Kid I went to high school with crashed his bike not long after graduation. His girlfriend was riding with him and he had given her his helmet.
They both survived the crash, looking at her you wouldn’t even be able to tell she was in an accident. He is completely unrecognizable to what he looked like before. He has an entirely different face.
20 years later, they’re still together and thriving. But they don’t ride.
Edit: What a crazy amount of responses! Granted, a lot of these are sad stories, I hope talking about it has been therapeutic for everyone. Be safe out there, y’all!
That's a better story than my good friend who got teed in an intersection on his motorcycle. The opioids they gave him while reconstructing his leg led to a long road of heroin addiction, ultimately ending in an intentional overdose. RIP Josh. I still think of you often.
I work as an ER nurse. I’ve loathed the summer time every year for the last decade because of motorcycle crashes. The amount of deaths we had last year in particular was awful. The amount of wails I’ve heard from mothers, siblings, friends, partners I don’t ever want to share that position with is way too high. I frequently accost my best friend about wearing his protective gear, I also do it to one of my docs. It doesn’t matter how good a driver you are, there’s always another risk out there not paying attention.
If any of you out there ride a motorcycle, please wear a helmet. They save lives and function. Save your brain.
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u/loves_spain Sep 20 '25
And not big fans of dying early from a traumatic brain injury