Quote from: jomei

One of their friends said.. "If its my time to go.. then well.. its my time to go.."

I don't want that time to come pre-emptive.

There's worse things that dying IMO.  I mean if I slammed into a Mack truck and died instantly, that wouldn't be a bad way to go at all.  However, living the rest of my life eating my lunch thru a tube and depending on a machine to do all my breathing would really suck.  

Maybe these idiots should think about someone else for a change.  The cost of keeping someone on life support for as long as they live could cost millions.  That would bankrupt almost any family even if there was insurance.  

At any rate ... there's no guarantee's in life.  You could be a responsible helmet ridin biker and still end up the same way.  I'm a believer in livin life and not necessarily avoiding everything that's not safe.  You don't have to be stupid about it though.

While I would never consider riding without one, people are entitled to their choice.  I do think that if they choose not to wear a helmet, they forfeit any rights to sue because they chose to be negligent with thier safety.  Same thing for bikes.  It drives me nuts to see people just going around town on their bicycles with no helmet.  Same risk.  Yeah, lower speed but still more than enough speed to kill, even tooling around town.  Drives me NUTS!

well, granted im bad about not wearing one the 3 small blocks to and from my corner store, but i also ride like everyone is out to kill me. specialy around my home hood.  the second im going on highway or more then 45 sec travel time the lid goes on.   im glad she made out ok, but if your folks are refuseing to protect themselves then tell them you refuse to ride with unsafe riders and that while they are filling out the forms for thier prepaid Funerals they should make out wills that leave everything to you. then toss their keys to them saying "Ride to live, End up dead"

Quote from: Blueknytthe second im going on highway or more then 45 sec travel time the lid goes on.

I was barely on my bike for 30 seconds when I crashed the '92. It was just a few locks away from my house, and had I not been wearing my helmet I would have died.

it often happens within a mile from home, mostly do to the operators (car,bike what ever) unwittingly become conplacent (sp?) and comfortable in thier home turf.   im never conplacent, anywhere i go. could it happen, sure. but i do my damndest.

Well,

Thanks for the support guys. We will see how things go, they decided to keep her a day longer because she is having memory problems.

I have been riding for quite a long time. Over 10 years street biking, and over 17 in the dirt and street combined. I have wrecked pretty bad a couple times, dirt and street and every single time I was wearing my jar. For sure it saved me. I don't understand my rents though. They are not stupid people in the least. Both college educated, masters degrees etc... not to mention.. when I was little.. I saw them NOT wearing a helmet and fighting helmet law.. I thought helmet laws sucked until the point when I was about 14 years old, on the dirt and took a spill where 1 rider ran over my wrist (breaking it) after I went head first into a haybail and nearly got my mellon out of the way. They always MADE me wear a helmet. Now I think it would be a stupid idea not to. Why don't they follow their OWN policy.

I guess rents are rents. As I said before, people are people, they are going to do what they are going to do. You can not stop them in the end, you can only suggest. I just wish that the people we cared about would think not just of themselves, but of the people that they will hurt if they are injured.

Helmets don't help much.  If someone hits you, your head isn't the only thing vulnerable.

But don't get me wrong... I always wear a helmet on my bike.  It's a religion.  (Plus it enables me to talk to pretty girls...  They don't see my ugly face)  :lol:

jomei:

So sorry to hear about I love YOU's accident. I hope she decides that wearing a helmet is better than being in the hospital extra days.

thanks purple.. i mean pandy..

annguyen1981:
while yes, it  will not prevent you from getting your arm or wrist run over (as happend to me) it WILL prevent stupid accidents like this which COULD have potentially killed her. If she was wearing a helmet, she would have just been dazed slightly and not have been knocked unconcious. As well, she would not have caused about 3k in damage to a custom bike from falling over limp when she went under if you want to look at it from a monitary stand point. Either or, I am just glad she is ok. The bike could have been shredded for all I care.

J-
glad shes still around!

funny thing, how it seems everyone on the 'net is discussing the merits of the 2 helmet articles done by Motorcyclist magazine...yet there are people who wont wear ANYTHING, and states that dont require it.

It's a shame they seem to care more about what their friends think than about what their own child thinks.

What's the point of not wearing a helmet in Florida?  Don't you get bugs in your teeth?...

Not really their friends... just what they believe.. they have always been into the "no helmet, rebel harley lifestyle".. i used to get the "ricerocket" jokes poked at me from them. once my dad got his busa though, that changed quite a bit.