Bike Accident

More photos of the bike accident

Jogging to the gym this morning, about 100 meters from where I found the dead-looking girl last week, I ran across an accident scene. At first I only saw the truck carrying combustible materials, and was going to take a picture just cause it seemed like a "close call". What if the truck blew up?

As I got closer however, a mangled motor scooter became visible beneath the truck bumper. I have no idea how the rider of the motor scooter made it off of the bike without loosing a leg or both, and even more sup rising was the fact that his blood covered helmet was laying a good ten meters away. I guess for his sake, I hope he was thrown that far, rather than be pinned under the truck and bike. The policeman assured me that the rider was OK, considering what had happened.

I wondered if I should post photos of the drunk girl the other day, and even more, I wondered if I should post the bloody helmet photos. Will I become an ambulance chancing paparazi photographer always looking to exploit other people's mis-fortune?

Obviously I have decided to post the photos, and I rationalized it by telling myself that there was no body, and I was not seeking this out. I always stop and take photos of everything, no matter how small, that catches my eye, or makes me stop and look twice. This is obviously something that makes me stop and look twice. I guess if I start to seek out misfortune, I've become a major baddie, but for now, these things just seem to be finding me.

There have been 696 traffic fatalities related to mopeds and motorcyclesin Japan this year as of June as reported on the NPA (National Police Agency) web site