gibbsisgod
06-12-2006, 05:47 PM
I'm glad that you are a slow driver, I feel safer because of it, but the question was "can" your car go faster and the answer is yes. Ben was not speeding, that latest reports are saying a car pulled in front of him illegally, so his bike and it's speed potential was irrelevant. Inattention to the task at hand and poor judgement is what kills people in cars AND on bikes not the potential top speed of the vehicle they are piloting.very well stated.
I wasnt condemming Ben for owning a bike that can travel at the speed of light i just dont see the sense in making a bike that can go that fast.(just my opinion)
wilsowilso
06-12-2006, 05:56 PM
If you get on that type of bike with no helmet you have marshmellows in your skull. Possibly some rocks and yogurt. Reports say it wasn't his fault but the simple fact is that many many motorcycle accidents happen exactly the same way. The person in the car just isn't watching out for a two wheeler. He could make it back this year depending on those knees. He's lucky it's not worse and it sounded pretty bad from those injury descriptions.
BigSKINBauer
06-12-2006, 06:24 PM
http://www.thatvideosite.com/view/2639.html
meh, atleast they wore helmets
saden1
06-12-2006, 06:46 PM
http://www.thatvideosite.com/view/2639.html
meh, atleast they wore helmets
Jesus, I just busted a nut looking at that video. The crazy thing about this whole Roethlisberger bike thing is that I am getting a new bike next Saturday.
gibbsisgod
06-12-2006, 07:07 PM
Jesus, I just busted a nut looking at that video. The crazy thing about this whole Roethlisberger bike thing is that I am getting a new bike next Saturday.might i suggest buying a good helmet. If somehow its not in your finacial plans maybe we could have a fundraiser.it would have to have the warpath emblem on it however.
Master4Caster
06-12-2006, 07:26 PM
I don't recall the statistic (didn't look it up), but it's a fact that most car-cycle accidents are caused by the driver of the car. Either the car driver did not see the cycle, or they misjudged the distance & speed of the bike.
With so many people depending on him, Ben had an obligation to his team and fans to ride responsibly. You can't avoid the risk, but you can take steps to minimize the damage. After Kellen Winslow Jr, you'd think he would know that. :nono: (spoken as someone in his young 50s whose risky days are behind him.)
Wonder if he will wear a helmet now?
Could it be that the theft of his ATVs was the best thing to happen to Sean Taylor?
Gmanc711
06-12-2006, 07:40 PM
This really upsets me, at first guys at the golf course I was playing today (when I heard about it) said he was in critical condition, and my heart just dropped.
How in the hell can you not wear a helmet when riding a motorcycle....you have to be kidding me. He would have walked away from this thing with very very minor injuries with one on....and to be quite frank, I'm trying to figure out how he even survived it.
That being said, I dont think not wearing a helmet makes him "selfish"...I just think it makes him stupid.
JWsleep
06-12-2006, 08:38 PM
He's lucky to be alive.
Click here to see images of the crash site and the remains of the bike. I didn't post an image becuase it's pretty harsh: if you don't want to see blood, DO NOT CLICK.
http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/pgStory?contentId=5688350&pageNumber=16
Here's a link to FOXSports latest:
http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/5687558
mooby
06-12-2006, 09:39 PM
He's lucky to be alive.
Click here to see images of the crash site and the remains of the bike. I didn't post an image becuase it's pretty harsh: if you don't want to see blood, DO NOT CLICK.
http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/pgStory?contentId=5688350&pageNumber=16
Here's a link to FOXSports latest:
http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/5687558
damn look at all that blood. Why is the blood so close to the motorcycle? How far do you think Ben flew after he hit the car?