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NY motorcyclist dies on ride protesting helmet law
Associated Press ^ | July 3, 2011

Posted on 07/03/2011 11:50:34 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

ONONDAGA, N.Y. (AP) -- Police say a motorcyclist participating in a protest ride against helmet laws in upstate New York died after he flipped over the bike's handlebars and hit his head on the pavement.

The accident happened Saturday afternoon in the town of Onondaga, in central New York near Syracuse.

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KEYWORDS: helmetlaws; newyork
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1 posted on 07/03/2011 11:50:37 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

He made his choice.


2 posted on 07/03/2011 11:52:10 AM PDT by unkus
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To: unkus

He chose poorly.


3 posted on 07/03/2011 11:53:58 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Define irony!


4 posted on 07/03/2011 11:54:08 AM PDT by crghill (You can't put a condom on your soul.)
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To: unkus

Darwin’s award.


5 posted on 07/03/2011 11:54:26 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I like to believe he was making the ultimate statement.


6 posted on 07/03/2011 11:55:43 AM PDT by BMWR1200C
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Ridin’ down the street, sun shinin’, pavement whippin’ through your hair...

That’s a feeling like no other, man.


7 posted on 07/03/2011 11:57:11 AM PDT by OnlyTurkeysHaveLeftWings
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To: MinorityRepublican

Actually no, its his god given right to CHOICE not to wear those death buckets.

While stats show that yes, your chances of surviving the accident a vegetable are increased, overall, you are more likely to get into the accident in the first place from wearing a death bucket due to lack of periphrial and reduced hearing and line of vision.They are horse blinders forced on us by the uber libs who feel they know whats good for us.Things happen and this guy is a small minority when it comes to the stats of riders in accidents.


8 posted on 07/03/2011 12:00:21 PM PDT by DeathBeforeDishonor1
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Instant Karma’s gonna get you....


9 posted on 07/03/2011 12:00:21 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: BMWR1200C

Ultimate in effect if not in intelligence.


10 posted on 07/03/2011 12:02:03 PM PDT by vladimir998 (When anti-Catholics can't win they simply violate the rules of the forum)
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To: cripplecreek

He sure did. Anyone with any sense would wear a helmet. I wouldn’t need no stinkin’ law to make me wear a helmet.


11 posted on 07/03/2011 12:07:45 PM PDT by unkus
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

stats schmats.

let the individual decide the amount of safety he desires for himself...and keep the govt. out of our lives...


12 posted on 07/03/2011 12:12:19 PM PDT by Vaquero ("an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

13 posted on 07/03/2011 12:13:39 PM PDT by traumer
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To: Free ThinkerNY

( *smack on head* ) “I coulda hit a V8.”


14 posted on 07/03/2011 12:23:44 PM PDT by theDentist (fybo; qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
If he landed on hishead he probably would have died even if he was wearing a helmet.

I happen to agree with him. If the government orders motorcycle drivers or riders to wear helmets, why doesn't the government so order drivers and riders in cars? Would not that also save lives?

15 posted on 07/03/2011 12:26:41 PM PDT by stevem
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

I agree that it should be freedom of choice, but the ‘deathbucket’ saved my life several times. One time, nearly 14 yrs ago, I was coming around an asphalt curve, and with the overcast sky eliminating any shadows the scattered pea gravel would have given warning to. I was traveling about 60, and I went down hard, tumbling. My previously unmarred helmet was scarred up in several places.

I was SO glad I wore the ‘bucket’ that day. And REALLY glad no one was coming from the other direction as I tumbled across the road.

I was no newbie either, having riden pasture, dirt, sand, gravel, sealcoat, asphalt, and concrete for over 33 years up to that point. I’m glad I’m still around to enjoy my wife and family. The bike is just a piece of machinery. I can get along just fine without it.

I’m sure the insurance lobby is the driving force behind these laws.


16 posted on 07/03/2011 12:26:57 PM PDT by Zuriel (Acts 2:38,39....nearly 2,000 years and still working today!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

I didn’t even think of that, good call!


17 posted on 07/03/2011 12:27:43 PM PDT by mrsadams
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Delicious irony. That being said R.I.P.


18 posted on 07/03/2011 12:33:25 PM PDT by AEMILIUS PAULUS (It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

At least the world is one less motorcycle quieter.


19 posted on 07/03/2011 12:40:57 PM PDT by Age of Reason
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To: stevem; Free ThinkerNY
If the government orders motorcycle drivers or riders to wear helmets, why doesn't the government so order drivers and riders in cars? Would not that also save lives?

That day may yet come.

I've often thought of voluntarily wearing a helmet when driving, especially when the weather is bad.

20 posted on 07/03/2011 12:45:43 PM PDT by Age of Reason
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