Not quite a Darwin award candidate in my book, but a fine example of an unfortunate coincidence award.
Motorcyclist dies while riding to protest helmet law
His head hit the pavement.
I know they can’t know for sure, but if it was his head injury that was the fatal one, it seems quite possible he could have survived.
[Nelson Muntz] … [/NM]
Never mind.
I was wearing helmets before there were helmet laws. This is why.
I saw that story and emailed it to my regular group with the title “Justice?”
Something about it reminds me of John Sedgwick - Wikipedia
Well, it was worth the risk to have a slightly better field of view and that wind-in-your-hair feeling.
Unfortunately, the sort of people who have objections to helmet laws often aren’t very bright.
I remember one genius I worked with (who was an “affiliate” of an outlaw motorcycle club and exactly as stupid as you need to be for that) who simultaneously argued that helmet laws compromised his safety by requiring that his ears be covered while riding, and that “loud pipes” were also essential for his safety on the road.
I feel for the poor schmuck’s family, but ABATE seems to be persuading some states to repeal helmet laws, and when they’re successful there they go on to try to topple requirements that helmetless riders carry appropriate medical insurance. The consequences of their aims are inevitable, and this is exactly the sort of press they need.
I wonder if his buddies in the protest ride who watched his sorry ass die will now embrace sanity and wear helmets.
Amen to that. We call that sort of person a cornea donor.
You misspelled ‘gravel’ there.
Well, it worked for Gary Busey…
Of course not. Wearing helmets would only disgrace the memory of this great man who died defending his beliefs.
My mom and every other person in the medical field I’ve ever met refer to motorcyclists in general and those without helmets in particular as “donorcyclists”.
I’m disappointed in the total lack of puns relating to this man’s death.
I doubt it was the head injury that killed him; he clearly wasn’t keeping any vital organs up there…
Obviously. He was driving a Harley.
1 brain for sale. Still in original packaging. Unused. Damaged during shipping.
Well, he showed them.
Yeah, the inside of his skull.
Zombie food.
Nope. Those dumb bastards will blame it on some other factor. It’s blind arrogance and wilfull ignorance that motivates people like that.
how many of people end up dying while doing what they love?
Why do you hate Freedom™?
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