Motorcycle helmets should be required, feds say

Just helping BJay with his ratings.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/nation/5125888.html

I'll go on record as saying I wear a helmet, but I don't care if you
don't, as long as your head injury doesn't cost me any money. Oh, and
I'm for LESS government, and this is definitely not a case of less
government.

 

After my little "get off" last Sunday.. One of the police officers at the
scene
asked me if I was wearing a helmet.. Matter of fact.. it was his first
question.

Of course, I was not wearing a helmet and it would have done nothing to
prevent the accident from occurring.. Pure and simple.. that take down was
caused by a liquid spill of some kind.. i.e. anti-freeze, fuel or
transmission
fluid.. The spill could have been at any time .. The liquid had probably
dried
and not visible to the naked eye, but the heavy rain had activated it to the
point of being slick as snot on a doorknob..

After the fact, a helmet might have provided a degree of protection, however
in a case like this.. the rider can only do so much to protect himself and
the
motorcycle against maximum damage and injury..

It has been my choice to wear or not wear a helmet.. Normally, I don't wear
a
helmet unless it is mandated by law.. I'm glad that I wasn't wearing one
when
I did the acrobatics last Sunday.. Having no control over that motorcycle,
due
to the conditions of the pavement and the weather, my options were limited
to using whatever means, to go down as safely as possible.. Being encumber-
ered by a helmet could have meant the difference between a serious injury
accident or a minimum injury incident..

Be that as it may, I'd made the choice.. That's the way I prefer it..

Bill Walker

 

I've been wearing one....for 30 years. I also was country before
country was cool ...Barbara Mandrell...1980)
Helmets, to me or like insurance. It's probably best to be wearing
one and not need it, compared to ''needing it'' and not be wearing
one... for instance; ''pavement scraping with yo' head''... God forbid
---if that should ever happen to any of us.....my twoBits.

 

I was on the way to the airport the other day. A motorcycle was riding
through the traffic and I looked down at the speedo to see how fast we
were going to match his speed. Even though it was morning traffic, we
were still going highway speeds. As I got up next to this motorcycle,
I noticed he wasn't wearing a helmet, had long hair and wearing
goggles. The goggles weren't over his eyes, but rather up on his
forehead. There was no windshield on the motorcycle and this goofy
bastard had a bunch of wind blowing in his eyes to the point his eyes
were red and watering.

This is the type of person who needs "mandated helmets". What do you
do?

I wear a helmet for comfort. I also wear an armored jacket for the
same reason. I'm the type of rider who believes you only need all this
safety stuff if you plan on hitting the ground. So, I wear the gear
for comfort. In Texas, it's more comfortable to wear the gear than
have the sun bake skin and get the "Hank Hill" tan lines. It's also
more comfortable to wear the gear in 30 degree weather and keep the
cold wind off.

 

I were my helmet when I ride, One save me a lot of pain one day while
racing. I flipped the bike in a rut and landed head first on the ground at
about 50 mph. I rolled 100 yards and the bike went about 100 yards past me.
Dusty

 

Did y'all go to TP?

I dunno. Try talking to him.

What about, for example, take today for instance, it is cloudly, and in the
70's where I was? Your formula above doesn't cover my circumstances today,
in the example I've just given.

....louie

 

What the hell wear you doing racing Dusty? Stop it!

....louie

 

I'm not a mathmatics professor, but this math doesn't add up. I'm not
sure a motorcycle will coast to a distance of 200 yards from 50 mph on
it's wheels....let alone loosing a rider who weres a helmet and
dumping on his head.

Can you check with this math?

I'm not sure, but even flipping around with a rider still riding from
more than 50mph, a certain Road King only went about 30 yards
total....

 

He wear racing that Huskavarner motorcycle....

 

Nah, no TP this week....just a bunch of flooding and hurricanes.
Pretty girls, loud rock and roll music, motogp, and more pretty girls
later...

About what? I thought to myself "good thing you've got those
goggles...just in case a bug or rock hits you in your forehead"....

Well shit, Louie! It was cloudy and cool last Sunday...and I didn't
were my helmet and jacket....

 

Dirt bike was less than 100 lbs I was 120 lbs , Road Kink is 800+ lbs rider
on road king probably 200+ he was on grass I was on hard packed sand . Road
King used the breaks ? I sure did not have time for any breaks. You do the
math, Maybe I did not go as far as I thought but it sure seemed like it to
me. I also was wearing my racing boots chest plate shin guards along with my
full face helmet with eye protection and padded racing gloves when I flipped
the bile. Oh yes I was in a race the last race I ever went on was that one I
stopped racing after that .
You see why you are so annoying Brian , go back to twin hills and watch your
teen girls the will listen to you because they take your money.
Dusty

 

I guess that them's the brakes!

I'm sure. Must've been a bitch of a walk to get your little <100lb
dirt bike, huh?

I read a study not too long ago about how aerodynamic those boots and
chest plates have become, and how easily they slide. Must've had the
boots made by 3M and coated with Teflon, huh?

I figured it'd be because your race team read a post where you called
the bike a Huskavarna???

No, I don't see it....can you show it to me again?

 

Very good description of BillC's prior 'cycle, The road Kink!

lbs rider

didn't that leave a bad taste?


...louie

 

I still ride.
Dusty

 

Maybe you need to go and ride your bike and get off the computer.
Dusty

 

Was it before or after?

With all that, it protected him from any brakes in his bones....

 

I would, but our Cleburne trip was cancelled. That being the case, it
leaves my calendar wide open and nothing to do.

On top of all that, I'm fighting hurricanes, rain and tornados today.
Maybe we'll get a brake in the weather and I can ride later. Maybe
tomorrow?