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An extremely graphic article about a motorcycle collision and its aftermatch from the Toronto Star.
Read with care.
A few choice experts from the article.
The headline is “No helmet, high speed, hit a tree”. No helmet? Nobody should even be sitting on a bike without a helmet. Those half helmets those Harley kids wear should be banned too. Seriously. Full face should be an absolute requirement.
Later on:
Prevention is the only solution, Banfield says. “Knowledge is power. When you know what can happen, you are less likely to take the risk.”
Ask most trauma health workers if they’d ever get on a motorcycle and you’ll be met with a firm no.
According to provincial numbers, there were an average of 43 motorcycle fatalities a year in Ontario from 1994 through 2003.
No training is just silly. And 43 accidents is a very small number; 43,000 people die in car accidents in the United States a year - that’s 118 a day, and that’s only deaths. Almost 11,000 people a day are injured every day in car accidents.
Just a few things to keep in mind while considering those numbers about motorcycles.
Posted by skooter at 10:27 AM This entry is filed under Travel.