Originally Posted by
Hoopdriver
It was a pleasure watching James' videos on YouTube. Rest in peace, brother triker.
I lived in Southern Mississippi many years ago and am familiar with this road. Straight road with good sight lines. Hard to believe that a driver paying reasonable attention would not have seen him. Still, things happen quickly at (and probably above) the posted 65 mph speed limit.
Edit to add this: There is a YouTube video of one of the witnesses who said that the driver that hit him probably did not see him because his view was shielded by another vehicle who swerved at the last minute.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbtkuIffMBk
Mississippi DOT must be poor as hell, no paved shoulders, and after checking out this road on Google maps, I checked out the highway for quite some distance and did not see any speed limit signs of any sort, but the DOT had plenty of adopt a highway signs. Here at home, 55 mph would be max on a highway with cross traffic, and lots of speed limit signs to remind motorists. I suspect the motorist was doing well North of the 65 mph (nonexistent) posted speed limit when they hit the cyclist.