oh the irony

[E_SolSi]

NY motorcyclist dies on ride protesting helmet law - Yahoo! News

NY motorcyclist dies on ride protesting helmet law




ONONDAGA, N.Y. (AP) — Police say a motorcyclist participating in a protest ride against helmet laws in upstate New York died after he flipped over the bike's handlebars and hit his head on the pavement.


The accident happened Saturday afternoon in the town of Onondaga, in central New York near Syracuse.


State troopers tell The Post-Standard of Syracuse that 55-year-old Philip A. Contos of Parish, N.Y., was driving a 1983 Harley Davidson with a group of bikers who were protesting helmet laws by not wearing helmets.


Troopers say Contos hit his brakes and the motorcycle fishtailed. The bike spun out of control, and Contos toppled over the handlebars. He was pronounced dead at a hospital.


Troopers say Contos would have likely survived if he had been wearing a helmet.

 

[invisibledemon]

well, that was a point well proven.

 

[Dustin_m]

Good riddance. He was probably the type of asshole that would fly past you doing a wheelie @ 70 mph.

 

[chadcharb]

Good riddance. He was probably the type of asshole that would fly past you doing a wheelie @ 70 mph.

On a 83 harley! Lol

 

[E_SolSi]

On a 83 harley! Lol

meh.
6 of one, half dozen of the other

 

[Dustin_m]

On a 83 harley! Lol

^_^ I didn't even read what kind of bike he was on lol

 

[reikoshea]

Weird my wife JUST told me about that. One more strike against me getting a bike even though she knows I have enough sense to ride with gear every time.

 

[jamesA]

Good for him. Died defending his point of view.

 

[SlushboxTeggy]

I don't believe in helmet laws. That being said, I'd never ride without one. Hell, I rarely snowboard without one.

 

[invisibledemon]

i dont believe in any law that prevents stupid people from killing themselves.

seatbelts are there, use them if you want. if not, you get what you deserve.

helmets there, your choice.

everybody wins when a stupid person dies.

 

[92stoccord]

Happens. Part of the risk. I take the bike out occasionally without a helmet. Not very often. If I die, I die. It's whatever.

 

[E_SolSi]

i dont believe in any law that prevents stupid people from killing themselves.

seatbelts are there, use them if you want. if not, you get what you deserve.

helmets there, your choice.

everybody wins when a stupid person dies.

motherfucking