Motorcyclist Dies On Ride Protesting Helmet Law

I dunno if this is funny or sad…I’d go with sad.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/03/motorcyclist-dies-helmet-protest_n_889427.html

Motorcyclist Dies On Ride Protesting Helmet Law In New York

ONONDAGA, N.Y. – Police say a motorcyclist participating in a protest ride against helmet laws in upstate New York died after he flipped over the bike’s handlebars and hit his head on the pavement.

The accident happened Saturday afternoon in the town of Onondaga, in central New York near Syracuse.

State troopers tell The Post-Standard of Syracuse that 55-year-old Philip A. Contos of Parish, N.Y., was driving a 1983 Harley Davidson with a group of bikers who were protesting helmet laws by not wearing helmets.

Troopers say Contos hit his brakes and the motorcycle fishtailed. The bike spun out of control, and Contos toppled over the handlebars. He was pronounced dead at a hospital.

Troopers say Contos would have likely survived if he had been wearing a helmet.


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it's neither sad nor funny, it's pure stupidity. he deserved that and the auto insurance must NOT pay a dime to his next of kin. he engaged in an illegal act.

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**Sheer stupidity ! This should be a lesson to his fellow mates who were protesting the Helmet Laws !

I dont know why people think they are invincible !!!!!!**

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stupid

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Sad, but irony at its best.

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"stupid deaths stupid deaths ..."

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evolution at work.

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ahh the irony!