First Dragon death of the year

[Trip]

God damn, 230 feet of skid marks.......Must of just panic braked.

A 21-year-old Maryland man was killed when his motorcycle traveled off of the road and hit a tree on Calderwood Highway Monday night.

Jerrett Andrew Proctor, 21, Brandywine, Md., was pronounced dead at the scene, according to Tennessee Highway Patrol Trooper John Pedigo.

Pedigo said Proctor was riding a 2008 Suzuki Hayabusa southbound on the Dragon with a group of family members on motorcycles.

"He came out of a curve and was traveling up the hill and he left the pavement," Pedigo said.

When Proctor's motorcycle left the roadway between mile markers 3 and 4 on the Dragon, the back of the bike struck a tree.

Pedigo said the motorcycle fell 23 feet down an embankment, and Proctor fell 27 feet from the roadway. Proctor landed under a tree that had been cut down.

"He left 230 feet and 7 inches of skid marks," Pedigo said. "Speed was a factor."

According to Suzuki's web site, the Hayabusa is the fastest motorcycle in the world.

Pedigo said Proctor was wearing a helmet. His body was taken by ambulance to Blount Memorial Hospital.

The Blount County Sheriff's Office, Rural/Metro Ambulance Service and the Blount County Volunteer Rescue Squad assisted THP at the accident scene.

Monday's accident resulted in the third traffic fatality this year in Blount County.

[the chi]

230 ft of skid marks??!! You THINK speed was a factor, holy crap, what the hell was he even going that fast for??!! And in the dark?

[Trip]

I don't think he touched the front at all, this must of been all rear.

[Rider]

230 feet? He MUST have been going well over 100mph. 21yo and on a Busa....

[No Worries]

From the motorcycle magazines, most bikes can stop from 60mph in under 120 feet. That's with a professional, using front and rear, and with the brakes almost at lockup. With a novice, at night, from out of town, on a new and possibly unfamiliar bike, going too fast, and stomping on the rear brake could leave hundreds of feet of skid marks.

[Southspice]

Happens every freaking Spring here!!!
That's what has made it tough for us locals ....
Sorry to hear adout this incident!!! Riding way over his limits!!!
Got to have RESPECT you know!! Respect for the machine and for the road!! At least if you want to survive!!!

Couple of Friday's ago .. going up toward Lake City at 6am - little young dude riding a CBR was going thru some twisties .. a semi truck was parked on the side of the road at a gravel pull off. Somehow this guy lost it coming out of the curve and hit the back of the semi ... took his freakin head off - no joke!! Estimated going about 120-130 mph .. plus it was pretty chilly and foggy here that morning!! Pretty sad .. even though was stupid!! Don't understand what were they thinking???

[marko138]

Originally Posted by Southspice

Happens every freaking Spring here!!!
That's what has made it tough for us locals ....
Sorry to hear adout this incident!!! Riding way over his limits!!!
Got to have RESPECT you know!! Respect for the machine and for the road!! At least if you want to survive!!!

Couple of Friday's ago .. going up toward Lake City at 6am - little young dude riding a CBR was going thru some twisties .. a semi truck was parked on the side of the road at a gravel pull off. Somehow this guy lost it coming out of the curve and hit the back of the semi ... took his freakin head off - no joke!! Estimated going about 120-130 mph .. plus it was pretty chilly and foggy here that morning!! Pretty sad .. even though was stupid!! Don't understand what were they thinking???

It's easy...they aren't thinking.

[jalaan1]

Originally Posted by Rider

230 feet? He MUST have been going well over 100mph. 21yo and on a Busa....

that's messed up but, i agree.
prob. riding well over his limits.