Motorcycle -VS- Car ... This is the result....

[OB_Dirty Pete]

Just before I let my then 16 year old son get his driver's licence, I took him to our local emerg and let him watch the ambulance attendents cart in the meat on Saturday night for a few hours. I also showed him photos of fatal motor accidents from police files.

I will do the same when my daughters reach driving age.

This is the only way I know of to defeat the natural human tendency to rationalize away the threatening notion of injury to self.

I have a forsensics photo book that I got at law school entitled "Fatal Injuries." I refer to this every once in a while to keep my own cockiness in check.

If you don't stay in touch with reality in one way or another, the "It Can't Happen To Me" syndrome will get you.

Denial does not make you a safer rider.

 

[OB_Earl]

I agree with Duc---I dont need this crap. If you are a cig smoker do you want to see pictures of cancer or all the pleasent ways to die. Pictures like this will make you a paranoid rider and afraid of every car. Lets find a happy topic and if you are an emt, I respect you but would not have your job.

 

[OB_Dirty Pete]

Earl, with respect, the best way to quit smoking is to have your own lung handed to you on a plate.

And the best way to quit riding is to see your own arm hanging off a farmer's fence 20 feet away.

I'm a joker and a bit of a squid. But a vivid understanding of what can happen to my body if I screw up is what keeps me safe on my bike.

It also keeps me from taking up smoking again.

No more gore...promise.

 

[OB_Kamikaze]

Thanks Slurpee,
I think those pics are a reality check,and if you don't like them,don't look at them,the title of this post says it all.