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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | If you'd ever played American Football (high school/collegiate and beyond), you'd understand...
I played football from pee-wee league through college... and most people can't truly appreciate the severity of impacts one constantly endures. I also played international club Rugby... NO COMPARISON with American Football... a little cauliflower-ear and the occasional shoe in the head is High Tea measured against being blind-sided by a Defensive End or clocked by an unseen tackler in full gear at full speed...
There are a staggering amount of former pro-players who are severely impaired as a result of their careers... Earl Campbell at 52 years old can't even walk (literally) and is just one of many others.
As for motorcycles... The annual fatality rate is nearly .0007% of registered riders. That JUST fatalities... not injuries. And though that number looks small... it's by orders of magnitude, more than automobile fatalities (about 25x the rate).
Which might suggest (among other factors) that even protective gear on a cycle has limited effect.
-Incidentally the fatality rate of football induced injuries is about .0000030% |
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Location: big island | and the fatality rate for just being human is 100% |
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Location: Vermont USA | Wearing a tight leotard.... padding... mascara...
Remiiiind you of anyone????
Alice Cooper
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Location: UK | Wabbit , you got a wing ??, one of them massive bikes which has electric windows and air con, wow, they are just so heavy , but bright and always shiny and pristine, ive never seen one of those bikes which hasnt been gleaming and they are always ridden by people over 40 on Sundays . In the UK its the law to wear helmets and think its the heat and the pose factor here in Florida but i would say the majority i have seen are the flip flop t shirt brigade |
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Location: UK | When you look at annual road fatalitys it is staggering, 70 young people bellow 25 every week in the UK , so must be way way way more than that over here . Human nature is that we over estimate very remote risks and under estimate immediate risks |
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Location: Munich, Germany | I agree with Andrea - riding a bike in a T-Shirt and Flip-Flops is damn stupid - if you don't keep the rubber side down.
Human skin sliding over the asphalt acts like a vaccum cleaner that absorbs all the small stones and dirt - and leaves a very unlovable, burned appearing.
But, when it comes to a real crash, leather (not helmets) just protect you from that vacuum cleaner thing. A human body is still much more vulnerable than stone, metal etc..
I have always worn horsehide pants and jackets (no, I did not have to feed them), the best helmet you could get for money, Red Wing's steeltoed Engineer boots - but when this car came out of control and hit me- my wear just provided me from getting all the things mentioned above.
The guard rail was still a little more massive than me.
Til then, I am more the "sitting kind", but, hey, without my wear - would I still be that very handsome guy that I am :D :D :D ?
So, put your leathers on before kickstarting your bike!
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Location: closely held secret | US deaths 2004
Motorcyclists - 4018
Pedestrian - 5976
Intentional Self-Harm - 32439
Riding motorcycles in itself isn't as dangerous as a lot of other things people do. Of course accidents happen, and of course you're less likely to die surrounded by airbags. There are safer ways to ride than others, some people are just too stupid or lazy to learn or follow them.
Rock climbing is also popular. Those who do it irresponsibly usually spend their later years in wheelchairs or on life support, or on a shelf in an urn.
If Jeff didn't subscribe to safe practices in his line of work, he or other people could get killed.
Lack of common sense is the chlorine in our gene pool. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | truuuuuuuuue dat! |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Got any statistics for kids who just finished watching a Jackass movie? |
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