Put A Helmet On When You Ride A Motorcycle

     Yesterday in Cherokee county South Carolina, a motorcycle rider was killed in a collision with a truck.  This rider, riding at night, was not wearing a helmet.  Why?  Why?  Why?

     Why would anyone engage in any dangerous activity like riding a motorcycle with no helmet? Please leave a comment and enlighten me.

     We do not need a new law.  We need common sense.  Riding a motorcycle is certainly as dangerous as skydiving or playing hockey  or riding a human propelled bicycle.  These people are smart enough to wear a helmet when engaging in dangerous activities.

When you leave the driveway on a motorcycle, wear a helmet

     Motorcycle riders are safer when wearing a helmet.  This is not open to discussion.  This is not debatable.  This is not an opinion.  This is a fact.

     If you are going fifty miles per hour on a bike and car pulls out in front of you, you will not be thinking about how macho you look while the concrete is grinding your ear off.  You will be wishing that you were wearing a helmet.

    If you believe that you are safer with no helmet, you may be eligible for the Darwin Award.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_Awards 

     Forget about looking good.  Forget about being free.  Forget about your constitutional right.  Put a helmet on you head.  Put some boots on your feet.  Put some glasses on your eyes.  Put some gloves on your hands.  You only get to die one time.  Later is better than sooner.

     If you have never taken the free Bike Safe course offered by the North Carolina Department of Transportation, http://www.bikesafenc.com/    take it.  It is free.  It is fun.  It will surely make you a safer rider.

    Put a helmet on your head.  Ride safe.