Well, I understand what you mean about helmet laws, but if you dig a little,
you will find that people in car accidents have more head injuries than
bikers, of course there are more of them and all that, but still, if its
head injuries we want to prevent...see what I mean?
I am pro choice over age 21, but then I also feel that way about seat
belts...(Dak related). It's the Libertarian in me I guess. Just ride safe,
keep your eyes and wits about you.
Rascal
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Miles D.
Oliver
Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 4:48 PM
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
Subject: RE: DML: Was :Update on the Neon Now: OT Bikes
There is the school of thought that over 50mph that a helmet will only
serve to do a better job of keeping your brains 'close together' for
easy pickup when you lay it down.
We just recently buried a friend of ours, a 16 year old kid who wasn't
wearing a helmet on a skateboard. Had he even had one of the foam helmets
he might be still with us.
Brian P. Gronenthal 1990-2006
http://wearahelmet.org
When we go to our property in Ohio it makes me cringe that they dont have a
helmet law, I guess they just affix big spatulas to the ambulances to just
scoop them up as they go.
I've been giving it serious thought to wearing a helmet when I 4wheel.
I've rolled my trail truck more than once and the full cage is only going
to do so much. Brian's death has shown me that what I have probably been
lucky
so far.
I used to ride 25 years ago in the Washington DC area and laid down my
Honda CB350 (was a popular bike..) at 55mph on the beltway when I 'wasn't
seen or heard' when airhead bimbo decided to change lanes. She bounced me
into another lane, I fishtailed flipped it over on its side and then
proceeded to roll my body across 2 lanes and end up in the median with the
bike sliding and following me. Luckily the bike missed me when I was rolling
and there were no other cars in the lanes I rolled across.
I was wearing leathers, a good helmet of course and had youth on my side
which is why I am here writing this note. I wound up skinned, bruised and
very, very, lucky. The bike wasn't worth fixing. I haven't been on a bike
since but have thought that now that I live in the country, I have been
thinking about another.
I was always told to ride like I was 'invisible'.
Emissions laws are now getting Motorcycles so loud pipes may be even
more of a problem to have. I'm not a fan of loud pipes either but they do
tend to help bring to your attention of those who are around you.
And to help keep this post Dodge Related, This weekend I started
measuring for the front bumper and I will have enough 11ga for the outer
skin.
>
> There have been many occasions where I've been on the highway and been
> startled to be passed by a couple cruising along on thier very quiet
> Road King or a stealth, shaft-drive couch-on-wheels Goldwing or Bimmer.
> While I generally find the sound of staight pipes to be rather annoying,
> I have to agree that "straight pipes save lives". It gets me to see what
> the racket is all about and lets me know that there is a bike in the
> vicinity.
>
-- Miles D. Oliver www.mmoliver.org _________________ "If a man speaks in the woods where there is no woman to hear him, is he still wrong? Probably.""If a woman speaks in the forest with no man near to hear her, is she still complaining? Of course."
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