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Motorcycle Riding Without a Helmet is Dangerous Business
It was almost 30 years ago that my high school classmate, Mark Dolinksy, was riding home on his bicycle on a residential street in White Plains. A car struck him as he turned into his driveway.
July 16, 2011 /Transportation and Trucking PR News/ -- It was almost 30 years ago that my high school classmate, Mark Dolinksy, was riding home on his bicycle on a residential street in White Plains. A car struck him as he turned into his driveway. The driver was speeding and driving with a suspended license. Mark suffered a terrible injury as a result of the collision. He was taken off life support three days later when his parents were confronted with the awful truth that Mark would not survive.
Mark was not wearing a bicycle helmet that day. There was no law in 1981 requiring helmets for bicycle riders. I didn't wear a bicycle helmet and none of my friends or anyone we knew wore helmets back then. Mark Dolinsky's untimely death changed that.
Today, people know full well that riding a bicycle is dangerous, not because of what you may do, but because of drunk or unlicensed drivers or distracted drivers. Who can know when they will be faced with a speeding car driven by a man with a suspended license like the one who was responsible for Mark's death?
The same danger applies not only to bicyclists, but to those who ride motorcycles. It is a fact of life that people can be seriously injured in motorcycle accidents. On many occasions our White Plains car accident attorneys and motorcycle accident lawyers of the firm had to sit and counsel someone who suffered a horrible injury on the road.
Annual motorcycle deaths have more than doubled since the late 1990s with 5,290 in 2008, based on a report issued by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
New York has a law requiring motorcyclists to wear a helmet. This law is designed to save lives - not inflict on freedoms; It should be terribly obvious to anyone why this law makes sense and should be enforced. Unfortunately, there are some among us who do not see reason and instead wish to tempt fate.
An article referenced on CNN was titled Bareheaded motorcyclist dies in helmet protest.
It is hard to fathom what people like this are thinking when they take part in part in such a protest.
Do they care about the families that they leave behind who have to cope with their loss?
Do they care about the loved ones who have to take care of them if they survive, but are catastrophically injured?
The organizers of this protest should take a long hard look at what they are doing. They would do well to learn from the example of the Dolinsky family who turned the tragedy of their son's death into an inspiration for so many.
At the law office of Greenspan & Greenspan we make sure that Insurance Companies pay Doctors and Medical Service providers for their services. We offer aggressive representation for the seriously injured including serious accidents, and we fight tax litigation involving foreign bank accounts and IRS investigations.
Website: http://www.greenspans-law.com/
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