Accident site, probably a repost.

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Shiv · #1 Unread post by **Shiv** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 5:56 pm

NSFW or the faint hearted. Very graphic pictures.

http://home1.gte.net/res0ak9f/bike.htm

Kind of sobering, especially some of the very last pictures. I'll admit I'm a bit lightheaded right now but the 'No Jeans' picture has convinced me to buy a pair of riding pants as well. I wasn't planning on originally but, damn...it didn't look that bad at first until I realized just what I was looking at and that there used to be a knee cap there..

Very sobering indeed. I don't think it's enough to make me quit, though. I'm stubborn like that.

Enough to make sure I go ATGATT and watch that much harder for hazards, though.

VermilionX · Thu Aug 31, 2006 6:05 pm

some of those pics are fake... but that's not the point... i know.

i always wear gear but even so... there's no guarantees.

during this past several weekends i canyon rode... there was always an accident. some got airlifted, some got ambulanced, and 1 got killed.

how did it i affect me? not so much. i know the risk involved in riding.

#3 Unread post by **Kal** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 6:38 pm

Theres a sculpture of a man and his Scooter I guess you could call that fake. You could say that the UK road safety ad campaign is fake too.

I'd be seriously inclined to say all the other pictures there are the real deal.

If you "fudge" it up or get unlucky then you can very easily die.

I don't know about the rest of you but I accept this risk to ride because I want to live before I die, and I am not alive like i am on a bike at any other time.

Jeremy Clarkson wrote:The latest figures suggest that 18 per cent of fatalities on the roads 2004 were caused by drink driving. And that 34 per cent were caused as a result of excessive speed. This means that 48 per cent were caused by people who were stone-cold sober, and travelling well within both their limits and those of the car.

Malice · #4 Unread post by **Malice** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 8:38 pm

More people are killed in cars every day, than on Motorcycles.
Fact.

Fri Sep 01, 2006 2:09 am

As a percentage? That's the only way that fact would mean anything to me. Otherwise it's like saying more people die in a war than doing stunts in a war movie. Fact

Fri Sep 01, 2006 2:22 am

I wonder how many police officers die from motorcycles... that may be a good group to look at from those who've recieved extensive training... they aren't always the best example of riding but oh can they ride.

Shiv · #7 Unread post by **Shiv** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 3:03 am

True, but they don't wear gear either.

Fri Sep 01, 2006 3:21 am

Shiv wrote:True, but they don't wear gear either.

even better since gear saves lives. Anyone know how to get this info?

#9 Unread post by **t_bonee** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 7:14 am

The last picture is rough. Guy looks like he was wearing full leathers. I guess it don't matter what your wearing when your number comes up.

Shiv · #10 Unread post by **Shiv** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 8:28 am

Yah some of those last pictures are really gruesome. Like, decapitated bodies and missing limbs. There's even one where there's like half a torso still wearing the leather jacket.

I'm assuming that's the extreme, not the norm. At least I would hope so.