Did you take the MSF course?

[blue05twin]

An accident that happend in FLA in March of 06 not sure if it's a repost
http://www.wftv.com/news/8287241/detail.html

[ajgs500]

f'ing stupid

[Dwn4whadever]

f'ing stupid

Thats nutty a hundred plus fresh out the box, No tags, No license and no helmet. Thats bananas.

[roguegeek]

"A bill before the Florida House of Representatives could have prevented the accident. The proposed legislation would require safety training and proof of endorsement before a motorcycle can be purchased or registered."

This is a start. Can't see how it would hurt and wonder why it's not a common law. I was amazed last weekend to find out I was able to buy a new bike AND get insurance without having a license in CA. Ridiculous.

[afplayboy18]

thats crazy.

i took my MSF course in 2004 and just got my first bike this year and didnt get on it till i had helmet, leather gloves, leather jacket, sidi boots, and back protector.  all im missing is pants.

but i would never ride a bike without all proper cautions mainly cuz i dont want to end up like this lady...

[Egaeus]

What is wrong with Central FL lately.  A kid recently missed a curve.  He'd been clocked a minute or two earler by the cops (they didn't chase him) at over 160. 

I took the MSF.  I don't ride like an idiot.  Score one for Darwin?

[annguyen1981]

Hopefully there will be one less stupid person on this planet...  And a couple more stupid people learn from her mistake...

I know that's harsh, but people only learn from disasters...

[Alphamazing]

Hopefully there will be one less stupid person on this planet...  And a couple more stupid people learn from her mistake...

I know that's harsh, but people only learn from disasters...

I agree. I don't feel sorry for people who make obviously stupid decisions. Heartless, maybe, but the whole survival of the fittest thing needs to play out some more.

[yamahonkawazuki]

the they try to sue the manufacturer of motorcycle etc etc etc.

[RVertigo]

I totally think everyone should start out on a liter bike going 100+ with no gear...

[Gisser]

Oh, Lord....falling off a motorcycle at a high rate of speed without a helmet.....

Anyone who's experienced the horror of falling off his speeding bike with a helmet on knows that this poor girl needs all the prayers and well-wishes we can muster. 

[ajgs500]

Well you know that brain injuries are sooooooooooo cool!!!!!

[RVertigo]

C'mon...  She couldn't have started out very smart.  I doubt anyone will notice. 

OK... That was rude...  I'm just a jerk.

[Alphamazing]

Oh, Lord....falling off a motorcycle at a high rate of speed without a helmet.....

Anyone who's experienced the horror of falling off his speeding bike with a helmet on knows that this poor girl needs all the prayers and well-wishes we can muster. 

Yeah. I don't even remember what happened. Better than the back of my skull being scattered about on the ground though. That's what would have happened had I not been wearing my helmet.

C'mon...  She couldn't have started out very smart.  I doubt anyone will notice. 

Word.

[ajgs500]

C'mon...  She couldn't have started out very smart.  I doubt anyone will notice. 

OK... That was rude...  I'm just a jerk.

Well I was thinking the same thing.......

[3imo]

devil's advocate---  she coulda just been ...... nope just a dumbass.    how do you feel sorry for something like this?

[Egaeus]

You feel sorry for the family she leaves behind if she dies.  I mean, chances are that they're just as dumb, and have to live with it.

[WREX]

sounds like a bad situation.  hopefully she gets through it.

the thing I don't get about the "must be stupid, therefore must deserve it" attitude - is that it's totally unrealstic for everyone to live by that very expectation or code of ethic, including the people who advocate it.  i mean - ask yourself how many stupid decisions we've done ourselves, or how many stupid decisions people in our lives we care about have done - if this attitutude was consistent and everyone lived by it - then we would all willing accept our own or loved ones dealths for having made a stupid decision? 

who really lives that belief, anyone?  sounds like one of those rules we expect of everyone else except for self.  those ones will always hold no water at the end of the day... 

[Egaeus]

My stepfather (of over 20 years) made an even stupider decision.  He put a .38 to his head and pulled the trigger.  Sure, it pissed me off, and made me upset, and I still miss him, especially when doing anything mechanical (often with his tools), but I've accepted it.  He just became a grandfather Friday, and I honestly didn't even realize it until just now.  I was focused on my mom and sister, not him.  I don't feel sorry for him, except he's missing out on all the fun with my new bike.

[ajgs500]

Ok but we have varying levels of stupid here......  it is one thing to be on your skateboard and try to grind a rail that is beyond your abitiliy or to high or whatever...... it is another thing to get on a freaking litre bike, with little to no experience, no helmet or gear, and go a freaking 100 mph.  Is it sad yes.  Preventable hell yes!!!  When things happen to you/ your loved ones that you have no control over that is one thing but this was entirely preventable.

And I have never made a decision that stupid!!!!!!!