Don't I feel like a piece of shit.

[FROSTY:Me]

At 6.30 this friday evening a 14 year old boy rode his motorcycle into the back of a stationary car in Devonport.
The young man concerned susstained serious injuries and died this monday evening as a result.
said young man was wearing an old ill fitting helmet ,no gloves,long shorts,sneakers and a jean jacket.
He bought the bike to be cool like his mate.
They called by the yard and I made a half hearted attempt to tell him about protective gear and propper places to ride
Fuck I wish I'd ripped stripps off his back instead of pussy footing around.

[Jantar]

What were the parents doing allowing a 14 yr old to be riding without gear? What were they doing allowing him to ride anything in the first place?

[Biff]

Don't blame youself mate. There's only so much we bystanders can do in times like this.

Only yesterday I parked opposite a guy in a gas station who was riding an FZR in a T-shirt, jeans, trainers and what looked like a 2nd world war battered helmet, and to top it all off it was freaking raining!!!

Here's hoping his friends and family find the strength to help them through this tragic time.

Chin up - onwards and upwards etc

[Will]

I think I woulda done the same. You can't rip into them because then they really turn off.
So how can you get through to people to wear the correct gear - it will save their life or atleast their skin?
Any one got any ideas out there?

[ching_ching]

Tis a tragedy bro. I know saying "not your fault" won't make you feel much better right now. Seemed like a very impressionable lad. Ratshit. :spudwhat:

[Biff]

Any one got any ideas out there?

Carry around some gory photos of bikie accident victims and thrust them in the face of these fools when you happen across them (sorry - don't mean to speak ill of the dead).

Other than that :spudwhat:. Apart from making it a legal requirement to wear full protective clothing, but then we head towards becoming a 'Nanny State', and we'd never see a Harley on the road again (dangerous generalisation alert).

[ching_ching]

I think I woulda done the same. You can't rip into them because then they really turn off.
So how can you get through to people to wear the correct gear - it will save their life or atleast their skin?
Any one got any ideas out there?

I agree, if u had ripped into him @ the time tis probable he would've thought "fuck you!!" and got into it twice as fast just to fuck u off as well. That's what I would've done.
How to convince people 2 wear protective gear? How bout printing off one of those post motorcycle accident pics that u find on da Net and carry it around in your wallet. Then when u see a rider with no gear, accost them and flick the picture out like your flashing a police badge. :spudwhat:

[limmy]

unfortunate as it may be...its not something you could have stopped. you told him what he needed to know. if he was interested he would have listened.

[Mr Skid]

They called by the yard and I made a half hearted attempt to tell him about protective gear and propper places to ride

You save people from alot, but you can't save them from themselves.

While not wanting to presuppose the detail of the accident, I would imagine that the best gear out there would not have prevented this.

[Wonko]

Tony, you can only do so much. You tried, you did more than what was expected. Not everyone will do what is right, nomatter the number of times they are told.
Stop beating yourself up over it.

[Zapf]

You save people from alot, but you can't save them from themselves.

While not wanting to presuppose the detail of the accident, I would imagine that the best gear out there would not have prevented this.

They could have been riding a BMW C1, would hav saved his ass! :P

[James Deuce]

Try to remember what it felt like to be under 25, and worst of all a teenager. 10ft tall and bulletproof. All those old people have no idea either. Not your fault in any way.

[Firefight]

Tony, don't be se so hard on yourself, you tried, What about the parents/freinds, Like the others said, chances are if you did get heavy, he would have just laughed and told you to Fuck off.
Knowing you as I do, I think you would have done as much as was possible.

F/F

[What?]

Tony, you did all you could, and that is more than most would have done.
And ripping strips off him would have made it worse - most likely the very reason I smoked cigarettes for 15 years; at 13 I knew it all...

[750Y]

that's another tragic loss mate, you can't help him now, but you may be able to help someone else... good on you for speaking up...
you can't save the world you know, save your own boy...