Biker dies in no helmet protest

**Big Dave** · 4th July 2011, 18:31

Told you 5 billion times not to exaggerate.

**FJRider** · 4th July 2011, 18:45

Getting back to the subject of this thread ... the biker who died ...

The report said the bike "fishtailed" when he braked ... BACK brake only ... maybe ...???

No helmet will help much ... if you haven't got any ability to ride properly ...

An avoidable accident ... ???

**Kickaha** · 4th July 2011, 19:03

Originally Posted by Motu

did you die without a helmet?

No, but I got a $50 ticket for not wearing it, bastards

**Milts** · 4th July 2011, 19:22

Originally Posted by Motu

How many of you have crashed with and without a helmet to compare the results?...??

How many who hit their head in a crash without a helmet are here to post the result?

**YellowDog** · 4th July 2011, 19:39

My observation would be that on each and every occasion that I have come off a bike, I have not ever hit my helmet. It would appear that my instinctive reaction is to protect my already protected head and not to save other less well protected areas.

Sorry to hear about the potentially avoidable death. A Darwin Award contender if ever I heard of one.

**jazfender** · 4th July 2011, 19:41

If the guy died with the argument that it's an infringement on civil liberties and that the individual should be in control of the risks he takes, then the argument still stands.

If his argument was that helmets don't make much of a difference to the risk...then he's fucking stupid really.

**Motu** · 4th July 2011, 19:51

Originally Posted by Milts

How many who hit their head in a crash without a helmet are here to post the result?

Me.

Also,all my helmets that I've crashed with on the road have no marks on them.

**Shaun** · 4th July 2011, 19:56

Originally Posted by scumdog

Troll...

Sorry for having an opinion and being a member of the same web site as you

**FJRider** · 4th July 2011, 19:56

Originally Posted by jazfender

If the guy died with the argument that it's an infringement on civil liberties and that the individual should be in control of the risks he takes, then the argument still stands.

If his argument was that helmets don't make much of a difference to the risk...then he's fucking stupid really.

But he wasn't in control ...

he not only increased the risk due to his fuck-wit rider skills ...

he increased his chances of getting hurt in an "off" ...

should he have one ...

and ...

supprise ... supprise ...

he did have one ...

**Berg** · 4th July 2011, 20:03

Looking at the damage to my helmet from my crash last year, I was lucky to be wearing a good one. The internal foam was crushed and the case cracked.
Yes, I did serious damage to my neck but without the helmet I believe my skull would have been mushed.

**jazfender** · 4th July 2011, 20:07

Originally Posted by FJRider

But he wasn't in control ...

he not only increased the risk due to his fuck-wit rider skills ...

he increased his chances of getting hurt in an "off" ...

Yah he increased the risk on his terms. So he was in control.

**Kickaha** · 4th July 2011, 20:09

Originally Posted by Berg

Looking at the damage to my helmet from my crash last year, I was lucky to be wearing a good one. The internal foam was crushed and the case cracked.
Yes, I did serious damage to my neck but without the helmet I believe my skull would have been mushed.

I've had three helmets like that through racing and I've yet to even have a concussion