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re: Another bad donorcycle crash...
Posted on 10/30/18 at 9:50 am to FrankDaTank182
Posted on 10/30/18 at 9:50 am to FrankDaTank182
I agree it should be a choice but it’s really dumb not wear one just like not wearing a seatbelt is.
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Posted on 10/30/18 at 9:54 am to TigerGman
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I used to ride all the time. You mostly just had to worry about old ladies not seeing you. Now you have to worry about everyone not seeing you...
Difference between someone, or a few, cruising along in their lane acting like other regular vehicles AND crotch rockets zipping around in packs. Throws a driver off trying to figure out where the swarm is.
Ie...yall motorcycle enthusiasts need to police each other, no matter the type of bike.
Posted on 10/30/18 at 9:59 am to facher08
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Ideally, yes. But only if zero public dollars went toward the medical bills of people that chose not to wear them.
If your private insurance will cover you, you can ride in just your boxers for call I care.
so explain to me how the public would pay for someones medical bills?
Everyone has to have insurance now. I have a surgery my son has to get this year. How do i get the public to help pay for it?
Posted on 10/30/18 at 10:05 am to BitBuster
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Riding motorcycles was a lot safer before smartphones were invented.
False.
The fatality rate per 100,000 registered motorcycles was 21.3% lower in 2014 than it was in 2004. The fatality rate per million vehicle miles traveled was 42% lower.
Posted on 10/30/18 at 10:10 am to TheAstroTiger
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buy a dirt bike and ride at a track on in the woods. J
Please don’t bring that obnoxious shite to the woods. Stick to the track.
Posted on 10/30/18 at 10:14 am to TigerGman
When I worked trauma in Kentucky I saw so many motorcycle crashes with just horrible outcomes. Even if they survived people were losing limbs and having severe brain injuries.
One guy lost control and went off an overpass at high speed and landed on his butt on the street below. The shearing force completely avulsed his arse from his body. He had to get a colostomy because his colon was emptying directly into the wound and would never heal. He was in his 20’s.
One guy lost control and went off an overpass at high speed and landed on his butt on the street below. The shearing force completely avulsed his arse from his body. He had to get a colostomy because his colon was emptying directly into the wound and would never heal. He was in his 20’s.
Posted on 10/30/18 at 10:21 am to BitBuster
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Riding motorcycles was a lot safer before smartphones were invented.
Same with bicycles. I rode everywhere in the 80s, wont dare do that now.
Posted on 10/30/18 at 11:19 am to FrankDaTank182
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When it’s your time, it’s your time.
That's such an idiotic saying. Maybe if someone drops dead from a sudden brain bleed who was otherwise young and healthy you can spew this line. It just doesn't hold water when you talk about people who fly down the interstate on a motorcycle not wearing a helmet or someone who enjoys rock climbing with no safety gear.
Posted on 10/30/18 at 11:34 am to TigerGman
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You gotta be nuts to ride a bike these days.
Naw. Weather is getting about right for the weekend riders to dust off their scoots.
More bikes on the road = More accidents.
The ignorance of the people behind the wheels of their cages remains constant.
Posted on 10/30/18 at 11:47 am to Snipe
I ride to work. Its great. I dont rip 95 down a 35mph road. I stay away from cars. If you ride like an idiot then youre gonna get in trouble. Cruising on a bike at 40mph on a nice road on a nice 70 degree day is hard to beat 
Posted on 10/30/18 at 11:51 am to TigerGman
Well, the fog was terrible this morning.
And the man killed in Denham Springs did nothing wrong, he was killed at the hands of another driver. Not by his own mistakes.
And the man killed in Denham Springs did nothing wrong, he was killed at the hands of another driver. Not by his own mistakes.
Posted on 10/30/18 at 12:06 pm to Pico de Gallo
Many motorcycle victims are great riders and the accident is not their fault, but still get killed or handicapped. Thus, still a questionable activity if gonna ride in city traffic, or in bad weather conditions.
Like my grandfather said when I was young, it doesn't matter how good of a driver you are, it's the other folks you have to watch out for...
Cycling doesn't allow the rider at least some protective barrier vs bad driver's mistakes..it's perfection or bust.
Like my grandfather said when I was young, it doesn't matter how good of a driver you are, it's the other folks you have to watch out for...
Cycling doesn't allow the rider at least some protective barrier vs bad driver's mistakes..it's perfection or bust.
Posted on 10/30/18 at 12:44 pm to Brazos
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I can’t understand for the life of me why some people don’t at least wear a helmet while riding a motorcycle. I know someone that will wear diapers for the rest of his life because he chose not to wear a helmet.
Well its the law in Louisiana.
And I have no clue where "Bocage Circle" is located. Is that what they are calling the street by Panera Bread going to the new apartments?
Posted on 10/30/18 at 12:52 pm to BitBuster
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Riding motorcycles was a lot safer before smartphones were invented.
The number of cars on the road has increased a lot. It is easy to point to cellphones but even if everyone didn't have one it would be a lot more dangerous on the roads now than years ago.
Heck, I can remember driving on a major highway in Mississippi when I was 13 with my old man. Just learning to drive. Not many cars on the road. I drove that road not long ago and it was full of traffic. I sadly thought my kids won't get the experiences I had and not anything related to cellphones.
The times have changed. Motorcycles on major roads just isn't smart. I don't care if they are there but if someone gets killed on one then don't blame someone else.
Posted on 10/30/18 at 12:54 pm to FrankDaTank182
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My kids understand. And I understand the risk everytime I get on it. You can die choking on your corn smacks in the morning. When it’s your time, it’s your time.
What about when its not your time, and you are just paralyzed, or your brain function is reduced to that of a 4 years old forcing your kids to take care of you for the rest of your life?
Posted on 10/30/18 at 12:56 pm to FrankDaTank182
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I understand the risk everytime I get on it. You can die choking on your corn smacks in the morning. When it’s your time, it’s your time.
I don't think you understand probabilities.
"Hey, I am going to run into the Alaskan Bear Country with a T-Bone around my neck. I don't want to die eating cornsmacks!"
Posted on 10/30/18 at 12:57 pm to FrankDaTank182
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It’s all about the freedom and choice. I’ve rode without helmets before. And I’ll. Used to ride with only skid lids. But I had never been in an accident at the time. Since I’ve gone down a few times, I only wear my full face. But I feel it should be freedom of choice. If you don’t want to wear it don’t. But don’t hate when you become a vegetable.
Agree, but my motto is if you have a 5 dollar head wear a 5 dollar helmet.
Posted on 10/30/18 at 1:01 pm to TeddyPadillac
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so explain to me how the public would pay for someones medical bills?
Everyone has to have insurance now. I have a surgery my son has to get this year. How do i get the public to help pay for it?
But not everyone has insurance but they’ll be treated anyway. Then they’ll go on disability.
Posted on 10/30/18 at 3:06 pm to lsu13lsu
I do understand probability, and I do understand I increase the chance of dying much younger and making my kids fatherless if I was in an accident,
But other people being jackass’s behind the wheel, or increased traffic, or smart phones are not reasons I will ever park my scoot, That will be my choice whenever I decide not to ride again. No one else’s. I fought for my right to freedom, and everyone else’s freedom. That includes opinion, lifestyle, and vehicle of choice. If I want to cruise st 50 mph in a 65 enjoying the weather. Or do 100+ from Natchitoches to Houma at 3 am on empty roads it’s my choice. I know my ability in my scoot, And I don’t know the ability of the cages around me. Won’t stop me from riding solo or in a pack. We all have different opinions and views, which is exactly what makes this country great. Not nocking anyone who doesn’t like mine, and I won’t knock anyone else’s, Just asking the same in return.
But other people being jackass’s behind the wheel, or increased traffic, or smart phones are not reasons I will ever park my scoot, That will be my choice whenever I decide not to ride again. No one else’s. I fought for my right to freedom, and everyone else’s freedom. That includes opinion, lifestyle, and vehicle of choice. If I want to cruise st 50 mph in a 65 enjoying the weather. Or do 100+ from Natchitoches to Houma at 3 am on empty roads it’s my choice. I know my ability in my scoot, And I don’t know the ability of the cages around me. Won’t stop me from riding solo or in a pack. We all have different opinions and views, which is exactly what makes this country great. Not nocking anyone who doesn’t like mine, and I won’t knock anyone else’s, Just asking the same in return.
Posted on 10/30/18 at 3:16 pm to TigerGman
I’ve been in CA for a while now and rode a bike here from the start. Then 6 months after my boy was born I got clipped on the freeway. No serious damage but I haven’t been back on a street bike since,except for putting a buddies around the neighborhood. I miss it can’t lie. MX and off-road is where I get my two wheel kicks nowadays.
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