[Newsbot]

Title: Toronto's mean streets
Category: lifestyle
Posted By: kitty
Date: 2009-05-23 06:20:15
Canadian

[romanP]

$1:

He has no memory of the collision that sent him airborne, depositing him unconscious in the middle of the road, his bike helmet a bloody, broken eggshell, his limbs disconnected from his brain by spinal fractures.

This is why I don't even bother with a helmet. I might as well wear full body armor if I'm going to worry about bike accidents.

[QBall]

romanP romanP:

$1:

He has no memory of the collision that sent him airborne, depositing him unconscious in the middle of the road, his bike helmet a bloody, broken eggshell, his limbs disconnected from his brain by spinal fractures.

This is why I don't even bother with a helmet. I might as well wear full body armor if I'm going to worry about bike accidents.

So you're telling me in the event of an accident you're relying on the air to protect your head from an impact with the ground? You do realize bike helmet are designed to shatter on impact? If the guy in the article wasn't wearing his helmet he wouldn't be alive, or be mentally capable, to retell his story. A bike helmet won't protect your spine, but without your brain intact it's game over.

[Choban]

Don't hear about things like this much in Calgary.
I do notice ALOT of cyclists expect to share the road but don't obey traffic laws themselves. I'm all for cyclists on the roads, but use signals, stay in your lane and don't run lights. I't dangerous and a piss off.