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frogmarch

(12,154 posts)
Mon Aug 3, 2015, 06:49 PM Aug 2015

Already 6 motorcycle-related deaths

associated with the Sturgis Rally and it hasn't officially started yet.

http://chadrad.com/newsstory.cfm?story=38033

The 75th Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, projected to bring upwards of a million visitors, officially began today, but the South Dakota Highway Patrol says six people have already died on the state's roads in connection with the event.


Mr. froggy and I used to go to it, but the larger the rally became, the more we stayed home. I don't think we'll go this year.
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Already 6 motorcycle-related deaths (Original Post) frogmarch Aug 2015 OP
I have friends at their first rally Peacetrain Aug 2015 #1
Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded. - Yogi Berra Electric Monk Aug 2015 #2
a zillion lovers of loud pipes HFRN Aug 2015 #3
Last I went was in '99,50th anniversary Go Vols Aug 2015 #4
A co-worker of mine is in Sturgis with his girlfriend and a group of friends... sueh Aug 2015 #5
A friend had a bad crash just starting to head home from Sturgis one year pinboy3niner Aug 2015 #6

Peacetrain

(22,877 posts)
1. I have friends at their first rally
Mon Aug 3, 2015, 06:52 PM
Aug 2015

Love the Black Hills..but you could not get me within a hundred miles of it during Sturgis.. Too many people riding though the hills.. especially at night.. ayee yi yi yi yi,,

 

HFRN

(1,469 posts)
3. a zillion lovers of loud pipes
Mon Aug 3, 2015, 06:56 PM
Aug 2015

a beautiful place is better enjoyed without the noise

plus, driving around that many bikes (or that many vehicles, period), whether on 2, 4 or more wheels is more risky than necessary

and, with all that alcohol consumed, a lot of that is going into drivers, along with drugs

worth seeing once (sturgis rally), but that was enough for me

sueh

(1,826 posts)
5. A co-worker of mine is in Sturgis with his girlfriend and a group of friends...
Mon Aug 3, 2015, 09:25 PM
Aug 2015

He says this will be their last time going there. Way too many people and too hard to get around now.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
6. A friend had a bad crash just starting to head home from Sturgis one year
Mon Aug 3, 2015, 09:30 PM
Aug 2015

She and her Harley were hit by a motor home. She was hurt badly, but fortunately she recovered.

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