Stupid people?

[Katman]

Lets consider the facts.

Inexperienced rider + GSXR "Crotch Rocket" :slap: + speeding up to catch up to a friend + "slamming on the brakes" and yet still managing to hit an object at 70 mph = someone that never bothered to consider the consequences of their actions until after the event.

Nobody put him in that wheelchair except himself.

Maybe a few on here should sit back and consider whether their antics on a motorcycle are worth a lifetime in a wheelchair, having someone else wipe your arse, loosing everything you hold dear to you and contemplating suicide.

[HungusMaximist]

That wasnt his wife. that was a nerse.

Go watch it again bro, that lady with the glasses is fully the wife bro. She works also as a nurse, and didn't you hear how the man spills his heart out to his wife about commiting suicide and shit like that. "If it wasn't for my wife, I'd probably be dead right now"

The wife goes on to mention that it's been real hard looking after his him and dealing with his mental health, however they have got closer due to this and that shes gonna just tough it out because she can bear seeing somebody suffer and not help.

[Katman]

Go watch it again bro, that lady with the glasses is fully the wife bro. She works also as a nurse, and didn't you hear how the man spills his heart out to his wife about commiting suicide and shit like that. "If it wasn't for my wife, I'd probably be dead right now"

The wife goes on to mention that it's been real hard looking after his him and dealing with his mental health, however they have got closer due to this and that shes gonna just tough it out because she can bear seeing somebody suffer and not help.

Not that it makes a lot of difference but he says that "the only people that visit any more are Kelsey and her husband". Kelsey is the nurse.

[idb]

Just a general question?
What are the appropriate punishments for various levels of stupidity?

At what level does spending the rest of your life in a wheelchair become the appropriate sentence?

Can someone give me what they deem to be the appropriate gradation scale?
Starting, I guess, from a wet bus ticket up to dismemberment and death?

And, if in his case, paraplegia is the appropriate outcome, shouldn't we be hoping that that is the result of all the "Binned It" threads on this forum?
"Well, I binned it last night, had to put it down as I went around a gentle corner, just sheer stupidity on my part I'm afraid..."

"I hope you end up in a wheelchair you f*&$ing idiot!!!"

[dipshit]

Just a general question?
What are the appropriate punishments for various levels of stupidity?

Nobody deserves anything like that and it is a tragedy and sad to see.

However all the feeling sorry for yourself and pissing and moaning afterwards won't change a thing. What's done is done.

The trick is to think about consequences and grow a brain before you do stupid shit.

Being remorseful afterwards isn't going to turn back the clock and give you another chance.

[MentalFacility]

Nobody deserves anything like that and it is a tragedy and sad to see.

However all the feeling sorry for yourself and pissing and moaning afterwards of won't change a thing. What's done is done.

The trick is to think about consequences and grow a brain before you do stupid shit.

Being remorseful afterwards isn't going to turn back the clock and give you another chance.

I think we can just use him as a good example when dealing with hard cases. Watching that video will make alot of noobies think twise before skipping a 250.

[ducatilover]

I think we can just use him as a good example when dealing with hard cases. Watching that video will make alot of noobies think twise before skipping a 250.

I should hope so...

[Mikkel]

Sad, yes. But not just for him... Would have been a major blow to the rest of the family too one would suppose.

You can say what you want, having a graduated license system or not is no excuse not to engage in a bit of applied intelligence. He was unfortunate to come out so badly from a learning experience, but that is about it - in all other regards he was the (unwitting) architect of his own downfall.

Feeling hard done by and being a crybaby on youtube isn't "getting your life back on track". Hopefully he'll grow out of it...

Perhaps someone here could explain the principles of counter steering to him.

No point, he won't be riding anything that involves counter steering for quite a while, I think.

[Blackshear]

I think we can just use him as a good example when dealing with hard cases. Watching that video will make alot of noobies think twise before skipping a 250.

In about 6 months I am going to have to do this to my mate...
He just bought an FXR150 after having a learners for 4 years, (26 years old) so he can jump up to a full in a quick amount of time.
How dead set he is on getting a GSX-R thousand really scares me.
I offered him a go on my bandit (After making sure he can ride in a straight line still), and didn't even get her past ten grand because it 'was getting too fast'.
HE MUST LEARN, AND LEARN QUICKLY! To the taka'swe shall go

[zzzbang]

This whole mentality of the gsxr 1000 being 'the real mans bike' is just rediculous... people dont realise what the hell they are talking about and this is the result, sigh.

[JacksColdSweat]

Do they not have a graduated system in the US??

Oh dear....

No they sure don't

When I was in the States at Christmas I met a great bloke at a Cycle Gear store in Kansas City - very experienced rider by the name of Glenn

He was lamenting the lack of this in the US and said he admired the NZ and English standards of forcing people to learn on small bikes first

He had (reluctantly) sold guys 600cc bikes because their attitudes were "what? 600cc? That's a tiny engine... I'm not buying anything smaller... my car is a 6 litre...."

It was not unusual to have customers insist on buying a 750cc bike as their first bike...