Practice you counter steering boys, every time you go out. It has to be your first instinctive reaction in a situation like this and probably would have saved this man’s life
Was watching a joo-tuber in south america the other week, riding on the back of a taxi motorcycle, passing traffic in the opposing lane with oncoming traffic at rush hour in the rain. Squeezing through three foot wide gaps of cars going both ways. I'm like holy fck.
He leaned right into it, all he had to do was move his head. It would have been impossible for him not to have seen that coming. I just don't understand.
…ya…after a few months therapy the truck driver was able to recover from the trauma..oh wait…, you mean the dude on the scooter…, ya that dude’s head went SPLAT SPLAT SPLAT…., memorial next Thursday…., bring flowers
Back on the Fucked Company (FC) and knock offs like F2bbs, F3bbs, and Bad Harvest there was this running joke about people who sustained serious injury and died. "Is he gonna be ok?" is that joke.
I think the issue is that there is a subset of injuries that are survivable with a helmet, but fatal without one. The thing is, that, you never know IF you're going to be in an accident, let alone if the accident would have been survivable if you just had a helmet on...
True, although the act of riding a motorcycle itself is such an increased chance of death that adding a helmet doesn't help much. 12 steps towards death by riding, one step back by wearing a helmet. (whatever the actual odds, the risk is high)
A huge amount of that risk comes from young, dumb, testosterone-filled men. They buy bike waaaaaay out of their ability to rid, as a first bike, never take any courses, or wear any gear, and the moment they twist the throttle they kill themselves.
There's also the street-shitting masses too stupid to operate a normal vehicle, somehow it's ok for them to have a 49cc scooter. Weirdly, they do stupid shit on that too, get themselves and others killed, and it counts as a motorcycle death(s).
I'm puzzled by people who oppose helmet laws riding their motorbike without a helmet. I'm against helmet laws: we have too many laws, and a helmet law sets a precedent that lies to yet more laws. We need less collective decision making and more individual decision making. The fact that my individual decision would be to wear my helmet on my head doesn't change the need to repeal helmet laws.
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I don't have a view on this issue one way or the other. I grew up seeing every rider wear a helmet. I just recently started more riders with 'em, it just seemed weird to me...
Required for all operators and passengers under the age of 18 Operators are subject to fines and demerit points for carrying passengers (on a motorcycle or in a sidecar) under the age of 18 who aren't wearing a properly fitted helmet Helmets are required for all operators with motorcycle instruction permits and their passengers Strongly recommended for use by all motorcycle and moped riders Must meet or exceed US DOT minimum standards
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There's also the street-shitting masses too stupid to operate a normal vehicle, somehow it's ok for them to have a 49cc scooter. Weirdly, they do stupid shit on that too, get themselves and others killed, and it counts as a motorcycle death(s).
And then there's the brown hordes of invaders...
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Helmets
Required for all operators and passengers under the age of 18
Operators are subject to fines and demerit points for carrying passengers
(on a motorcycle or in a sidecar) under the age of 18 who aren't wearing a properly fitted helmet
Helmets are required for all operators with motorcycle instruction permits and their passengers
Strongly recommended for use by all motorcycle and moped riders
Must meet or exceed US DOT minimum standards
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