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[WFP]

Big Ben taken to Hospital after MC Crash...

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/steelers/2006-06-12-roethlisberger-accident_x.htm

[WFP]

http://www.altoonamirror.com/articles.asp?articleID=2391

[naitram]

just heard about it on the radio

[WFP]

All the focus is on him not wearing a helmet...finally found one that mentions the other driver...

http://kdka.com/topstories/local_story_163202340.html

[size=9]"The woman, who asked not to be identified, says there’s no question in her mind that Roethlisberger had a green light and the car turned without warning."[/size]

I can hear it now..."You wear a helmet for every down in football, you should wear one while riding"...

[naitram]

big discussion on WAAF this morning, everyone says he shouldnt ride cause he's a QB and riding is dangerous and worse without a helmet.

while we all agree there is a level of risk doing what we love, these same idiots would think it was ok for him to be in a convertible.......

and no one says that every snap of the ball could be his last.......... what are the stats for QB injuries

broken legs
broken arms
concusions
punctured lungs ( Drew Bledsoe )

maybe these people should be trying to get footbal banned cause its so dangerous

[WFP]

maybe these people should be trying to get footbal banned cause its so dangerous

This would be the end of my life as I would have no reason to live!

[cigarmike]

Why could'nt he just go to disneyland like all the other Super Bowl Champs??
 
 
 
There are many football players who ride, I had a part time gig with the Raiders for a few years, the QB not only rode but was the spokes-person for Indian MoCo. ..And he rode like he stole it.

[CVOJOE]

Stories now read like the cager (60+ yr old lady) made a left in front of him and he T-Boned the Mopar....sounds familiar doesn't it? He's lucky he didn't have more severe head injuries really. A Hyubasa rider ............hmmmm.  [smiley=nixweiss.gif]

[Fired00d]

It's really a shame that there is so much talk about him not wearing a helmet in the media. I think the insurance industry is going to really take the ball and roll w/this one. It's unfortunate that he had the accident, and him being a celebrity is creating more media attention. Yes, he was injured, and yes he didn't have a helmet on. But can anyone say that his injuries would have been better or worse if he had a helmet on? [smiley=confused5.gif]

Lets say he had a helmet on, and it wasn't properly fitted, or worn properly, could this have caused more severe injuries... ie: broken neck?  [smiley=confused5.gif] Don't get me wrong personally I am for wearing a helmet (I'm ugly enough as it is, I don't need road rash on my face to add to it [smiley=nervous.gif]), but I think it should be an individual’s choice. How many people (non-celebrities) in the state of Pa. get injured or killed on motorcycles and nothing is ever said about them. Another point is this lady made a left turn in front of him, and we all know this is one of the most fatal crashes we can sustain as scooter riders.

/me gets off his [smiley=soapbox.gif] now.

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Ride Safe,
Fired00d
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[CVOJOE]

* [highlight]Fired00d gets off his  [/highlight][smiley=soapbox.gif] [highlight]now[/highlight].

Stay up there D00d, you make sense and look good up there.  [smiley=xyxthumbs.gif]

[hd-dude]

Dood;
I've got to agree with you 100%. I wish the media would focus on the cause of the accident. The need to make drivers aware of us, not of weather or not we have helmets on!

[Special_Ed]

A little more fuel for the insurance companies. We can’t do anything here in Massachusetts as it is!

[Puzzled]

A Hyubasa rider ............hmmmm.  [smiley=nixweiss.gif]

Hey now, I'm a Busa rider also.

[VAZHOG]

A little more fuel for the insurance companies. We can’t do anything here in Massachusetts as it is!

Unless your a Kennedy  

[RJ749]

Stories now read like the cager [highlight](60+ yr old lady)[/highlight] made a left in front of him and he T-Boned the Mopar....sounds familiar doesn't it? He's lucky he didn't have more severe head injuries really. A Hyubasa rider ............hmmmm.  [smiley=nixweiss.gif]

I was going to point this out but remembered I'll be 57 in a month and I'm taking off for CC in a few days.  She was an inattentive cager, her age most likely wasn't the issue in the long run.

Now if my nearly 80 year old mother had done it, I might look to age.  But she has more two up miles under her than most of us on this site.

Sounded to me like he never had a chance from the witness description of the event that was in the car ahead of the lady that pulled the left.  Interesting thing was she said the light was yellow for her, must have been a left turn light?  Otherwise Ben was on a yellow/near red himself.  Anyone know the details of the intersection?