Anti Helmet Protest Irony

[BennyC]

Speaks for it's self really!

A motorcyclist protesting helmet laws lost control of his motorcycle during his protest ride on July 2, and died after hitting his head on the pavement in upstate New York.

State troopers say that 55-year-old Philip A. Contos of Parish was riding with a group of bikers who were rallying against helmet laws by not wearing helmets.

Contos’ motorcycle fishtailed after he braked, causing him to lose control and fall over the handlebars, according to troopers.

He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Troopers say that Contos would have probably survived had he been wearing a helmet.

Sauce:
http://www.longislandpress.com/2011...tor-dies-from-head-injury-not-wearing-helmet/

I don't see the appeal of riding without one and taking hundreds of bugs in the face? A fly hit me in the throat at 80mph the other day and that wasn't eaxctly painless!

 

[BennyC]

Appologies for the pearoast! Hadn't seen that in GD, though not all members browse GD

 

[BennyC]

I can't see the appeal at all, it's only going to take a bit of gravel thrown up by a truck and you could get a pretty serious injury. Flies, bees, wasps, beetles etc. in my teeth and up my nose also don't really appeal.

Riding a bike is already a risky activity; why would you want to deliberately worsen those risks?

Exactly me view.

Seat belts & airbags save lives just as helmets do.