Motorcyclist protesting helmet law hits head and dies

[Furious_Male]

Irony

http://www.wgrz.com/news/article/126...ng-Helmet-Laws

[DBS.US]

Helmet laws are for protecting the insurance companies.

[twistyneck]

ONONDAGA, N.Y. (AP) - Police say a motorcyclist participating in a protest ride against helmet laws in upstate New York died after he flipped over the bike's handlebars and hit his head on the pavement.

[L-Pink]

Divers drown, parachutes don't open, climbers fall .....

[papill0n]

my helmet has saved my life so I am biased but youd be mad not to wear your lid whenever you ride

[Seth Manson]

what a dumbass

[martinsc]

lol @ the irony....
poor family of his

[Spunky]

He won't be doing that again.no second chances.wear your bean

[ToBad]

Maybe he is a muslim, and he wanted to go down like this for his believes.

[mikesinner]

Originally Posted by DBS.US

Helmet laws are for protecting the insurance companies.

Helmets insure that Darwin's theory works. Those that wear them survive and those that don't die. The herd in thinned as the weaker members die off.

I've seen idiots not wearing them and I've seen their girlfriends die when they fly off the back after a hard brake. It's sad to see a cute 18 year old California girl with her head splattered on the ground like a pumpkin.

[L-Pink]

I ride a motorcycle for enjoyment. I find helmets hot, claustrophobic, and don't like the way my hearing and vision is obstructed. Warmth or complying with a state law while traveling are the only times I'll wear one.
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[Seth Manson]

If you think you dont need a helmet, well, you're probably right.

[camperjohn64]

I remember reading an article about bicycle helmets (not motorcycle) that accident rates on wearing a helmet while riding a bicycle go UP. For various reasons, having the helmet hit a tree branch, increased size of the head allows it to hit things while riding.

Not wearing a motorcycle helmet is stupid, but I can see the case for not riding a helmet while riding a bicycle.

[u-Bob]

Police say a motorcyclist participating in a protest ride against helmet laws in upstate New York died after he flipped over the bike's handlebars and hit his head on the pavement.

The accident happened Saturday afternoon in the town of Onondaga, in central New York near Syracuse.

State troopers tell The Post-Standard of Syracuse that 55-year-old Philip A. Contos of Parish, N.Y., was driving a 1983 Harley Davidson with a group of bikers who were protesting helmet laws by not wearing helmets.

Troopers say Contos hit his brakes and the motorcycle fishtailed. The bike spun out of control, and Contos toppled over the handlebars. He was pronounced dead at a hospital.

Troopers say Contos would have likely survived if he had been wearing a helmet.

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[redwhiteandblue]

Surely a candidate for this year's Darwin Awards.

[Minte]

When I was in my 20's I went down on my bike hard enough to put a large crack in my Bell Star helmet. I lucked out and walked away from it. Sold the bike and bought my first Porsche. Haven't ridden a bike since.

[PR_Glen]

Originally Posted by camperjohn64

I remember reading an article about bicycle helmets (not motorcycle) that accident rates on wearing a helmet while riding a bicycle go UP. For various reasons, having the helmet hit a tree branch, increased size of the head allows it to hit things while riding.

Not wearing a motorcycle helmet is stupid, but I can see the case for not riding a helmet while riding a bicycle.

no not wearing a helmet on a bicycle is just as stupid...


hears the difference... if you take a small spill off a bike? The helmet protects what would normally KILL YOU! Instead of getting a few scratches...

what's next seat belts are dangerous?

[ottopottomouse]

Originally Posted by PR_Glen

no not wearing a helmet on a bicycle is just as stupid...


hears the difference... if you take a small spill off a bike? The helmet protects what would normally KILL YOU! Instead of getting a few scratches...

When you come off a pushbike you land on your knees, palms, and if you're unlucky your chin. What use is something on the top of your head?

[bronco67]

I can only crack a smile at the bitter irony.

[bronco67]

Originally Posted by mikesinner

It's sad to see a cute 18 year old California girl with her head splattered on the ground like a pumpkin.

The thought of that gives me some shivers.

[CaptainHowdy]

He died like he lived or something like that ...

[Grapesoda]

[MaDalton]

i dont mind if someone wants to wear no helmet, even though i consider it stupid and have no sympathy if that person dies from a head injury. but please make at least your passengers wear helmets so that you don't kill someone else.

[Adwank Pro]

That is a very good message for those people who want to protest againts anything!!..

[MediumPimpin]

An easy way to die, I always wear mine.

[Sid70]

Originally Posted by L-Pink

Divers drown, parachutes don't open, climbers fall .....

Affiliate Companies stop paying out!

[magicmike]

Originally Posted by camperjohn64

I remember reading an article about bicycle helmets (not motorcycle) that accident rates on wearing a helmet while riding a bicycle go UP. For various reasons, having the helmet hit a tree branch, increased size of the head allows it to hit things while riding.

Not wearing a motorcycle helmet is stupid, but I can see the case for not riding a helmet while riding a bicycle.

I recall a similar article, although I think it went something like those that wear helmets feel safer so they engage in riskier activites that negate the advantages of wearing the helmet.

So wear a helmet, but don't think it makes you invincible I think was the moral of the story.

[baddog]

Originally Posted by papill0n

my helmet has saved my life so I am biased but youd be mad not to wear your lid whenever you ride

How do you know it saved your life?

[L-Pink]

Originally Posted by magicmike

I recall a similar article, although I think it went something like those that wear helmets feel safer so they engage in riskier activites that negate the advantages of wearing the helmet.

So wear a helmet, but don't think it makes you invincible I think was the moral of the story.

Statistics will show an overall drop in head injuries when helmet laws go into effect. This is due to one factor only, a drastic reduction of riders. Many would rather not ride than wear a helmet.

Of those actually riding, the injury level goes up due to a false sense of security and increased risk taking.

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[moeloubani]

lol @ the people who come out in the thread and say they don't wear helmets

idiots

baddog probably doesnt wear one but hes old enough to not care about life, guy will probably die any time now

[Socks]

Originally Posted by baddog

How do you know it saved your life?

[MediumPimpin]

You can fix a leg, an arm, some road rash, not much you can do for your brain. Hell I dropped my pen the other day and when I bent down to get it I hit my head on the desk going back up, that hurt like a mother fucker, never mind say hitting a curb at 10 miles an hour...

[L-Pink]

Originally Posted by MediumPimpin

You can fix a leg, an arm, some road rash, not much you can do for your brain. Hell I dropped my pen the other day and when I bent down to get it I hit my head on the desk going back up, that hurt like a mother fucker, never mind say hitting a curb at 10 miles an hour...

Bullshit, Gary Busey's head hit a curb and he's ok.






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[MediumPimpin]

Originally Posted by L-Pink

Bullshit, Gary Busey's head hit a curb and he's ok.






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I don't think he had much up there to begin with!

[baddog]

Originally Posted by Socks

Spoken like a true sheep.

[Matt 26z]

This is the first time I recall laughing over someone dying.

[MediumPimpin]

Originally Posted by baddog

How do you know it saved your life?

That's like asking a cop how did he know a bullet proof vest saved his life.

[SL|M!]

let me guess, he was a tea party member and forcing ppl to wear helmets infringed on his constitutional rights?

[baddog]

Originally Posted by MediumPimpin

That's like asking a cop how did he know a bullet proof vest saved his life.

Not really.

[adamz]

I'll let Darwin take care of this one.

[jimmy-3-way]

Originally Posted by L-Pink

Bullshit, Gary Busey's head hit a curb and he's ok.

If you consider brain damage 'ok' than yes, your retarded point is correct.

[jimmy-3-way]

Originally Posted by magicmike

I recall a similar article, although I think it went something like those that wear helmets feel safer so they engage in riskier activities that negate the advantages of wearing the helmet.

Possibly the dumbest point I've ever heard.

[halfpint]

For us over here in the UK it is law to wear a lid unless you are riding a trike. For myself I would always wear a lid on a bike just as you wear leathers to give you at least some kind of protection.
I have come off a few times and if i wasent wearing leathers I would have had some nasty burns for sure. When you are on a bike you are so much more vunrable so any thing that gives you more protection like a lid is good in my book

[tedwinters]

Originally Posted by baddog

How do you know it saved your life?

Helmet saved my life for sure... I hit a car that cut out of his suddenly stopped lane into my flowing lane... When I woke up in the hospital, Shoei helmet was cracked down the side..
of course, I had to have a titanium plate put in my shoulder, broke 8 ribs, cracked a kneecap, and some other miscellaneous fun.

Still, better a cracked helmet than a cracked head...

[Rochard]

Originally Posted by L-Pink

I ride a motorcycle for enjoyment. I find helmets hot, claustrophobic, and don't like the way my hearing and vision is obstructed. Warmth or complying with a state law while traveling are the only times I'll wear one.
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And you say that until you have an accident.

I had an accident in my youth where I laid a bike down and slide for 300 feet. My helmet was cracked in half. If it wasn't for that helmet, I'd be dead now.

I road bikes for years, and rode in Phoenix where their wasn't a helmet law. More often than not I wore the helmet. Yes, it's claustrophobic, and yes your hearing or vision is obstructed. That's part of the motorcycle charm.

[L-Pink]

Originally Posted by jimmy-3-way

If you consider brain damage 'ok' than yes, your retarded point is correct.

No sense of humor today?

[jimmy-3-way]

Originally Posted by L-Pink

No sense of humor today?

You didn't use the sarcasm html tag...

[L-Pink]

Originally Posted by jimmy-3-way

You didn't use the sarcasm html tag...

I'm sorry

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[MediumPimpin]

My last helmet got fucked up when I landed on my head and shoulder at about 50 mph, my head was fine, shoulder has a torn rotatory cuff, here is my new helmet!

[L-Pink]

It's odd that everyone here is so anti-censorship, so anti-regulation, so pro-freedom of choice yet want to dictate how someone dresses while pursuing a hobby that makes them happy.

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