Assisted Darwinism, part II

[unixronin]

This is why you:

1. never ride a motorcycle without a helmet
2. never learn to ride on an open-class literbike.

IMHO, the husband should be prosecuted for, at the very least, negligent homicide.

Comments

[ilcylic.livejournal.com]

Personally, I disagree with helmet laws. I'm a strong supporter of natural selection. I still wouldn't ride without one, nor would I willingly let someone I cared about ride without one, because I'd kinda prefer that people I care about not be selected out.

Yeah, see, I figure I'm already not going to have kids, so I've been selected out already, so there's no need for me to cement the argument by mashing my head by riding without a helmet. But it took me a bit to figure out that it was, in fact, fantastically stupid. Then again, we are talking about me as a 17 year old, I admit I was pretty sure I was immortal.

I rode an R1, and I've ridden a 996, and I'd love to have either one, if only they were bigger or I was smaller. The Ducati... *sigh* it was like riding a razorblade that was wired to my brain. I thought, it turned. But after half a block I had hip cramps, and after half a mile my shoulders were aching.

And when S. learns to ride, I hope to put her on a Honda Hawk, or something. Even better, if I can arrange it, I want to have a dirt bike I can turn her loose in the soft stuff with. So that way if (when) she falls down, it hurts less. A full height YZ-80 would be perfect.

But I still say that putting her on an R1 without a helmet in order to teach her to ride, especially in a fairly restricted mini-storage parking lot where she probably had very little time to avoid hitting anything once the bike got away from her, was really damn stupid on his part.

Sure. I guess part of it is pity on my part. I mean, the guy's wife just died, from a stupid accident. Putting him in jail for it seems kinda like rubbing salt in the wounds.

-Ogre

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Then again, we are talking about me as a 17 year old, I admit I was pretty sure I was immortal.

I think we're all immortal at 17... I probably did some pretty stupid shit myself, I just don't remember it.

The Ducati... *sigh* it was like riding a razorblade that was wired to my brain.

Would you hate me if I told you the 999's supposed to be even better?  I know what you mean, though -- that's what the 929's like, but I wouldn't want to ride it long if I was your height.  (Thought-controlled steering, and when the exhaust crossover valve opens at 7000rpm ... "Warp speed, Mr. Sulu!"

I mean, the guy's wife just died, from a stupid accident.  Putting him in jail for it seems kinda like rubbing salt in the wounds.

You have an excellent point there...