that’s good golfing! You guys should go pro.
As a former motorcycle safety instructor, I would tell my students that I had 2 motorcycle accidents caused by a distracted car driver. I survived both because of my helmet. No one cared.View attachment 101792
MANY moons ago a friend was on his motorcycle when he was hit by a deer. Yes the deer hit him broadside and knocked him off the bike at 50 MPH.
He skidded down the road on his butt, then flipped over and skidded along on his face. He was well dressed (real bikers don't wear leather because it's cool, they wear it for protection), so he had bruises and a few relatively minor scrapes.
He whined about destroying his expensive helmet (the chin was literally gone -- it did it's job, his chin wasn't). I asked him if he wished he hadn't been wearing a helmet.
He stopped whining.
Many years ago, before I retired, I used to cycle to work. One evening on the way home, a passing lorry threw up a stone which hit me below my cycle helmet and split my eyebrow. I lost control of the bike, hit the kerb, and down I went. Luckily, I ended up on the grass, so I mostly got away with cuts and bruises.View attachment 101792
MANY moons ago a friend was on his motorcycle when he was hit by a deer. Yes the deer hit him broadside and knocked him off the bike at 50 MPH.
He skidded down the road on his butt, then flipped over and skidded along on his face. He was well dressed (real bikers don't wear leather because it's cool, they wear it for protection), so he had bruises and a few relatively minor scrapes.
He whined about destroying his expensive helmet (the chin was literally gone -- it did it's job, his chin wasn't). I asked him if he wished he hadn't been wearing a helmet.
He stopped whining.
My first week with my license, I was nearly sideswiped twice by drivers that did not see me. I sold that bike decades ago, an always told myself I'd buy another one eventually. While I'm in a position to do it now ... the traffic in the Raleigh area makes me completely unwilling to buy a bike. We live out in the county, so I have country roads to ride on, but it's not enough impetus to actually do it.As a former motorcycle safety instructor, I would tell my students that I had 2 motorcycle accidents caused by a distracted car driver. I survived both because of my helmet. No one cared.
Scary stuff.Many years ago, before I retired, I used to cycle to work. One evening on the way home, a passing lorry threw up a stone which hit me below my cycle helmet and split my eyebrow. I lost control of the bike, hit the kerb, and down I went. Luckily, I ended up on the grass, so I mostly got away with cuts and bruises.
As a former motorcycle safety instructor, I would tell my students that I had 2 motorcycle accidents caused by a distracted car driver. I survived both because of my helmet. No one cared.
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As my old maternal grandmother told me when I was 6 yrs old: "If you can't listen, you can feel"View attachment 101792
MANY moons ago a friend was on his motorcycle when he was hit by a deer. Yes the deer hit him broadside and knocked him off the bike at 50 MPH.
He skidded down the road on his butt, then flipped over and skidded along on his face. He was well dressed (real bikers don't wear leather because it's cool, they wear it for protection), so he had bruises and a few relatively minor scrapes.
He whined about destroying his expensive helmet (the chin was literally gone -- it did it's job, his chin wasn't). I asked him if he wished he hadn't been wearing a helmet.
He stopped whining.
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