Bloomington man dead after motorcycle accident

Another tragic accident. One can't help but wonder if he would still be alive if he was wearing a helmet.

A life cut much too short.

I drove upon this right affter it happened. I knew this guy was in trouble and it made me sick to my stomach because I knew the man either wasn't alive or would not make it. I ride motorcycle and it takes seeing this to really get your mind right and understand that one careless crack of the throttle will remove you from this earth forever. RIP

Helmets people. Yeah, sure - it's your "right" to not wear one. It's also your right to get killed or brain damaged so bad that taxpayers have to buy your adult diapers. Been too many motorcycle deaths already this summer and just about every one of them that I read mentions no helmet was worn.

Fed Up wrote:

Helmets people. Yeah, sure - it's your "right" to not wear one. It's also your right to get killed or brain damaged so bad that taxpayers have to buy your adult diapers. Been too many motorcycle deaths already this summer and just about every one of them that I read mentions no helmet was worn.

No one knows for sure whether a helmet would have saved him, but why folks take that risk, I will never understand.

I believe this man has a wife and two children, which makes this even more sad. It would be difficult to hear that a helmet may have saved your husband's life.

when people die in mc accidents it is typically from internal injuries (think body) , not head injuries. the states that are helmet optional do not have significantly different rates in accidents per mile or deaths per accident. the nsta has been unable to show a clear cut argument for helmet mandatory use. when california mandated helmets, the deaths increased the following year. believe me, if they could show a clear relationship between mandating helmets and lower death rates, it would be mandatory. but they can't. I do wear a helmet 80% of the time, and always jeans, boots, gloves, protective jacket and eyeware. the biggest factor in mc deaths are lack of rider training, speeding and alchohol use - things a rider can control and or laws can enforce. Yeah, it is a tradgedy when someone dies, but a rider needs control. this rider lacked it at that point in time and it is a terrible shame.

rube2:

When someone walking down the street can fall, hit their head on a curb and die from head injuries, you want me to seriously believe your statements? Some propaganda machine fed you a line of baloney and you bought it hook line and sucker. You can get your insides fixed, get transplats,etc but if your noggin is messed up too, you are done for.

Gomez wrote:

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No one knows for sure whether a helmet would have saved him, but why folks take that risk, I will never understand.
I believe this man has a wife and two children, which makes this even more sad. It would be difficult to hear that a helmet may have saved your husband's life.

A helmet would not have helped him. He fell a long way off the over pass. One thing people should understand, all though I agree that a helmet should/ must be worn I think a helmet like a seat belt provides a false sense of security. The other poster was correct. Internal injuries are a large reason for the death of many bikers. Just because you use a seat belt or a helmet and have insurance doesn't really mean you're untouchable. I guess taking more care and thought in your actions will be the ultimate safety net

another life taken too soon - wear helmets people and don't take chances on a motorcycle... Mike died doing something he loved, but he has left a family devastated by his death. His friends and colleagues will miss him dearly. If one person learns one thing from his death... RIP

slow down, take a rider training course and put a helmet on. riding something that handles would have helped too. RIP

fedup - Talk about propaganda. Do you ride? This subject has been analyzed endlessly for years by many motorcycle organizations and the result for all of them is consistent with what Rube2 stated. I'm afraid your ignorance has been soundly revealed here.

But how about we look at this from a different angle. Far more bicyclists, horse riders and skateboarders are badly hurt than motorcyclists. Motorcycling actually is down the list on the most dangerous activities. Where is your groundswell chorus to mandate protective gear for all the other more dangerous activities? Motorcycling just happens to be your handy target.

Fear of ignorance wrote:

fedup - Talk about propaganda. Do you ride? This subject has been analyzed endlessly for years by many motorcycle organizations and the result for all of them is consistent with what Rube2 stated. I'm afraid your ignorance has been soundly revealed here.
But how about we look at this from a different angle. Far more bicyclists, horse riders and skateboarders are badly hurt than motorcyclists. Motorcycling actually is down the list on the most dangerous activities. Where is your groundswell chorus to mandate protective gear for all the other more dangerous activities? Motorcycling just happens to be your handy target.

When my daughters were in high school I had one unbreakable rule-do not ride on a motorcycle.
Do you have any documentation that shows biking, horse riding and skateboarding are more dangerous than motorcycling. I doubt it.

In 30 years of riding a bicycle, I only had one serious accident where I actually went over the handlebars. I'm DAMNED glad I had a helmet or I'd be dead or vegetative right now. The helmet itself was cracked open--that would have been my skull if I hadn't been wearing the helmet. When I go scuba diving, you better believe that I try to stick to the safety procedures, because drowning certainly can ruin a dive trip.

I think it's stupid to not wear a helmet if you're riding a motorcycle, and it's not so cool to be a drooling vegetable, but if I don't have to pay for your health insurance, that's fine with me.

I have no issue per se with motorcyclists in general. I personally prefer walking or riding a bicycle because I need the exercise, but to each his own. What pisses me off are all the percentage of aggressive jerks out there who use their bikes as an assault vehicle.

This dude who darwinned himself out of existence was driving way over the speed limit and could have easily killed a pedestrian. I've had a couple of close calls from dudes with penis-compensation issues who not only go 50 MPH over the speed limit but seem to play fast and loose with other peoples' lives.

And what's this with straight pipes on a bike? I can't think of any reason for their existence other than to annoy people in a five-block radius--and the kind of jerks who like to annoy people deserve a karmic payback in the form of a bad accident.

If this guy had a wife and kids, which I believe he did, he should have thought of them before acting like a reckless idiot. I have more pity for them than for this self-centered idiot...

Old White Guy wrote:

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Do you have any documentation that shows biking, horse riding and skateboarding are more dangerous than motorcycling. I doubt it.

I'm sure he got his 'documentation' from the prestigious Institute for Pulling Factoids out of Thin Air. They're the same people who prove for the tobacco industry that eating fruits and vegetables are more likely to give you lung cancer than chain-smoking unfiltered Pall Malls....

You guys are priceless. Get some intelligence and do your own Google searches. Hint: American Medical Association.

Fear of ignorance wrote:

You guys are priceless. Get some intelligence and do your own Google searches. Hint: American Medical Association.

If you're so smart, why didn't you just simply include a link to your data in your last post? I call your bluff...

All you that think a helmet would have saved this fella, go replicate the crash with a helmet on. You'd convince people of one thing - or another.
No phoney-baloney stories or pontifications. Buck up and DEMO!

Fed Up wrote:

Helmets people. Yeah, sure - it's your "right" to not wear one. It's also your right to get killed or brain damaged so bad that taxpayers have to buy your adult diapers. Been too many motorcycle deaths already this summer and just about every one of them that I read mentions no helmet was worn.

totally agree.... as this poor guy was dying, i wonder if he still felt the helmet was a burden to him.... really a shame. i'm not an advocate for helmet laws mind you.... you have to thin the heard somehow. as much as i'm not a fan of the crotch-rocket punks, they seem to know how to dress for safety with those obnoxious jackets and helmets. it's those harley guys that need to learn. think people, I see all kinds of bumper stickers to start seeing motorcycles, i'm waiting for the bumper sticker on the bikes that reads "start driving like you have more to lose than the other people on the road"

right or wrong people, please remember that "this guy" was a human being, with little ones at home. He may not have made the right choice, but he was a good guy and he had a purpose in life. His children were being raised solely by him, his motorcycle one of his only forms of release. It's pretty easy to sit in judgment, but a man has died and whether or not it was because of choices he made, it really doesn't make him a bad person. Learn from it is all I ask, please!

his friend wrote:

right or wrong people, please remember that "this guy" was a human being, with little ones at home. He may not have made the right choice, but he was a good guy and he had a purpose in life. His children were being raised solely by him, his motorcycle one of his only forms of release. It's pretty easy to sit in judgment, but a man has died and whether or not it was because of choices he made, it really doesn't make him a bad person. Learn from it is all I ask, please!

Strongly agree!

There is another story today about turkeys burning in a fire..... all the bleeding hearts are busy crying for the birds.

Helmet or not ? the issue is more of safety than percentages of survival. I would not want to live with tubes down my throat and up my butt.

We just all need to slow down, be careful and watch out for those not being careful. Then we need to be lucky and hope our time is later rather than sooner.

I'll pray for the riders family. RIP