A few things. There was a rail crossing sign approaching the corner as well as a signal sign and rail crossing sign at the crossing so there was plenty of warning. What the issue was was the rider failed to negotiate the rails properly and took them at speed at a sharp angle. Also if a rider goes down and is on the roadway your first concern should be to block traffic (with one of the bikes and riders) and then give first aid and see if the injured rider can be moved. What I saw was more concern for the downed motorcycle.
You are wrong on several accounts. There is one yellow crossing sign about 35 seconds or so before the tracks in the direction that we were traveling. There are no crossing lights on our side of the road. There is a crossing sign on the opposite side of the road, which is actually just feet away from the tracks. The tracks are abandoned and are not in use, thus the lack of proper signals and signs. There were five riders, and several attended to downed rider while we got his bike and then him off the road. That is a blind corner, and cars were flying around the curve. The rider that you see checking on him and then running away from him was to run toward the corner to stop oncoming vehicles. Once they were stopped is when we moved the bike. He verbally advised that he was good enough to get out of the street, and we moved him. That video doesn't catch the stopped drivers calling 911 for us. I didn't add the video of us assessing his injuries prior to ems arriving. I'm a retired Leo, and one of the guys is a firefighter. We knew what we were doing. Did he take the wrong angle? Yes, he did. The Deputy advised us that location has a lot of incidents. While he was parked along the highway, a lady came around the corner too fast, and when she seen the Deputy,, she hit the brakes and got squirrely. So yeah, we got out of the road before he arrived.
@ljoelmchanley3676 always have them. Last month I was in Nashville and there is the same exact set of angled tracks crossing a sharp turn. At least the RR or the City has those signs properly marked diagrams showing the angled tracks along with electronic signals.
At 14:27 you can clearly see a RR track warning sign. Rain, RR tracks at other than 90 degrees and poor visibility is a recipe for trouble. Cross RR tracks at 90 degrees just like you would cross a downed log. Lucky he didn't get hurt worse.
Those tracks there in MacCaysville are bad when wet as you found out. Also, if you head to Telico planes from there, same deal with train tracks near Coker.
I'll definitely be watching for those tracks when I get out there to do this ride! Steep angle tracks and wet are definitely a major caution item on a bike. Feel bad about the weather you guys got stuck with, the only way it could be worse is if it was snowing. :(
@@davidmann2988 yeah they are at a bad angle, but looking back, speed probably played a factor as well. The road conditions were pretty bad. Same rider t boned me at 30 mph while I was making a u turn on the mabdr last month. He admitted that he was looking off into the field on the left and not paying attention to the road. Luckily he missed the guy stopped behind me and I caught the brunt of it. Two rides and two crashes, so it's safe to say, that he won't be riding with our group or hopefully any others in the future.
Dang, glad he's ok! Also thank you so much for posting this. It's videos like this which help people prepare and plan for conditions and spills like that. We did this trip in March 2024 and your video was 99.99% the same as us. Even crossed those exact same tracks (but we did stop at the Cuban restaurant, 100% recommend).
Yeahi wanted to stop bad for a cup of conleche, but we were freezing. The rider next to me is Cuban and he was so cold that he didn't even see the place!
A few things. There was a rail crossing sign approaching the corner as well as a signal sign and rail crossing sign at the crossing so there was plenty of warning. What the issue was was the rider failed to negotiate the rails properly and took them at speed at a sharp angle.
Also if a rider goes down and is on the roadway your first concern should be to block traffic (with one of the bikes and riders) and then give first aid and see if the injured rider can be moved. What I saw was more concern for the downed motorcycle.
You are wrong on several accounts. There is one yellow crossing sign about 35 seconds or so before the tracks in the direction that we were traveling. There are no crossing lights on our side of the road. There is a crossing sign on the opposite side of the road, which is actually just feet away from the tracks. The tracks are abandoned and are not in use, thus the lack of proper signals and signs. There were five riders, and several attended to downed rider while we got his bike and then him off the road. That is a blind corner, and cars were flying around the curve. The rider that you see checking on him and then running away from him was to run toward the corner to stop oncoming vehicles. Once they were stopped is when we moved the bike. He verbally advised that he was good enough to get out of the street, and we moved him. That video doesn't catch the stopped drivers calling 911 for us. I didn't add the video of us assessing his injuries prior to ems arriving. I'm a retired Leo, and one of the guys is a firefighter. We knew what we were doing. Did he take the wrong angle? Yes, he did. The Deputy advised us that location has a lot of incidents. While he was parked along the highway, a lady came around the corner too fast, and when she seen the Deputy,, she hit the brakes and got squirrely. So yeah, we got out of the road before he arrived.
@@off-roadridingadventures7129 don't yah just love the Monday morning quarterback bs, lol.
@ljoelmchanley3676 always have them. Last month I was in Nashville and there is the same exact set of angled tracks crossing a sharp turn. At least the RR or the City has those signs properly marked diagrams showing the angled tracks along with electronic signals.
At 14:27 you can clearly see a RR track warning sign. Rain, RR tracks at other than 90 degrees and poor visibility is a recipe for trouble. Cross RR tracks at 90 degrees just like you would cross a downed log. Lucky he didn't get hurt worse.
man, glad you buddy is ok, the DR can be fixed up, good to see he was up and moving
Thank you. He's recovering after breaking a couple of ribs and puncturing his lung. He has already started getting the bike back up running.
@@off-roadridingadventures7129 right on! 🤘🏻
I just spoke to him tonight, and he already repaired the bike and rode it today!
@@off-roadridingadventures7129 LOL....thats awesome...he's probably going nuts about it and wants to get back on the trail
Those tracks there in MacCaysville are bad when wet as you found out. Also, if you head to Telico planes from there, same deal with train tracks near Coker.
I always hate crossing those tracks when they are wet. I go way slow and try to cross as upright as I can.
I'll definitely be watching for those tracks when I get out there to do this ride! Steep angle tracks and wet are definitely a major caution item on a bike.
Feel bad about the weather you guys got stuck with, the only way it could be worse is if it was snowing. :(
Unfortunately the downed trees caused us to take this alternative route, otherwise we would have been on the trails. Ride safe!!
Full conditions. Glad he was not seriously injured.
Hard angle to negotiate those tracks.
@@davidmann2988 yeah they are at a bad angle, but looking back, speed probably played a factor as well. The road conditions were pretty bad. Same rider t boned me at 30 mph while I was making a u turn on the mabdr last month. He admitted that he was looking off into the field on the left and not paying attention to the road. Luckily he missed the guy stopped behind me and I caught the brunt of it. Two rides and two crashes, so it's safe to say, that he won't be riding with our group or hopefully any others in the future.
Atleast hes ok!
He's on the mend. He broke a couple of ribs and lacerated a lung.
Dang, glad he's ok! Also thank you so much for posting this. It's videos like this which help people prepare and plan for conditions and spills like that. We did this trip in March 2024 and your video was 99.99% the same as us. Even crossed those exact same tracks (but we did stop at the Cuban restaurant, 100% recommend).
Yeahi wanted to stop bad for a cup of conleche, but we were freezing. The rider next to me is Cuban and he was so cold that he didn't even see the place!