Sad story. bikers, old people cant see u when ur doing 100+ mph. when u go that fast its like going to the boat to gamble…only ur gambling with ur life. i to ride and have been lucky enough to keep the rubber side down but i cringe every time i hear a story like this. also i have noticed usually when i get cut off on my bike its either a young girl on the cell phone OR an older driver just beeboppin along in their own little world. my condolances to the family. slow down…arive alive

I’m 60 and I’m still pretty alert. I don’t see myself two years from now as “an older driver just beeboppin along in my own little world”. I work in IT (information technology for those of you who are not technologically literate) and my brain has to be in good shape to make it through the day at work. So please get real when attributing behavior to age. What you’re describing sounds like someone considerably older than 62.

sad story indeed but 100mph on that stretch of road will get you an early funeral thats for sure.where was the moline police department? they patrol that stretch quite often

If this is true (regarding the high rate of speed)… I get so tired of these “little boys” who have never grown up and motor their cycles up and down interstates and highways in the area, at rates of speed that would turn the clocks back… what are you proving? Only that you have yet to grow up. In this case, truly if you “play”, you pay. It’s very hard to have sympathy for motorcyclists when your genre is riddled with careless idiots like this. I hope Mr. Carey is going to be all right. What an emotionally-traumatic experience.

Well, I ride a motorcycle. From what I can tell from the story, it was the motorcyclist fault. Not the other driver. Age has nothing to do with it. I am a motorcyclist and I never have issues. Knock on wood. I guess I ride defensively. I ride to enjoy. Not to speed, As they say SPEED KILLS. So, it has nothing to do with age, it was the stupidity of the motorcyclist driving at a uncontrolable speed. It my be a sad story but he should not have been riding so fast on 367. There are enough stop signals that he had no business riding that fast.

Don’t give me this nonsense about older people. I’ve seen goofballs on their ‘crotch rockets’ a million times, although typically they are in their teens and 20s. They go well above the speed limit in heavy traffic taking every risk known. Every time I see one of these little goofballs I pray that when they are killed in the accident they cause, the other driver pays no penalty. This guy being 41 must have been a real bright individual.

Get a real bike and learn to respect other drivers.

If you haven’t noticed older drivers “beeboppin along” then you’re really not paying attention to your surroundings while driving. I’m not saying older people cause the most accidents, because younger inexperienced drivers who are distracted by cell phones, texting, etc. probably cause many more.

No one is to blame, this is a very sad story. No one should point fingers at anyone invloved or point out there age. have some respect for the families that are going through the loss of a loved one. People can be so mean, words are hurtful!!

Hate to be the bad man here but I agree with most of you. The fact the guy was probably cranking his crotch rocket at a high rate of speed had something to do with the accident. Now if the old guy in the Cadillac had seen him perhaps it might not have happened but my vote is for the old guy this time. Poor guy probably had no way of telling the speed of the motorcycle and therefore it was a bad judgement call, especially in the motorcyclists case.

Hey Curmudgeon he wasn’t attacking you - he was just making a general observation. Anybody who has taken a drive on a sunday morning knows what I’m talking about - the people who are paying car insurance with a social security check. Bottom line is awareness and reflexes diminish with time.

For all of you saying these people need to grow up - Stop. Operating a motor vehicle at a high rate of speed takes a lot of skill. I have gone well over 160 MPH on the track and it takes every last bit of concentration you have. Its exhilarating to say the least to harness the power on the edge of being out of control and making it through. We all know what the consequences are and fully accept this. Unfortunately Mr. Stevens didn’t make it. Better judgement more than likely failed him and that was his choice. However drivers always need to be defensive on the road and not all the fault should be placed on him. A bike going at a high rate of speed is going to make a considerable amount of noise, I can’t speak for the Caddy driver, but he probably should have been more aware of his surroundings. I’m not placing blame on anybody. I lost a good friend in a bike accident and people do not look out for bikes like they should - at any rate of speed. (I don’t ride a bike myself I prefer the safety of a roll cage)