hello NY, goodbye Panigale... ATGATT!

showerfan said:

Hey mrjonnylee! What an amazing story! I have one main question for you -- while I can understand them, I'm so sick of everyone telling me, "you'd better not ever ride a motorcycle again!" I get it, I got hit, it hurt and it's going to take a while to recover. And riding bikes is more dangerous than driving cars. But I knew that before, just as well, and I still chose to ride. I love riding bikes, I can't imagine life without!

How did you deal with that?

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mrjonnylee said:

Riding motorbikes is a calculated risk and getting hit is a one in a million chance. You and I just happened to pull that number. The guy that drove over me was going to hit somebody one day and it just happened to be me. His story is "I go that way home all the time, I never expect anything like that to happen". The ride home is the same route as when I decide to walk. If I was walking that night I would be dead.

I've been on street bikes since I got my licence so riding is a big part of my life and who I am. If I deny myself the things that make me happy and define me then I become a victim of my circumstance and the other guy wins. I choose to ride again because it makes me happy. It is very easy to feel sorry for yourself and go "poor me" and there have been those moments when I got really low but I look at the accident as an event that I have dealt with and grown from. Not something that is me.

Do what makes you happy and if anyone gets in your way you don't need them. The ones that really care about you will want to see you happy.

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2013RedSabs said:

Glad you are OK.

Thanks for posting feedback about the part your gear had in reducing the severity of your injuries. It is sometimes difficult to put the gear on when it is hot out and every other yahoo is wearing their t-shirt and shorts. Stories like this help to reinforce "commonsense".

@Vast - Agree. The information is only a click away, no need for divination or sorcery.

"Bottom Line

This retrospective study looked at all motorcycle injuries treated at a single level 1 trauma center over a 10-year period.

-Motorcyclists who did not wear helmets had a significantly higher risk for head trauma, had more severe head trauma, and had higher mortality rates.
-The most prevalent musculo-skeletal injuries were fractures, primarily of the extremities and the spine.
-Based on highway safety data, per vehicle mile travelled in 2007, motorcyclists were about 37 times more likely than passenger car occupants to die in a motor vehicle traffic crash and
9 times more likely to be injured."

Per Miles Traveled, Motorcycles Are Deadlier than Cars

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