# Jay Leno injured again {2023-01-27}
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jay-leno-injured-again-2023-01-27/978914
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Tags:** comedian-jokes
**Created:** [January 27, 2023, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jay-leno-injured-again-2023-01-27/978914 "2023-01-27T18:15:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2023, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jay-leno-injured-again-2023-01-27/978914/1 "2023-01-27T18:15:33Z")
Motorcycle accident this time. Broken bones.
> **[Jay Leno suffers broken bones in motorcycle accident | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/27/entertainment/jay-leno-motorcycle-accident/index.html)**
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> Jay Leno says he broke multiple bones in a motorcycle accident months after suffering severe burns to his face after another mishap.
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### Author:  [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2023, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jay-leno-injured-again-2023-01-27/978914/2 "2023-01-27T18:25:56Z")
… and suffered a broken collarbone, two broken ribs and two cracked kneecaps.
He’s apparently indestructible so…I hope the bike’s OK.
Jay Leno is a national treasure. His knowledge of cars, bikes, trucks, and steam powered machinery is substantial and hands on. I love his videos.
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### Author:  [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2023, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jay-leno-injured-again-2023-01-27/978914/3 "2023-01-27T18:29:40Z")
Doesn’t sound too serious, fortunately. Leno’s a good guy with a fascinating hobby, though I never realized it included two-wheelers. I was once an avid motorcycle fan and owner.
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### Author:  [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2023, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jay-leno-injured-again-2023-01-27/978914/4 "2023-01-27T18:33:39Z")
> [@Magiver](#):
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> … and suffered a broken collarbone
Ow ow ow, that’s going to smart. Posting from experience.
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### Author:  [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2023, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jay-leno-injured-again-2023-01-27/978914/5 "2023-01-27T19:05:11Z")
_Scene: Conan O’Brien’s basement. The former host sits at an exact replica of his Tonight Show desk, a crumpled newspaper article regarding Leno’s latest “accident” lying at his feet._
“That’s twice now you’ve escaped my carefully laid plans, Leno. Don’t think you’ll survive a third!”
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### Author:  [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2023, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jay-leno-injured-again-2023-01-27/978914/6 "2023-01-27T19:23:59Z")
It’s time that Leno step back from riding motorcycles. He’s 72 and doesn’t have the same reflexes or ability to heal.
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### Author:  [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2023, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jay-leno-injured-again-2023-01-27/978914/7 "2023-01-27T19:26:31Z")
Before I even read the article I was thinking “Knowing Jay, he wasn’t riding just some run of the mill Harley. It was probably like a 1930-something Indian or something.” Then I read the story:
> he had been testing out a 1940 Indian motorcycle
Ok, so I had the wrong decade, but I was close.
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### Author:  [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2023, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jay-leno-injured-again-2023-01-27/978914/8 "2023-01-27T19:36:01Z")
I was going to sarcastically answer “I hope the bike’s ok” with, “Yeah, it was probably an Indian.”
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### Author:  [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2023, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jay-leno-injured-again-2023-01-27/978914/9 "2023-01-27T19:44:21Z")
> [@flurb](#):
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> _Scene: Conan O’Brien’s basement. The former host sits at an exact replica of his Tonight Show desk, a crumpled newspaper article regarding Leno’s latest “accident” lying at his feet._
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> “That’s twice now you’ve escaped my carefully laid plans, Leno. Don’t think you’ll survive a third!”
Don’t blame Conan O’Brien. Nice guy, good family guy, great guy.
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### Author:  [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2023, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jay-leno-injured-again-2023-01-27/978914/10 "2023-01-27T20:02:09Z")
I imagine Jay Leno narrating his escapades to a camera in a Super Dave voice.
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### Author:  [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2023, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jay-leno-injured-again-2023-01-27/978914/11 "2023-01-27T20:27:56Z")
From the article in the OP:
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> “So I turned down a side street and cut through a parking lot, and unbeknownst to me, some guy had a wire strung across the parking lot but with no flag hanging from it,” Leno said. “So, you know, I didn’t see it until it was too late. It just clothesline me and, boom, knocked me off the bike.”
That sounds like a lawsuit waiting to happen.
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### Author:  [@J-P\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J-P_L)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2023, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jay-leno-injured-again-2023-01-27/978914/12 "2023-01-27T20:31:54Z")
He better watch out, they say bad things comes in threes.
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### Author:  [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2023, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jay-leno-injured-again-2023-01-27/978914/13 "2023-01-27T20:42:47Z")
Putting up a wire (across a driveway) that drivers can’t see is extremely hazardous and illegal.
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### Author:  [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2023, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jay-leno-injured-again-2023-01-27/978914/14 "2023-01-27T20:49:51Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#):
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> > [@flurb](#):
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> > _Scene: Conan O’Brien’s basement. The former host sits at an exact replica of his Tonight Show desk, a crumpled newspaper article regarding Leno’s latest “accident” lying at his feet._
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> > “That’s twice now you’ve escaped my carefully laid plans, Leno. Don’t think you’ll survive a third!”
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> Don’t blame Conan O’Brien. Nice guy, good family guy, great guy.
…who is also a true crime aficionado. Why, just today I was listening to his podcast “Conan O’Brien Needs a Fan” in which he was talking to a crime scene investigator, discussing his thoughts and ideas for committing the perfect murder. Coincidence, I wonder…?
Leno is just lucky that Conan has clearly decided on the ‘Voodoo doll’ method, which, while clearly not as effective as the direct method, judging by the two failed attempts, it has the advantage of being very difficult to pin on O’Brien. Don’t get on Conan’s bad side!
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### Author:  [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2023, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jay-leno-injured-again-2023-01-27/978914/15 "2023-01-27T21:18:26Z")
> [@aceplace57](#):
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> Putting up a wire (across a driveway) that drivers can’t see is extremely hazardous and illegal.
You mean a parking lot? And, is it automatically illegal? My old train station parking lot had cables to demarcate parking rows…I’m just trying to imagine what the wire was.
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### Author:  [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2023, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jay-leno-injured-again-2023-01-27/978914/16 "2023-01-27T22:49:24Z")
> [@aceplace57](#):
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> It’s time that Leno step back from riding motorcycles. He’s 72 and doesn’t have the same reflexes or ability to heal.
there are no reflexes involved if there’s an unmarked cord across your path. He’s lucky it didn’t take his head off.
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### Author:  [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2023, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jay-leno-injured-again-2023-01-27/978914/17 "2023-01-27T22:51:31Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#):
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> And, is it automatically illegal?
It was unmarked so the responsible party is liable. Basically it’s invisible and an extreme hazard to someone on a bicycle or motorcycle.
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2023, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jay-leno-injured-again-2023-01-27/978914/18 "2023-01-27T23:09:03Z")
But it appears to be private property that Leno was cutting across, possibly illegally. I have **no idea** if that is a mitigating factor.
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### Author:  [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2023, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jay-leno-injured-again-2023-01-27/978914/19 "2023-01-27T23:09:18Z")
> [@Magiver](#):
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> It was unmarked so the responsible party is liable. Basically it’s invisible and an extreme hazard to someone on a bicycle or motorcycle.
I understand civil liability, I’m asking about legality.
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### Author:  [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2023, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jay-leno-injured-again-2023-01-27/978914/20 "2023-01-27T23:20:32Z")
IANAL but I believe it’s illegal to set up a trap to catch trespassers on your property. This wire across the entrance to the private lot sounds like it should similarly be illegal.
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