Lincoln County killed the rider before 10 p.m. on Friday.


KREM.com



Troopers say the crash happened when the rider hit a deer on Williams Lake Road, near Sprague.

The rider was pronounced dead at the scene.

Officials have not yet released the victim's name.

FZ Rowe

R.I.P. Rider. that is a bad road to ride at night.

Robusto

sadly it is the season, saw 2 dead deer on my ride to work this am.

rip

SoarTWD

wow. sad news

Revmeup

R.I.P. Rider....very very sad

Coug91

That sucks. RIP rider. Saw 4 deer on Moran Prairie rd last night between 57 and 29th. The little bastards were rigt beside the road, too. And I don't mean the wooden ones.

Demig0d

:( rip.

Time2Ride

RIP Rider. Deer scare me.

Demig0d

In case anyone knew him:

Associated Press - September 6, 2008 11:05 AM ET

SPRAGUE, Wash. (AP) - A motorcyclist from Puyallup has died after colliding with a deer east of Sprague.

According to the Washington State Patrol, 54-year-old Gary A. Aslakson was on a 1984 Honda VF1100 when he hit the deer Friday night on Williams Lake Road.

Troopers wrote that Aslakson was thrown from the motorcycle, his head hit the road and his helmet came off.

The crash occurred about seven miles east of Sprague in the southeast corner of Lincoln County.

Stringcheese

Damn that sucks, what are you gonna do about deer? Does anyone know if those deer whistle things work? Kind of creeps me out. I went out for a short ride yesterday morning, about 80 miles round trip, and I saw at least 15 deer crossing or just on the side of the road.

myr1rox

R.i.p.

Suzuki Stevo

Last month when we camped down at Iron Creek, the ride from Elbe to Randle was in the dark, halfway between Morton and Randle there where 4 deer standing just off the Hwy, when my head light's hit them it SCARED THE PHUCK OUT OF ME!!

A very real danger

nwgmt

I see deer on the side of the road on the way home across whidbey all the time...scares the crap outa me when i see them 0_o
r.i.p. rider :(

Suzuki Stevo

I use to spend my summers at a farm on Millman Road on the south end of Whidbey, YES....I remember it being the deer capitol of the NW! Gramps and Pops had many car dear strike story's beween the two of them.

mjn

RIP rider....


Damn forest rats... hate 'em.

Coug91

We love that camp ground, with it's huge Douglas Fir trees and the river.

Suzuki Stevo

Agreed...I am going back!

smokeu on my gixxer6

rip rider soooooo sad, i hit a deer once but it was in my car it totaled the car so i could imagine what was left of the bike....

SeattleVet

Not if you believe a WSU study:

http://cru.cahe.wsu.edu/CEPublicatio...77/eb1677.html

More info at:

http://www.ibmwr.org/otech/deerw.html
(has references to other studies)

Or others:

http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasc...1/gen01522.htm
http://www.usroads.com/journals/rmj/9705/rm970503.htm

B&D17

Be carefull out on those back roads around dusk, my wife hit one in our truck the other day

Cdacomuter

According to that study they don't. If you are coming through forested areas always keep your head on swivel, and watch out for the wild life. A deer is bad enough but what about a moose or elk? The mentality of animals is the little bastards think they can move quicker than you. Basically, cagers on 4 legs.

DaveT

There is a theory that all motorcyclists will be killed by striking a deer. The trick is to die of old age first. Or by rolling your kayak through half an Eskimo roll and drowning, Turtle.

RIP to the poor soul who didn't make it.

Dave T.

taznhell

Very sad RIP rider. I saw 4 crossing the road on NF11 outside green p dam.

Robusto

Sadly some deer are smarter than some of the cagers out on the roads with us.

ScooterRash

Poor Bloke lost his helmet. Really good reason to keep your helmet strap "Snug". Also a loose fitting helmet can come off fairly easy especially if the chin strap is not snuggly in place.

Deer are a real threat because there are so many of them. One of my employees hit a bear on his way to work one morning, killing the bear and making the front of his ford pickup look like he had his a train. All wildlife creates a danger to Motorcyclist.

RIP Rider.

BITSA

So sorry to hear about this fatality.

For the living: Don't forget about urban deer, folks. Several weeks ago, while driving through West Olympia on Mud Bay Road, a deer launched itself in an arc through the air right into my lane of travel. It looked like one of Santa's reindeer when it suddenly appeared in the air in front of me.

Where did it come from? From behind some tall shrubs on a sloped/landscaped bank at a medical service complex adjacent to the road. She launched from the upper part of the banked slope, about the level of my head. I was caught completely by surprise.

Oh yeah: I missed the deer by a couple of feet. Fortunately, she landed, had decent footing, and kept on going.