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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.

Motorcyclist Dies On Ride Protesting Helmet Law In New York

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I believe that is called karma and she is a ******. Research shows that non helmeted motorcyclists have much greater health care costs and injuries, most of it paid for by public funds.
Here's my proposal for the motorcyclists. If you purchase a high enough level of insurance that you will never be a burden to the public should you be injured (37 times more likely vs auto) then you can go helmetless. Otherwise don't claim freedom from gov't as your right to go without a helmet but expect that same gov't to pay for your care when you get hurt.
Q&A: Motorcycle helmet use laws

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We were discussing this yesterday at my 4th of July party. I saw a man rear end a car going perhaps 10-15 mph ... just enough to go over the handlebars and land on his head. Did not think much of it until the next day and i saw that he perished. Why anyone rides a bike with no helmet makes little sense to me.

I lost 2 good friends who died going onto a highway in the spring. A dangerous time of year as many on ramps have that dirt accumulated in that triangle area to the side.

My son has a bike ... I bought his helmet and I had him choose the safest one with no regard to cost. He also wears that armor on his chest and back ... hopefully it's enough if he gets in an accident. many of his friends ride so not riding is not an option he would choose regardless of any speech I could give.

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OTOH let those who ride decide, if you do not have enough common sense to use a helmet, shyt happens.

More laws are never a good answer...

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I lived in Dallas when they repealed the motorcycle helmet law and passed one for riding a bicycle. I refused to wear a helmet while riding my bike. One time a cop gave me a dirty look. If I ever got stopped, I was going to say, "didn't they repeal that". Thus, the cop would have to give me a completely illogical response.

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The Bicycle Helmet:
No self respecting city street kid would be caught dead wearing one of those silly looking god damn things, they look like something you would have to wear after having brain surgery.

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Ack!! It appears that not only do I not know how to spell ULTIMATE I also failed to use spell check before setting it loose on the world.

So sorry.

Even I do not know what an "UNTIMATE" is.

And I generally know everything.

:singing::singing::singing:

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I just made it out of grammar school and I knew what "Untimate" meant

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When I was about 19 or 20, a bunch of us were hanging out a friend's house. A call came in for one of them. His father, who liked to go on long bike rides, had been hit by a car. My friend, Steve, remembered noticing that his father's helmet was still in the house (he usually wore it). He lost his father that day.

Not wearing one means that you end up needing brain surgery.

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I suppose your right it's a whole new world out there some of the things we did on city streets on our bikes would be unheard of today, my grand kids all have those helmets.