yeah, i noticed that. but i also noticed that they had to since that was where the cameraman was. maybe they had the road closed off for the filming?

 

Regardless of whether you find the statisticscredible, the message I hear fromthis news clip isthat riders NOT drivers are the cause of these increases in injury and death- riding crotch rockets, not wearing helmets/protective equipment, etc - and that a riders safety course is the solution. Hmmmm.

 

Not gonna change my mind about ridin'. It said that 10% of all deaths on the highway are MC related. That seems pretty low to me. When the good Lord calls you home its just your time.

 

So lets see, from 2002-2006 injuries were up about 35%, deaths were up about 35% and hey, wait a minute, registrations were up about 35%!

 

Actually they mentioned that helmets didn't alway save people...think they said 50% were wearing helmets and it didn't matter. So read it like a rider and get "They should not force me to wear a helmet" or read it like a non-rider and get "Motorcycle riding is dangerous with or without a helmet".[>:]

 

As a Paramedic/Emt for the last 30 years in an urban enviorment with major highways in our district, let me tell you helmets save lives period. It was stated that 50% had helmets on and were still killed, that group more than likely suffered major trauma and the helmet wouldn't have made a difference one way or the other. What about the other 50% how many of them would still be alive if they had a helmet on. Take Indian Larry for example, he was going under 20 mph, (a very surviveable speed) with a helmet on he would have more than likely survived his accident. There are long term care facilities filled with TBI patients (Traumatic Brain Injuries) from low speed injuries that could have been prevented with helmets.
In closing let me say that I believe that you should have the ability to choose if you wear a helmet or not. My complaint is if you choose not to wear a helmet and become a vegetable, the taxpayers should not have to pay to "water" you. Remember it's the families that suffer more than the victims.

 

+1

 

i'd like to see actual numbers on this. you make it sound like some sort of epidemic, or like the movie coma where they were warehousing coma patients....

(i do like that you added that it should be personal choice though)

 

[quote]ORIGINAL: skratch

How many % wise, of the TBI patients are theresult of non-helmeted biker's vsother causes(auto accidents)?Just curious.

 

Iam just talking from my personal experience. We have an old high school in our responce area that was converted to housing for TBI patients. Our city has a medical school and hospital that do a lot of TBI work so we may have a disproportionate number of them here. There is also a new form of TBI that has been discovered that is mild. It is seen in a lot of the returning vets that were involved in IED incidentsand at a training meeting last year we were told about it. After learning about it I wondered how many motor vehicle head trauma patients that were not diagnosed as having the traditional TBI signs/symptoms are out there with the mild form of it. I am only trying to educate, not impose my will on anyone (after all I am not an elected official). In this country the current theme seems tobe going towards us becoming our brothers keepers no matter what they do or don't do!!!