January 4th, 2008 by R.J.

Today I was surprised to read about a crash very similar to one I reported on a few days ago.

The last one happened in Brentwood, this one in Fairfield; but very similar incidents that both could have easily been avoided if the riders had just slowed down.

It happened on Wednesday, January 2nd when Christopher John Goldberg was riding his 2006 Suzuki GSXR1300 southbound on Green Valley Drive. He came upon a Volvo station wagon that was slowing down and instead of tapping the brake and following it to see what it was going to do; he decided to pass on the left side.

Unfortunately that mistake cost Christopher his life. The Volvo was making a left turn into a driveway and the motorcycle t-boned the Volvo on the left side, ejecting Goldberg from his bike and leaving him dead at the scene.

Now it was unclear if the Volvo was signaling to turn or not. I would guess it wasn’t. Personally, I know I normally don’t use my signal when turning into m driveway… But maybe I should start.

Regardless, it’s another tragedy easily avoided if the rider had just slowed down and taken a couple extra seconds to assess the situation.