Just read the story. RIP El Ced. Link to story Former NFL player Cedric Benson killed in motorcycle crash
Mt Bonnell road intersects 2222 in 2 separate places as it is a disjointed intersection. The south side intersection has a light, the north side does not (best I can remember it). Not clear which side the accident occurred. Turning left onto 2222 coming from the N side intersection of Mt Bonnell road was a bear.
Theres a full on traffic light at that intersection and has been for probably a year now. Yes I remember trying to turn left on 2222 coming out of Mt Bonnell Rd thinking someone is gonna die doing this but now its a legit 3 way light. You can still make a right on red onto 2222 but that goes for any intersection.
He got the carry on the offense's last play of the game. Dragged several defenders forward while turning a 3-yard loss into a 1 yard gain and got the ball to the left hashmark. Given how close the kick was, that might have been the difference in the game vs if he had been tackled in the backfield by the first defender or two.
I was a big fan and to this day resent the mere187 Heisman votes they gave him senior year. He was the real deal. Rest in peace Ced. You were always a man amoung boys.
Maybe I'll buy a Cedric Benson Jersey to wear to the LSU game. They're pretty expensive, but I really like Ced. One of the best LH ever.
Only really unaware people (those who have no understanding of the risks they are taking when they get on that death machine) ride motorcycles; riding a vehicle of a few hundred lbs. on the same road as 6,000-lb. vehicles (or in the case of fully-loaded 18-wheelers, 80,000 lbs.) is the height of idiocy. If you've ever taken a course in physics, calculate the energy released when a 200 lb. vehicle slams into a 6,000 lb one (or an 80,000 lb. one). It's not a pretty result. But then Cedric wasn't bright enough to ever take, let alone pass, a physics course. Benson was a guy who didn't ever understand that he needed to play by the rules; like most of his ilk, he thought the rules didn't apply to him, and inevitably, he paid the ultimate price. Some people prize speed and the thrill it brings more than they do their life. I've known a number of them and most of them have met the same idiotic fate as Cedric. Two of them ran into my car (yes, ran into my car); one in England and one in Austin. Neither of them died, but they both suffered severe injuries. I took a 10-week course many years ago from a law-enforcement agency to learn how to best ride a motorcycle. Motorcyclists are 37 times (that's 3,700 percent) more likely to die in an accident than car drivers. After learning in that course what death machines that motorcycles really are, I never got on one again. It's sad that Cedric had to die like that. Maybe his death will convince at least one other person to never again get on one of those death machines..
Maybe it's changed, but I don't remember ever having seen an 18 wheeler on 2222, but then I've never seen a motorcycle on 2222 that wasn't flying. That intersection has been ridiculous since the first time my parents drove me through it in 1965.
LC, If you study the physics in her post carefully, you can probably get a Masters in Physics from A&M
