What he did is not a mistake. Locking your keys in the car is a mistake. Leaving your car windows down when it rains is a mistake. When you disregard your coach and teammates telling you that you should wear a helmet. Thats just idiotic.
I'm sure most of don't douse ourselves with lighter fluid and then set ourselves afire, but we somehow still know it would be dangerous.
OK, dude, but god forbid you're flying through the air one day head first over 89 year old Gertrudes 1979 Buick Regal...........well, at least you will look tough.
He was lobbing out here in Pa to get cylcelist to not wear helmates so go figure maybe now hell lobby for them !
Was driving down RT 80 near RT 23 in Wayne and these two kids, out of the their minds were weaving in and out of traffic when finally one kid...behind me in the middle lane...cuts all the way to the shoulder and loses control...all I saw was a motorcycle about 30 feet in the air. The next day, I read an article in the paper about the accident. The kids body hit the guard rail and he was decapitated. My buddy, who is a State Trooper was chasing them from Elmwood Park, NJ. Since I never rode a bike, Im willing to learn from you exactly what the hell happened. Oh..and he had a helmet on too...well..yeah..had.
Most people who are wearing a helmet and hit something doing 70 ? 200 miles do have their helmet fly off with their head in it; you can ask just about any medic that has been to a motorcycle fatality about that. I saw some kid a few months ago doing about 110 up a 40 zone when someone made a left turn right in front of him; end result ? head and helmet went about 200 yards further up the road than bike and body. Friggin disgusting?
If BiG Ben had a helment on the only thing that would have happened to him wasd a couple cuts here and there. Because all of his injuries were to his face/ head and his knees but his knees are fine now.
I look at the motorcycle helmet in that sense as I do the steel-toed boot. The steel-toed boot can only protect your foot from so much damage, and when too much weight comes down on it, the metal cup at the toe of the boot bends down and shears the front of your foot off cleanly (to be sewn back on later) instean of crushing the bones to dust. A steel-toed boot's literal design is chopping off your toes... The helmet's weight, in my mind, saves you the trouble of living while your guts are scattered across the road.
There was something online that said in PA., if you have a motorcycle license, you don't have to wear a helmet but if you don't have a motorcycle license you do and B.R. didn't have a valid motorcycle license. (this makes no sense at all anyway).
Roethlisberger to be cited Steelers QB had wrong license, didn't wear helmet Posted: Monday June 19, 2006 10:25AM; Updated: Monday June 19, 2006 1:59PM Ben Roethlisberger's motorcycle being towed away from the scene of the accident. AP http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/scorecard/06/19/truth.rumors.nhl/index.html PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger did not have a valid motorcycle license when he crashed into a woman's car last week, and the driver -- who will be cited for failing to yield -- has received threatening phone calls. Roethlisberger will be issued $388 in fines and fees for riding without a license and not wearing a helmet, police Collision Investigator Dan Connolly said Monday. Only licensed motorcyclists are allowed to ride bareheaded in Pennsylvania, with certain restrictions. The Super Bowl champion quarterback rammed his Suzuki Hayabusa into a woman's Chrysler New Yorker on June 12 when she was making a left turn in front of him. Both had the green light. Roethlisberger underwent seven hours of surgery to repair broken jaws and other facial bones. Tests showed no brain injuries, although he had a mild concussion; he also lost two teeth and chipped several others. The woman, who will be cited for failing to yield to oncoming traffic, has received threatening phone calls since the accident, Police Chief Dominic Costa said. She filed a police report and the calls were being investigated. Roethlisberger was traveling at the speed limit a posted 35 mph zone, but he braked and hit the car at a slower speed, he said, and there were no mechanical problems with either vehicle. Both will be sent summary citations. To obtain a motorcycle license in Pennsylvania, riders must first get a learner's permit, which requires a $10 fee, a vision screening and a written test. The permit is valid for one year, during which a road test must be passed to obtain a full motorcycle license. Only after two years of possessing a valid license is riding without a helmet allowed; that restriction is waived if the rider takes an approved safety course. Police did not have any contact with Steelers officials during the investigation, Connolly said. "This was no different than any other crash," Connolly said. "We found our determinations and determined that the parties needed to be cited and that's what we're doing." In an interview with ESPN radio Monday morning, coach Bill Cowher said there is no way of knowing what effect Roethlisberger's injuries would have his playing ability. "That's the thing we have to be very sensitive to and we have to make sure that we monitor -- and we'll do that," Cowher said. "We'll work with the doctors. We'll talk to him." He did not criticize Roethlisberger for not wearing a helmet, something he had done last year. "I think it would be very unfair, and I think it's really irrelevant, to be judgmental about the accident itself," Cowher said. "Sometimes with the lessons of life, you have to get knocked down before you get back up," Cowher said. "He's just very fortunate. This was one of those lessons that could have been devastating. It could have been a very tragic story." Roethlisberger was discharged Wednesday night from Mercy Hospital and apologized to the team, his fans and family in a statement. He also said that he would wear a helmet if he rode motorcycle again. Police on Monday declined to reveal the name of the driver of the car, citing the threats. She has been identified in published reports as Martha Fleishman, 62, of Pittsburgh. Her husband, Martin Fleishman, has said she felt terrible about the accident
