# Local man down. **URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/local-man-down/244608 **Category:** Shift518 Automotive **Created:** [June 7, 2009, 7:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/local-man-down/244608 "2009-06-07T07:33:15Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 14
### Author: ![RocketPunch](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rocketpunch/32/6429_2.png) [@RocketPunch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RocketPunch) #### Post date: [June 7, 2009, 11:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/local-man-down/244608/14 "2009-06-07T11:47:04Z")
> [@What are you driving this winter](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-are-you-driving-this-winter/18993/64): > > [http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=807772&category=REGION](http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=807772&category=REGION) > > Once again a driver kills a biker due to not paying attention and gets a slap on the wrist with a ticket fine. > > :Idiots That sucks… > [@\*\*Official Baseball Playoffs Thread\*\*](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-baseball-playoffs-thread/18387/94): > > What I wanna know was this biker wearing any gear? And if he wasn’t, would he have lived if he had. It seems to me like 90% of the bikers I see on the road, only wear basic clothing and a helmet/gloves. Even the older men on Harleys. > > Ain’t no joke. Whether it’s other drivers, or the bike drivers themselves not paying attention/doing stupid things, bikes ain’t no joke. > > My sister-in-laws brother, who is 23, t-boned a car last sunday in Virginia. He was in ICU for 5 days with collapsed lungs and a torn up right arm among other things. > > He’s out of ICU and breathing on his own, but his right arm is permanently paralyzed. > > I think I’ve decided to not get a bike (as I had made a thread earlier that I was considering it). Just too much risk, even if I do take classes, wear gear, etc. That is a choice those people made and I am not going to go into the right and wrong debate. I feel bad even riding for the 5 mins to work with full gear but without my shin and knee guard, and I am shopping for a chest plate. Yes, ALL the gear you have on MIGHT not save you from a critical hit but knowing I didn’t do anything I possibly can when riding to protect myself is more chilling than anything. Without a shadow of a doubt, bikes are venerable among traffic. I think having the correct attitude when riding will protect you more than any gear will ever be able to provide. Even with the little riding mileage under my belt, I can honestly say riding is the closest thing to flying without ever leaving the ground, something that even driving a open wheel race car on an open track can’t compare; and I am loving every second of it (except when I am stuck in traffic :tongue). As in any case involving diving/riding a machine at speed, the safest way to do it is always on the track. Ride well. > [@Chris07SS"](#): > > May he RIP. > > My neighbor’s lawn care guy (Flood is his last name, some of you may have known him) died on his Harley when someone cut him off last second. What’s worse is his family was in the car behind them and watched him die. Awful situation… That triple sucks. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/local-man-down/244608)._