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To: BraveMan

Idaho is a good place to be if you need a kidney transplant. You see, there is no helmet law here and there are lots of people riding donorcycles without one. Only have to wait a year for a nice, fresh kidney since its former owner wrecked his bike.

I work in emergency medicine. If everyone rode donorcycles it would be a fair fight on the roads. Not everyone does, however, and I refuse to get into a road fight with something larger, helmet or not. Even riders who wear helmets suffer some of the most gruesome injuries imaginable.

The human body will suffer injury when it impacts anything at greater than 3mph. Greater velocity = greater injury. Think about that.


34 posted on 07/15/2007 8:16:59 AM PDT by 43north (I hope we are around long enough to become a layer in the rocks of the future.)
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To: 43north

If you do indeed work in emergency medicine, how is it you don’t know (or are unwilling to admit) that people who die from traumatic head injuries are rarely, if ever, organ donors?

Furthermore, would you be willing to admit you see far more traumatic head injuries resulting from auto accidents than motorcycle accidents?


41 posted on 07/15/2007 8:29:57 AM PDT by BraveMan
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To: 43north
The human body will suffer injury when it impacts anything at greater than 3mph. Greater velocity = greater injury. Think about that.

OK, I thought about it. How fast do you drive your car?

67 posted on 07/15/2007 9:12:05 AM PDT by Unruly Human
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