11-26-2007, 10:32 AM
asteele2 Wrote:if you get hurt riding a motorcycle and your mom says "now I've got to take care of you because both your legs are broken after your accident on that stupid donorcycle that I asked you not to ride" what are you going to say?
"That's for being a bitch Mom."
If it's such a burden and something they're going to try and guilt trip me about then frankly, I don't want their help.
Quote:You're asking somebody else to, potentially, bear the burden of the choice you made to ride. If they're not OK with that then you're imposing a cost on them that isn't fair.
Am I still OK with the risks of riding on the road? I'm more aware of them, but yes, I'm OK with them. Had I thought of my mom having to take care of me before? No, she brought that up when I told her about the accident and I hate to admit it, but she's got a point.
I'll go back to what I said in Mike's thread... if you haven't had this discussion with the people the would end up caring for you then you don't belong on a bike. If they're not okay with bearing the burden then tell them, before you get hurt, that you don't expect them to.
I know someone's going to say "we can't all be as perfect as you" but I really wonder if people thought any farther ahead than "oooo fast thing, I want!" I mean you ride without ever thinking how it might impact your family? That's the first thing I thought about before buying a bike. I upped my life-insurance, I discussed my medical directive (in case I'm a vegetable) with family and made a list of all the financial accounts/passwords/names for reference. There can be consequences, dire consequences, you owe it to everyone around you to discuss/prepare beforehand.
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"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth
"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth