Motorcyclist Dies On Ride Protesting Helmet Laws. Gotta Wonder Sometimes

[tt11758]

I always wore a helmet, especially when the wife was along (intercom, not so I wouldn't have to listen to her bitch).  That being said, I have mixed emotions on helmet wear.  If it's gonna save me, fine.  If it's gonna save me just enough that I spend the rest of my days sitting in a motorized wheelchair in a residential treatment facility, with some stranger mopping up my drool, then I'm really not interested.

[Timothy]

Let me be perfectly clear.

I don't give a flying f..k what anyone else does when they ride a bike!  I wore a helmet, gloves, boots, long pants, long sleeve shirt and glasses too and there ain't no law for most of that!  I've ridden off and on for 37 years a left skin and blood on the street in five states because of the ass hats that are on the road.  My last straw nearly killed me and I survived to live another day BECAUSE I was wearing a helmet that I was NOT required to wear at the time of the accident.  I could have easily become a drooling veg sitting in a wheelchair pooping in my diapers...

Feel free to do what ever you want, wherever you want too.  I do find it ironic that we carry guns to protect life but some make the decision to ride without a piece of safety equipment that does the same thing, essentially...

Carry on kiddies.....

 

[PegLeg45]

Let me be perfectly clear.

I don't give a flying f..k what anyone else does when they ride a bike!  I wore a helmet, gloves, boots, long pants, long sleeve shirt and glasses too and there ain't no law for most of that!  I've ridden off and on for 37 years a left skin and blood on the street in five states because of the ass hats that are on the road.  My last straw nearly killed me and I survived to live another day BECAUSE I was wearing a helmet that I was NOT required to wear at the time of the accident.  I could have easily become a drooling veg sitting in a wheelchair pooping in my diapers...

Feel free to do what ever you want, wherever you want too.  I do find it ironic that we carry guns to protect life but some make the decision to ride without a piece of safety equipment that does the same thing, essentially...

Carry on kiddies.....

 

Pretty much sums up my take, Tim (and I believe we have discussed this on several threads before,   ).


**The only difference is that helmets are required in GA, but if they were not, I would still have had the same helmet on when I got nailed.
I wore a DOT approves skid-lid that was light enough to prevent fatigue, allowed unlimited vision, and was also light enough to not snap my stalk on impact (which is one argument folks have against heavy helmets).

[Timothy]

Pretty much sums up my take, Tim (and I believe we have discussed this on several threads before,   ).


**The only difference is that helmets are required in GA, but if they were not, I would still have had the same helmet on when I got nailed.
I wore a DOT approves skid-lid that was light enough to prevent fatigue, allowed unlimited vision, and was also light enough to not snap my stalk on impact (which is one argument folks have against heavy helmets).

I had a spanky new Kevlar, 3/4....tossed it afterward, too much blood on it...but it stayed together with only a couple of scratches!