OK" what ever you say my friend"

Don't forget to join ABATE if you haven't already"

They really need you..... LOL"

 

I have to agree with you completely. I have been riding since the 1960's and have seen so many lower speed accidents where Motorcyclists hit their heads hard on the pavement that they would not be with us today if they had not had on the helmets.
Its a non-arguement in my mind.

But I do agree that if you don't want to wear one thats your decision. Don't agree with that rule when discussing seatbelts and it has more to do with kids than anything else.

 

Be very careful if you agree with me on this thread, you might
become a hunted man by the DUMB AZZ's......... LOL"

 

Theres the crux of the situation: If you remove any fatalities athat involve alcohol, and then remove fatalities that involved the biker being killed by someone else's stupidity: Then there are so few motorcycle fatalities left that you could hardly even hold a study.

The 2 safest ways to ride a bike:
1. don't drink
2. don't ride within 2 miles of other people. including pedestrians and dead people in cemeterys.

 

Proud to be an IL ABATE member !!
Some people do something about the things they don't like , and other people talk about their friends doing it

 

I'm very happy for you my friend, people like you need to belong to something
so it might as well br ABATE it sounds to me like your made for each
other............................................. ........LOL"

 

[quote]ORIGINAL: dynamike74

Just posted this press release at http://www.brainbucketmagazine.com/N...e/sid=831.html

[quote]ABATE of Florida, Inc. (American Bikers Aimed Toward Education) has lobbied for the rights of motorcycle riders in the state of Florida for over twenty-five years. The battle lines were drawn between ABATE and Florida legislators in the 1980’s over motorcycle helmet usage laws. ABATE has always contended it was the crash and not the helmet which determined the outcome. The latest statistics released by The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, in the yearly Traffic Crash Report, strongly support that contention.

Of the 477 riders and their passengers who were killed while riding motorcycles during 2005, 57 percent (272) were wearing safety helmets. In every category of the Traffic Crash Report, riders wearing helmets incurred more injuries, and a higher percentage of fatalities than their non-helmeted counterparts. This disparity could be explained by a number of factors encountered by riders. In the Florida heat and humidity, fatigue is minimized for the rider without a helmet allowing them to ride more alertly. The infringement on the senses, caused by most helmets, could also be less for the non-helmeted rider. It is also possible the helmeted rider perceives their helmet as a cloak of protection, consequently causing the rider to drop their defensive riding alertness.

It has been easy for legislators and the non-riding public to blame lack of helmet use for all motorcycle deaths. Every publicized report of a motorcycle crash in the past few years has centered on the helmet use of the rider, even when a car or truck driver caused the crash. One only needs to look at the Ben Roethlisberger crash. Every media source played up the helmet issue or the lack there of, instead of the failure of the car driver that hit the motorcycle riding football player, to yield the right-of-way. The use of a helmet is clearly not the true issue.

Distracted drivers, inexperienced motorcycle riders, lack of attention to safe vehicle operation and increased traffic congestion are problems that continue to grow in every community. Public motorcycle awareness and personal responsibility by bikers, in the operation of their motorcycles, is the key to reducing the number of crashes that occur. Fewer crashes would correlate to a decrease in the number of riders who are injured and killed each year. Motorcycle crash prevention needs to be taken seriously by riders, drivers, educators and legislators, in order to reduce the number of motorcycle deaths.

Over the past five years, ABATE has offered a free motorcycle awareness program to the community. Many area high schools receive the class in association with driver education. Billboards have been posted on Florida highways to bring motorcycle rider awareness to the driving public. Safety education information has been dispersed to the motorcycle community and The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles has been successfully encouraged to increase the amount of money spent on motorcycle safety. It is impossible to judge the number of riders whose lives have been saved by this campaign. We can only keep track of those who were not.

In this election year, ABATE of Florida, Inc. encouraged bikers, across the state, to make motorcycle issues a concern for their candidates. With a constituency of over 800,000 riders, plus their friends and families, taking the Florida biker and issues of concern to riders, seriously, could make or break a candidate at the poles and in their professional endeavors. ABATE helps bikers in Florida keep a close eye on issues affecting their life style, on the voting records of legislators, including who support personal responsibility and accountability and those who vote against personal freedoms.

Every rider has a voice and a choice. It is clearly up to the individual ho

 

Having survived a 60 mph combined speed head on crash with a Ford station wagon while wearing a Bell MC helmet I do recommend a helmet as I wear one all the time. Your skull & brain are an amazing piece of equipment but not too forgiving when it comes to being slammed against hard solid objects like pavement.

What happens is that you bruise your brain when it bounces off the inside of your skull as it contacts the street. This causes bleeding & swelling and vasospasm(constricting) of the veins & arteries in your brain which cuts off blood flow & oxygen to your brain. This usually results in coma & brain damage or dysfunction as parts of your brain die. This is not a good thing because even though you are a brain damaged spaz........you are now burden #1 to your family forever. If you have ever had to deal with a brain damaged sibling or other family member........you know what I mean, you know how difficult it is.

Now there is one issue that many people wish to ignore......that helmets protect your brain and prevent the above scenario. SO, my best recommendation is this......tell the government to screw off.......none of their damn business. But in all fairness, you should ask the members of your family if they are willing to take care of you in a vegetative state if you get brain injured from riding without a helmet.......in fact take a poll from all of your closest family members and let them decide because after all........if I am right and you are wrong.......they are the ones who have to look at you like that for the rest of your life......or maybe even pull the plug on your vegetable a$$ if necessary.

Shouldn't they have a say in the matter?

 

Can you answer me this? Why do you self-righteous folks always come with the “think about your family card” ? If you are so concerned about the outcome of being in an accident and how it will affect your family, then why the hell do you inconsiderate people even get the guts to throw your leg over the bike and go for a ride? And for that matter, why do you drive a cage instead of riding the bus?

Are you telling me that the fact that you have decided to wear a helmet absolves you from the responsibility of being there for your family in the event you die in an accident?

“Well, we are alone now, trying to survive and keep food on the table. I don’t blame him though because he was wearing a helmet when he got in a crash and died and that makes all the difference in the world.”

Pleeeeeze…

Dead is dead – Your family will suffer regardless.

So think of your family people. Don’t gamble with your life. Sell your bike and your car and ride the bus…

 

Your not really expecting an answer are you????