“Heard a deer,” he said.”Kinda appeared out of nowhere [and there] wasn’t really time to stop.”
Last month, he hit a deer while riding his motorcycle.
“I had a couple broken bones,” said Strange.
But he knows things could have been a lot worse without his helmet.
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I was in a bike wreck when I was 14 and wasn't wearing a helmet. Among my other injuries, I had a fractured skull. I figured I just used up my last chance, so I wore a helmet religiously until I quit riding bikes at 22.
Granted, I lived in places where helmets were required, but even if they weren't I would've worn one anyway, and that would've been my choice.
Choice being the key word here.
What I find curious about helmet laws though are the people's reaction to them. You'll have somebody that screams about government interference in our daily lives, yet that same guy will scream just as loud about the need for helmet laws.
