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Man dies after motorcycle crashes during helmet protest ride
9wsyr.com ^ | July 2, 2011 | WSYR-TV

Posted on 07/03/2011 8:33:56 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

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To: muawiyah
Whenever a government body mandates something it is about control just by that very action. I'm not a rider but if I were I would wear a helmet but that decision should be the individual's.

Sanitation? First time I've ever heard that argument. I'm sure if I ask a rider about why they must wear a helmet, they will answer right away with "because of sanitation". hmmmmm

41 posted on 07/03/2011 9:06:50 AM PDT by Outlaw Woman
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Hmm...I wonder what this poster ad is trying to say? If you view the trailer it shows them wearing helmets in the movie...not sure if the issue comes up or not in the movie itself.

42 posted on 07/03/2011 9:07:14 AM PDT by xp38
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To: He Rides A White Horse

Dismounting at speed is the best option a fair amount of time.


43 posted on 07/03/2011 9:07:25 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Is Ted in the House. (For non-Bostonians: This is a reference to the Howie Carr Show. You can listen to that show on line at WRKO’s or WCRN’s websites.)


44 posted on 07/03/2011 9:07:34 AM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel
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To: cripplecreek
He still disagrees with helmet laws but these days he says helmet laws only protect the stupid, the smart guys are wearing helmets and don’t need to be protected.

I'm sorry he had to learn the hard way, but as another poster pointed out, one may experience a glancing blow. A helmet in such a case could mean the difference between life or death.

45 posted on 07/03/2011 9:08:08 AM PDT by He Rides A White Horse ((unite))
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To: DeFault User

I wonder, overall, how the protest went.


46 posted on 07/03/2011 9:08:32 AM PDT by donhunt (I am sick and tired of those bastards insulting and lying to me.)
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To: Leaning Right

I think everyone in automobiles and trucks should be required to wear helmets as well. Why not?


47 posted on 07/03/2011 9:08:39 AM PDT by Freedom4US
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48 posted on 07/03/2011 9:08:53 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: SnuffaBolshevik
I wear a helmet even in states where it is not mandatory.

I was the same way when I used to ride and I'm the same way with seat belts. These days I feel like I'm going to fall out of the car if I'm not wearing a belt.
49 posted on 07/03/2011 9:09:38 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: Berlin_Freeper

File this one under “Irony.”


50 posted on 07/03/2011 9:09:38 AM PDT by Allegra (Hey! Stop looking at my tagline like that.)
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To: Jonty30

I don’t ride a motorcycle, but I do ride a bike and drive a car.

When in those vehicles, I always, constantly drive as if the other people on the road simply do not see me. I just assume they do not see me. If I am driving down the road and a car is waiting to pull into traffic, my foot hovers an inch above my brake, my hand is engaged to honk (it is near there anyway) and my mind has a couple of directional options in mind.

It sounds hard, but I have been doing it so long it is natural for me now.

For survival, on a bike, I think you MUST drive that way.


51 posted on 07/03/2011 9:09:54 AM PDT by rlmorel ("Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions." Gilbert K. Chesterton)
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To: Outlaw Woman
See, you people just don't think about the burden your dead, bloated carcass can become to the rest of us.

BTW, these are PUBLIC ROADS ~ the "control" has already been exercised. You don't like it get PRIVATE ROADS!

52 posted on 07/03/2011 9:10:21 AM PDT by muawiyah
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To: He Rides A White Horse
"A friend of mine owns a Harley. He has said that he would lay the bike down (sacrificing the bike if he had to) to avoid a direct impact."

Never "abandon ship." Throwing the bike down is absolutely the worst thing to do. it increases your speed at impact, and the bike becomes a meat grinder.
53 posted on 07/03/2011 9:10:27 AM PDT by PowderMonkey (WILL WORK FOR AMMO)
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To: PowderMonkey

About the only unavoidable accident, for the motorcyclist, is the car turning into their lane. Every other accident with another vehicle should not happen.


54 posted on 07/03/2011 9:11:10 AM PDT by Jonty30
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Isn’t the thrilling knowledge that you might die out on the road pretty much the whole point of riding a motorcycle?


55 posted on 07/03/2011 9:11:19 AM PDT by Junior_G (Funny how liberals' love affair with Muslims began on 9/11)
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To: Tax-chick

“Acronym FAIL.” lol I thought the same thing, they are cognitively challenged.

55 yrs old, not a dumb kid but a dumb adult, a free adult, now a dead adult. Hopefully he had a nice life insurance policy. Which might not pay if he was willfully ignoring the helmet law.


56 posted on 07/03/2011 9:11:25 AM PDT by citizen (Romney+Bachmann: Economic guy+Tea Party Values gal. I like it a lot!! No more Dick Obama in 2012!)
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To: citizen

They’ll pay unless it was a recent purchase. If it was within 2 years (in most states) they can call it a suicide.


57 posted on 07/03/2011 9:13:06 AM PDT by Tax-chick (There is no satire that is more ridiculous than the reality of our current government.~freedumb2003)
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To: He Rides A White Horse
Take it from me launching through the windshield of a Studebaker cut me up bad.

Just a small accident through. Car lived through it.

58 posted on 07/03/2011 9:13:20 AM PDT by muawiyah
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To: rlmorel

I don’t even like to follow cycles on the road when I drive. I guess it comes from my days of riding when I saw how many people fail to see riders.


59 posted on 07/03/2011 9:14:59 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: newheart

I must respectfully disagree,if you can prove that you indemnify the public from your bad choices and risk taking, then by all means ride with no helmet. If you can’t do that then the empirical evidence suggests helmets protect not only your mellon but society from having to be burdened by the real possibility of expensive head trauma care and resulting lifetime care.


60 posted on 07/03/2011 9:14:59 AM PDT by VTenigma
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