The reason I brought up that situation is that's what's happened while working for Comcast. I was up on a pole, strapped in, not going anywhere, when across the intersection shots rang out. I didn't intentionally want to go to that part of Wilmington, but the job required that I do so...

Now, I realize that stupid people behind the wheel of a car are just as dangerous as an idiot on a bike, I just don't want to be on a receiving end so a bad situation. People can speed in their car (and do) which are very massive, whereas morons on bikes (if you're not a moron on a bike then take no offense, if you are one, you know who you are) can go a hell of a lot faster than said car.

That's all

 

Sorry, I get a little rattled when people who don't have a clue, attempt to insinuate that because one chooses not to wear a helmet (if there is not a helmet law for that state) (there isn't one in Texas) one is considered a "MORON" !

Here's my take on this issue ! First and foremost it IS MY CHOICE, if Texas had helmet rules I would abide by them. Second, I'm sick of folks saying "well if he would have been wearing a helmet, he would have made it though the crash ". BTW I've been in a bike crash, I know where of I speak ! A helmet offers little protection to injury during a highway speed crash. Just ask my bud who sits in a wheelchair paralysed from the neck down ! He was wearing a helmet !

So if you have an opinion, fine, you're free to express it, this is the Land of the Free ! But if you chose to resort to name calling, well as an ole Baptist preacher once told me, when you point a finger in judgment, you always have four fingers pointing back at yourself. So comment if you must, but save the name calling. Who knows it maybe a BIKER who saves your A$$ from one of those stray bullets !

"And that's all I have to say about that" !

Just my Dos Centavos !

 

Your friend iis still alive, thats good but why ask us to look out for you, when riding your bikes , when you dont look out for your own safety, Why should I care alittle more, when you don't......?

You are the one taking the risk not I, so you need to watch for us......period!

And really, the helmet law does not effect me either way, I could careless what happens if they are in a wreck, sorry sad but true....

 

With all due respect lady ! You obviously had a bad experience on a bike, sorry bout that !

So it's your opinion that because I don't wear a Safety Helmet I am being wreckless and that I should watch out for YOU because YOU are either talkin to your girl friend on the cell, puttin on your makeup, cruising down the motorway with your stereo blasting, you make a lane change or about miss your exit and cross three lanes of traffic, not paying attention to the motorcycle that was already on the off ramp, he takes evasive action to avoid gettin slammed by your stupidity, loses control and flips over the guardrail and somehow thats the fault of the biker !!!!

What a piece of work ! I would have been ashamed to place my name next to that lil piece of wisdom you popped off ! And I take it you are an educated woman ! I don't have anymore time to deal with stupidity, because you are surely not ignorant !

That's just my Dos Cenatvos !

 

No bad experience at all , I dont own a cell and am a great driver , I have been to every racing school out there because of the cars I drive....

Just saying its your job to be visable and aware, I am not going to drive as always and I never have been in a accident.....

you chose to ride......so be safe......

Saw a accident yesterday a biker was weaving in and out of traffic, looking to get ahead, guess he never saw the car stop in front of him.........
so please dont give me how safe biker are........ he it the trunk of a stopped car......LOl

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Just saying its your job to be visable and aware,

you chose to ride......so be safe......

Amen!

 

I wasn't trying to inflame anyone at all. See post number 3 which was posted before all of this.

When I was enlisted in the Marine Corps, I was an Aviation Life Support Systems tech. We worked on all the stuff the aircrew wore before hopping into the birds; oxygen masks, parachute harnesses, helmets (yes I said it), g suits, etc.
I see where you're coming from with the helmets laws or lack there of. The aviator helmets afford no protection whatsoever, they are worn just to mount an oxygen mask, microphone, and earphones.

But what if you encounter a situation where you lay the bike down, get so roadrash on the back and sides. Wouldn't a helmet help then? I wouldn't want the side of my face ripped of when I can skid on the piece of plastic.

When I used the word "Moron" the picture in my mind are all of those; well let's face it, morons; that feel the need to ride @ 120 in traffic, pop a wheelie, ride it, the sit the bike back down and weave in an out of traffic just because they can. There is nothing you can say to defend this, and they are morons. At the same time, these people are usually "kids"

A lot of instructors at my school are riders, expierienced riders @ that. There's a piece of road that a lot of them ride together on, one of them is on a Hayabusa, but the rest are cruisers and whatnot. Biggest thing is age, they're older and not all over the place like some of the videos you can see on streetfire.net. When I think of a Moron on a bike, the picture in my mind isn't of the stereotyped "Hell's Angel" old guy, tattoo ridden, leather chaps, hasn't had a haircut in 20 years on a Harley. These guys you rarely hear about in traffic accidents if ever. It's that young punk kid on a Gixxer in and out of traffic riding like an @$$hat.

My point is simple; cars are dangerous AND bikers are dangerous. If you're out on the road then you take responsibility for how you drive/ride because while drivers are afforded protection of their own vehicle, us construction workers on the side of the road, or in the air on a ladder/bucket truck really have very little protection due to the lay of the land. We can't always park our truck to protect us.

All is well