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.
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Information from: The Post-Standard, http://www.syracuse.com
- ben dover
- 07-03-2011, 01:00 PM
- Gotyour6
- 07-03-2011, 04:38 PM
I guess it is not the point of if it saves your life.
It is the point it should be an option of doing it or not.
I would always wear a helmet but I understand those that dont.
Now if they could sign something in the event of their death or injury that insurance wouldnt be held accountable or what ever then ride away. Till then suck it up and put a bucket on your head because I am paying the bill.
It is the point it should be an option of doing it or not.
I would always wear a helmet but I understand those that dont.
Now if they could sign something in the event of their death or injury that insurance wouldnt be held accountable or what ever then ride away. Till then suck it up and put a bucket on your head because I am paying the bill.
- offshoredrilling
- 07-03-2011, 04:43 PM
Problem with the brain bucket, some would rather the end. Over life after a spill with one.