Motorcyclist protesting helmet law hits head and dies
 

Irony

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

Helmet laws are for protecting the insurance companies.

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

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

what a dumbass

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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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Surely a candidate for this year's Darwin Awards.

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.

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?

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?

I can only crack a smile at the bitter irony.

The thought of that gives me some shivers.

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

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.

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

An easy way to die, I always wear mine.

Affiliate Companies stop paying out!

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.

How do you know it saved your life?

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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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

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

Spoken like a true sheep.

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

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

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

Not really.

I'll let Darwin take care of this one.