Kerry Violates Basic Bicycle Safety Rules!

This Isn't Writing, It's Typing ^ | October 13, 2004 | johnrobertson

[John Robertson]

How many bicycle safety mistakes …

[someone please post that picture of Kerry on bike yesterday--sorry, it's beyond me.]

… can you find in this picture?

Here are a few to get you started: (1) no helmet; (2) talking on cell phone (in traffic!); (3) riding one-handed; (4) thinking about how well-informed and presidential he'll look in tonight's debate instead of paying attention to the road.

Each year, more than 500,000 bicyclists of all ages sustain a cycling injury that requires emergency department care. Most of these injuries could have been avoided by following simple safety rules:

[John Robertson]

Arrogance on wheels.

I am really liking this guy's blog, he's only been doing it a couple weeks now.

[YouPosting2Me]

I guess if he gets hurt he can just "heal thyself" with his in depth skills in stem cells!

[jdm]

This one? I pulled it from Matt's home page.

[hut1hut2]

A helmet would completely mess up his hair.

[John Robertson]

That's the one. Thanks.

[finnman69]

first thing I thought when I saw the pic, dumb ass riding one handed talking on a cell phone.

[finnman69]

first thing I thought when I saw the pic, dumb ass riding one handed talking on a cell phone.

[It's me]

Yeah, the helmet really works well on the handlebars!

[Poohbah]

His hair probably could double as a helmet.

[snooker]

Give the guy a break. He had been in the beauty shop all morning and was just letting his hair dry. Sheesh, cut him some slack. /sarcasm

[Bommer]

Hi kids! Future President John Kerry here to teach you about bike saftey! REMEMBER! Never, ever wear your helmet when on a bike talking on a cell phone and always make sure you have only one hand on the handlebar! Remember to vote for me, even though you can't, because stoopid is as stoopid does!

[GSWarrior]

I don't think bike helmets come in XXXXL size.

[lonerepubinma]

That's Kerry on the cell phone with Chris Reeve thanking him for making it possible to walk again.

[ShandaLear]

His hair is a helmet.

[steveegg]

Picture...

How to post a picture:

1. Find out where on the web it is -
   1. Right-click on the image
   2. Select "Properties"
   3. Copy the address
2. Make sure you have permission to post it (you can't post Corbis pictures here, and some web servers, including FortuneCity, don't allow pictures to be posted outside their domain)
3. Type the following - <img src="(address you copied from above)">

If you got it right, you'll see the pic.

[Joann37]

I wish they'd put that girlie-man picture on the ballot, and one of President Bush. Then let people decide who they want as their President.

[IamHD]

This is mean, but, too bad he didn't fall and hit his head. Edwards could have helped heal him, live on camera.

[tnlibertarian]

Also, I assume he isn't going very fast. Since he only is using his left hand, if he had to stop, he would go straight over the handlebars when his front wheel locks up.

[steveegg]

And personally, I see this as pretty much a nothingburger. In my day, we didn't have brain buckets, rode with only one hand on the handlebars (or sometimes, no hands), and always yakked away amongst ourselves (then again, we didn't have cell phones, but that's another story). Further, that appears to be a parking lot.

Now, had Ketchup Boy smeared himself across the side of a car, or hit a pothole wrong and done a faceplant, that would be a different story.

[katnip]

Aww, cmon. He's trying to look like a manly-man and hope people forget this one