Motorcycle Accident

Current Event
By Gloria
Article from local newspaper

A 27-year old motorcyclist collided with a truck on (Major Road). The man on the motorcycle is now in the hospital with life-threatening injuries, even though he was wearing a helmet.

This is sad, and I will be praying for the poor guy, but it was mostly his fault. The man was driving at over 60 mph on a 35 mph road. In a way, it was a truck driver's fault, too, for not stopping at a stop sign. This really convinced me that when I start driving, I need to drive very carefully. Romans 13:1 says, "Let every soul be subject to governing authorities, for there is no authority except from God and the authorities that exist are appointed by God." God put rules there for a reason. Had both drivers, or even one of them, been following the rules, this might not have happened at all.

I hope this will be a lesson to people in our town to follow driving rules. If people pay more attention to this article, there might be less speeding and more stopping at stop signs. The motorcyclist could have had at least a girlfriend who right now is worrying about her boyfriend in the hospital. Then all her friends will find out and spread the story to their friends, who'd spread the story to their friends, and so on. That's how word spreads and hopefully this will make an impact. If people pay attention to this and learn from it, there might be fewer accidents in our town.