War Between Motorcycles And Vehicles Continues To Shed Blood

We've seen them, speeding by at full throttle weaving through traffic. Or using the non-existing shoulder as their own domain, pulling out in front of vehicles, cutting off big trucks, buses, what have you. It is hard to find a driver in Costa Rica who has not come into almost contact with a motorcycle.



And when contact does occur, the motorcyclist usually loses the battle.

Such was the case twice over this weekend where motorcyclists were left spread out on the pavement while judicial authorities concluded their investigations and ordered the lifting of the body.

In both cases excessive speeding and careless driving on the part of the motorcyclist were the cause of the carnage.

The first on Saturday, a speeding motorcyclist on the Circunvalación ahead of the Hatillo 8 traffic lights in the south lanes couldn't break in time before smacking into a vehicle stopped in the usual traffic congestion of the area. The motorcyclist struck the SUV and ended up on top of another vehicle some metres ahead after being ejected from the impact. The passenger was sent to hospital.



The accident occurred shortly before 2pm, forcing the closure of the Circunvalación for hours.

In the early hours of Monday, in the area of the Estadio Ricardo Saprissa, near the Virilla river bridge, a motorcyclist driving at full throttle according to witnesses, slammed into a vehicle.

Like in the Saturday accident, the motorcyclist lost the battle.