VIDEO: Here's why motorcyclists should always wear a helmet

[Jonathan Fairfield]

VIDEO: Here's why motorcyclists should always wear a helmet

 

 

 

[simoh1490]

Wow, that's one lucky man....the helmet looks a different shape though!

[Odysseus123]

Diced with death-very lucky to have survived.

 

I would certainly give that helmet a place of honour amongst the family heirlooms.

[John_Betong]

I like the second rider, "watch me, this is how it's done".

[DILLIGAD]

But for every lucky ending there is a hundred unlucky ones.

The brain is such a fragile item floating within our heads. I have learnt this recently after having a very slow collision with a feral dog. I have also been very lucky thanks to Ubon hospital staff.

I think school teachers (Thai & Farang) should get double fines by police for being bad influences to kids.

Rant over!

 

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[YetAnother]

this video illustrates something we see in thai drivers/riders far far too often; they simply Cannot Wait; as a result they do stupid, dangerous things when there is no real need to do so

[HarrySeaman]

Darwin award failure.

[ezzra]

Preaching to the choir, if anyone out there still riding motorbikes and bicycles not wearing a helmet, those people should either have a huge life insurance or don't care about their lives....

[impulse]

I'd propose a different headline:  Video: "Here's why you shouldn't ride a scooter if you can afford a car"

 

There's a narrow slice of scooter accidents between where you'd survive even without a helmet, and where you're going to die even with a helmet.  For that reason, wearing a helmet is a great idea IF you're going to ride a scooter. 

 

But, with scooters being 20-40 times as dangerous as riding in a 4 wheeled vehicle, putting on a helmet to ride a scooter is like putting on a condom to do a crack whore.  You cross the safety Rubicon long before you decide whether to put on the helmet (or the condom).

 

[cornishcarlos]

2nd guy doesn't bother to stop and check on Darwin, just carries on and tries to do the same ?

 

You keep that No.1 position in the world of muppets...

[cornishcarlos]

1 minute ago, impulse said:

"Here's why you shouldn't ride a scooter if you can afford a car"

 

Majority can't afford a car, which is why they ride scooters.

Majority can afford a helmet but they chose not to wear one.

 

I can afford a car but chose to ride a scooter too, but then I wear a helmet and try not to pull off Darwin award nomination moves !!!

[Denim]

Well , considering the thickness of the skull inside perhaps the helmet had a lot of backup.

[impulse]

6 minutes ago, cornishcarlos said:

 

Majority can't afford a car, which is why they ride scooters.

Majority can afford a helmet but they chose not to wear one.

 

I can afford a car but chose to ride a scooter too, but then I wear a helmet and try not to pull off Darwin award nomination moves !!!

 

If you ride a scooter when you can afford a car, I'd suggest that you don't have a very good case for invoking Darwin on those who don't wear a helmet.

 

You're making your trip 2000-4000% more dangerous by choosing the scooter.  So be it.  I do the same.  But I don't diss on the people making their trip just 20-40% more dangerous yet by not wearing a helmet.  It's throwing a leg over the scooter that's tempting fate.  Putting on a helmet is like lipstick on a pig.

 

 

Edited June 9, 2018 by impulse

[cornishcarlos]

1 minute ago, impulse said:

case for invoking Darwin on those who don't wear a helmet.

 

I didn't.. I invoked Darwin on those that try silly maneuvers as illustrated in the video..

 

Wearing a helmet is a personal choice. I personally choose to wear a good one, because I can both afford it and like my head the way it is.

 

I suggest you read carefully and don't try to twist what people have written ?

 

[Somtamnication]

Wife is angry because she cannot see the licence plates of the bike so she can buy the lottery.

[mamypoko]

Hello bum gun...I just shit my pants

[cornishcarlos]

Just now, Somtamnication said:

Wife is angry because she cannot see the licence plates of the bike so she can buy the lottery.

 

Use the truck plate... 4866 winner

[kannot]

And  yet another MORON, lets see the new cameras fix  this although the ultimate deterrent "death" does a pretty good  job................I was impressed with the other guy on the bikes ability to just "drive off" and not give a crap.

Yep Thais = 100% IMPATIENT/SELFISH

[kannot]

4 minutes ago, mamypoko said:

Hello bum gun...I just shit my pants

Its gonna take a fire hose to clear those pants up!!!

[CGW]

Just now, cornishcarlos said:

Wearing a helmet is a personal choice. I personally choose to wear a good one, because I can both afford it and like my head the way it is.

Well done, if you are going to wear a helmet, wear a good one! most helmets worn in Thailand serve only the function of avoiding a fine, they afford little to no actual protection, mind - wearing a helmet, no matter how good the quality, increases the risk of neck injuries substantially!  

[Panda13]

If your not living on the edge, your taking up too much room.

 

Edited June 9, 2018 by Panda13

[OmegaRacer]

Forget the lottery numbers. It appears the guy died shortly after the accident. 

[Pat in Pattaya]

50 minutes ago, DILLIGAD said:

But for every lucky ending there is a hundred unlucky ones.

The brain is such a fragile item floating within our heads. I have learnt this recently after having a very slow collision with a feral dog. I have also been very lucky thanks to Ubon hospital staff.

I think school teachers (Thai & Farang) should get double fines by police for being bad influences to kids.

Rant over!

 

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You call that a rant?

[impulse]

16 minutes ago, cornishcarlos said:

 

I didn't.. I invoked Darwin on those that try silly maneuvers as illustrated in the video..

 

Wearing a helmet is a personal choice. I personally choose to wear a good one, because I can both afford it and like my head the way it is.

 

I suggest you read carefully and don't try to twist what people have written 

 

Makes me wonder why you quoted my post then. 

 

I don't guess you've passed too many scooter accidents where an arm or a leg was 20-30 meters away from the rest of the poor victim.  Perhaps the victim's head was in pristine condition.  But dead... is dead.

 

[thaiguzzi]

'KIN HELL !!!

Just watched this.

That guy is the luckiest dude on the planet!

 

Edit;

Just read some new posts -maybe not so lucky after all...…….

 

Edited June 9, 2018 by thaiguzzi

[Chaam local]

There is a longer version in which you can see the guy eventually collapsing unconscious behind the pole, so I don't think there was any miracle.

[Chaam local]

Here's the link to the longer version:

https://www.liveleak.com/view?t=C2JJw_1528257550

[cornishcarlos]

6 minutes ago, impulse said:

Makes me wonder why you quoted my post then. 

 

Because you said the headline should read "here's why you shouldn't ride a scooter if you can afford a car"

 

I was pointing out that the majority, who ride a scooter, can't afford a car... Thought that was obvious in the wording of my quote ?? Guess not....

[Aupee]

54 minutes ago, DILLIGAD said:

But for every lucky ending there is a hundred unlucky ones.

The brain is such a fragile item floating within our heads. I have learnt this recently after having a very slow collision with a feral dog. I have also been very lucky thanks to Ubon hospital staff.

I think school teachers (Thai & Farang) should get double fines by police for being bad influences to kids.

Rant over!

 

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Not quite right the Police are supposed to enforce the law and totally ignore the lack of helmets the teachers are there to teach and should do so. Parents are totally resposible for their children leaving home on a bike wiithout a helmet . But to do any of the above you have todo your job and give a f..k

[helloagain]

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