"I've done "get-off's" from motorcycles lots of times. I've been vaulted over cars at obscene speeds, and gone sliding from off-ramps and curves at speeds from near -crawls to knee -dragging testosterone -saturated displays of egomania. I've ridden in sand, rain, snow, and ice. I've fallen over at stoplight standstills like Arte Johnson on "Laugh-In," and I've been pitched from the bike in wild rodeo tank-slappers. Amazingly, none of these adventures have ever really hurt me. I've wrecked bikes, hit cars, and been hit by cars, and I've walked from the accidents pissed-off only because my leathers got scuffed up. I always wore a helmet, and I always walked away."
All I needed to read was the first paragraph. If the above describes you as a rider, please don't think for a minute that you can speed and crash like an idiot and simply "walk away" because you wear a helmet. My advice, is get off the bike before you end up dead or severely damaged, regardless of your protection level. Stupidity can triumph over a helmet any day. "Amazingly" this guy lived long enough to tell this story.
All I needed to read was the first paragraph. If the above describes you as a rider, please don't think for a minute that you can speed and crash like an idiot and simply "walk away" because you wear a helmet. My advice, is get off the bike before you end up dead or severely damaged, regardless of your protection level. Stupidity can triumph over a helmet any day. "Amazingly" this guy lived long enough to tell this story.