Motorcyclist Hurt in Crash on Vasco Road

mike March 30, 2012 at 12:31 pm

Hopefully the guy will survive, CHP went by here like an "angry hornet" on the way to the accident. Than there were nearly a half dozen more emergency vehicles.

william March 30, 2012 at 01:04 pm

hopefully he will survive but i doubt that he will be the last one i drive vasco every day and found that some of the motercycle riders on that road do not think the traffic laws are for them. they constantly pass on the double solid lines or on the right side on narrow shoulders, and speed limit means nothing so hopefully they will start riding more carefully!!!!!!

Local March 31, 2012 at 07:21 pm

He is not in good shape, he's all busted up!! Apparently a car was illegally passing or making a u-turn and ended up in his lane so he had to swerve. IDIOTS OF VASCO!! Seriously, Vasco needs surveillance cameras. People are so damn careless.

william April 2, 2012 at 01:13 pm

VASCO road does not need any survillance cameras IT ONLY NEEDS PEOPLE DRIVING AND OBEYING THE LAWS AND NOT BEING STUPID

reggieqh1 April 2, 2012 at 01:45 pm

Vasco Needs something because too many people drive that Road like they own it. Too many people are hurt on that road because people want to drive @ 90 MPH & are agressive if they can't!

Local April 2, 2012 at 01:51 pm

@ William - Vasco needs something more than just your hope of people driving safely, even making it a double-fine zone hasn't stopped them!! Good luck on that hope of yours.

william April 2, 2012 at 02:01 pm

Vasco road has the sherrifs and the C.H.P.doing a very good job on that section of the road but without our input to the law enforcement agencies can only do so much when we see areas that can stand improvement we can communicate and these agencies respond within their schedule of their patrols I have seen an increase in the patrols but as good a job that they do there are always times that they are not there!

Local April 2, 2012 at 02:06 pm

Yep, you're right, they're doing what they can. Too bad it's not enough. I used to commute Marsh Creek Road - Vasco Road to Livermore every morning from Clayton and it was a damn nightmare. Marsh Creek Road is probably worse than Vasco! People passing on blind curves CONSTANTLY. I had so many near head-on collisions because of stupid a-holes passing on curves! Almost every single morning. It was terrifying. Sometimes I had to veer off onto the gravel shoulder, sometimes just slam on my brakes and pray because there was no shoulder!!! Then you get to Vasco Road and it's the same crap only a faster speed limit and wider lanes. I saw CHP pretty often on Vasco, even got myself a speeding ticket about 6 years ago going 65. Learned my lesson! But most people haven't! It will take a lot more than a little police presence to calm Vasco Road...

C April 2, 2012 at 02:53 pm

He will survive. He is still in really bad shape, but fortunately will get better with time. Vasco DOES need something done, but also people need to be a lot more careful and patient!!!! There was nowhere he could go because of an idiot that was trying to pass illegally in oncoming traffic and just didn't see him. There are so many accidents that involve motorcycles vs cars because people in cars don't LOOK! And as to an earlier comment: Not all motorcyclists believe the rules don't apply to them, and are really good drivers. Most of the time (and this is coming from a lot of excellent sources) the problem is the motorcycle rider...it is the person in the car!