PA State Helmet Enforcement

[tkm433]

You make a great point!

This issue is very contentious with bikers all around. I think without the law too many people don't wear them....they should be mandatory I think.

Nice Helmet!!!!!!!!!!!!!?

[Rashad]

Way to get us back on topic.

Thats sobering....... reeeeal sobering.

 -Anti

Lol...sorry i had to.. the pic i WANTED To post was much much worse...

Worse because the man has no face.. no eyes, no mouth, no nose.. and hes STILL ALIVE!!  That is even worse IMO.

I think pics like that are enough to scare someone straight.

[mrslush50]

those pics don't bother me.  it's the ones of people who were wearing gear and still got messed up that bother me.

[JohNLA]

:x  :x  :x
HOW ABOUT A WARNING!!!!
Its disgusting pics like that make me want to stop using the internet. I know there is some nasty $hit that can happen but I don't want to see pics. Don't like that "Faces of Death" movies either.

[snapper]

Doh- a warning next time pls.

Maybe I'll just skip breakfast.  

mrslush has a good point too....  but just ieeeeeooouuuuuu!

I think with our group of folks we have a mojority that will wear their helmet.  Thats a comforting thought.
:mrgreen:

[Michael]

....  but just ieeeeeooouuuuuu!

Photos don't do that sort of injury justice.  If you think looking at it makes you want to skip breakfast for the next 20yrs, you had better at all costs avoid coming in contact with the smell of extruded brains.  It is one of those things that makes your flesh crawl and makes you wake in a cold sweat.    I pray you NEVER have to experience it.

[snapper]

I have to say ME TOO!  The photo is more than enough for me!  Granted even without the photo I wear my shoei brain bucket every time.  

[jake42]

....  but just ieeeeeooouuuuuu!

Photos don't do that sort of injury justice.  If you think looking at it makes you want to skip breakfast for the next 20yrs, you had better at all costs avoid coming in contact with the smell of extruded brains.  It is one of those things that makes your flesh crawl and makes you wake in a cold sweat.    I pray you NEVER have to experience it.

dude what do you do for a living?

jake

[Delta88]

Okay, so we're all in agreement that we should wear good, full coverage helmets when we ride. Fine. Except for the occasional, bicycle speed spin on my street, (sorting out out driveability issues and such), I always wear a helmet. Yes, I know I should even wear one in those instances. What can I say? It's a risk assessment thang. My quarrel is with anybody, my government, my employer or my mommy telling me I HAVE to or I will face strict disciplinary action. Please, I don't need a nanny.

[Rashad]

Sorry John, i didnt want to start a new thread, and i cant really see how i could have warned you.. since you probly would have scrolled down anyways.

Your right pics like that shouldnt be on the net.. but in this instance, its used for a reason.

Sorry again, if anyone was offended...

sorry about breakfast too..

[The Antibody]

Rashad,
 That other pic your talking about is wrong. It's not from a motorcycle accident. It's actually a pic from when a guy bit down on an artillery primer. For those who are not familliar, they are the little explosive charge that ignites the powder. It is nasty.

 -Anti

[Rashad]

Rashad,
 That other pic your talking about is wrong. It's not from a motorcycle accident. It's actually a pic from when a guy bit down on an artillery primer. For those who are not familliar, they are the little explosive charge that ignites the powder. It is nasty.

 -Anti

Are you sure thats the same pic? Every other time ive seen it its been accompanied by the caption: motorcycle accident..or something similar to that.

[dmp221]

just spent 5 days on biz/pleasure in Fla.; rented and rode a Honda VTX 1300; there is no helmet law in Fla.  I observed about 70/30 NOT wearing helmets.  Frankly, if all helmet laws were repealed tomorrow, that would just cull out all the stupid riders, leaving the roads safer for the rest of us.

[yamahonkawazuki]

gotta say something here. i can honestly say i know what you were/are going thru jared, for a while i had a co-worker that was doing the same thing, (hodgkin's). i do wear a full face when i ride, (yardsale special), but i am also a smoker. going through withdrawal. am giving it up after 10 years. thats why i got gs to get my mind off of nicotine fit. i do give non-smokers all the room they want/need so they dont come into contact w/smoke and its nastiness.it will be hard for the govt to ban tobaccos use/sale. but i believe public smoking could/should be classsified as assault with a deadly weapon if non smoker comes into contact w/ it. as far as helmet laws go, im kinda torn on that. friend of mine wrecked bike w/o helmet, now has severe probs. i value my brain/body. that is why i am helmeted and quitting smoking. the ones that dont wear, the rest of us usually have to pay for their mistakes/rehabilitation (higher ins.)etc. first day i rode frankenbike i did w/o my brain bucket. it scared the heck out of me. wont do that again.

[Jared]

Well Yama-You know what it's like to be around someone that has gone through something like I've gone through but you really don't know what it's like til you've lived it. And I hope you never get to really know what it's like.

I'm glad you are quiting smoking- stick to it . I hope you can do it -  I understand that's very hard to do ( Took Dad 2-3 tries ..). Also glad you wear a helmet.

[yamahonkawazuki]

point taken jared, i dont know what it actually feels like or is like, just been around it. i always asked him questions about it. which he was gracious enough to answer. as far as the smoking goes, this will be my 5th? attempt. but now i have something to get my mind off of the nic. fits
the gs :mrgreen: .jared, i dont know if you are a religious man or not, or if i offend anyone else by saying this i apologise. buti am praying for you, and i hope the lord helps you find a way to beat this. sorry about hijacking the thread, but i had to say this. as far as the helmets go, have you ever seen a (someone classified as a )vegetable try to ride a bike.
sure in a wreck you may die anyway, or be injured. with the helmet on, your odds are better. to survive and ride again :mrgreen:

[Michael]

....  but just ieeeeeooouuuuuu!

dude what do you do for a living?

jake

I'm an emergency physician who spent quite a period of time in my formative years working in the Government Forensic mortuary.

[mrslush50]

then maybe you can answer my question.

is that pic real?

seems to me, if it was caused by a motorcycle accident, the grey matter would be all over the road.  not sitting in a neat little pile next to the guys busted open head.

[Michael]

then maybe you can answer my question.

is that pic real?

seems to me, if it was caused by a motorcycle accident, the grey matter would be all over the road.  not sitting in a neat little pile next to the guys busted open head.

To be honest, I don't really want to look at it again to double check, but I thought when I first saw it that it looked more like something very large had hit him.  Usually a rider who was moving at sufficient speed to sustain an injury like that would have bits spread over a larger area.  I wonder whether this guy didn't shoot himself under the chin with a big gun?!

[mrslush50]

hmm.

I kinda just figured they had some guy lay face down in a pool of fake blood, then add the brains and skin/skull flat in digitally.

but I supose a gun under the chin makes sense.  that would make that skull flap thing at the top of his head the exit wound.

but yeah, I agree with you.  I thought that if he fell off a bike (even at low speed) that all his parts would be spread all over the place instead of neatly in the frame for the picture.