08-08-2010, 10:46 AM
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Re: Have you guys seen this!
Yeah, I've seen it. It's unbelievable that the guy survived.
:retard: O_o
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08-08-2010, 12:12 PM
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Re: Have you guys seen this!
So according to the story he was alive and hanging there the whole time they took pictures after they found him? Wow.......
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08-08-2010, 01:21 PM
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Have you guys seen this!
These are the kind of lovely shots I was referring to when advising re full face helmets. This one is pretty gruesome but actually tame compared to some others I've seen.
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08-08-2010, 02:04 PM
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Re: Have you guys seen this!
I saw that somewhere a year or so ago, I may have posted it on here, and read somewhere that he did NOT survive, maybe from someone who answered or responded to that post. I have to look it up.
It would be hard to believe someone would survive an impact like that punching a hole into the back of the truck, without breaking his neck or severely injuring his brain or his chest from the force of that impact. |
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08-08-2010, 02:09 PM
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Re: Have you guys seen this!
Just looked it up, from my post April 15, 2008, same article, beat you to it, And the info was that he did not survive the crash.
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08-08-2010, 03:00 PM
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Re: Have you guys seen this!
Dude was wearing all the right stuff. It's just not rated for your head going from 120mph to 0 in 0 seconds.
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08-08-2010, 06:28 PM
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Re: Have you guys seen this!
We've had this discussion before, but just to remind everyone - the helmet is supposed to protect your head from the impact of a fall of about 6 feet to the ground, the distance from your head to the pavement to protect from an impact injury, not hitting a wall at 50 or 60 mph or whatever speed you decide. It may also protect from abrasion of your face and head on the road surface, but no way will protect you from something like seen in those pics. It may make you a little better looking for the viewing at the funeral, that's about it.
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08-08-2010, 08:14 PM
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Re: Have you guys seen this!
I prefer the full face helmet and good safety gear, as you all know by now. Having said that, I do believe that 90% or more of surviving on a motorcycle is a matter of what's between your ears, not what's around them.
I wonder if the guy got a Darwin Award.
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