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Old 09-25-2006, 12:58 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Bike: 2008 Black/Silver GSX650F. 2005 Black M50 with blue ghost flames.
Location: West Melbourne, FL
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Default Another reason to wear a helmet

Riding to Asheville the other day, coming out of Charleston, SC. Travelling up I-26 at about 70 mph in the left lane. In the right lane is an oversized load (a semi moving a manufactured home), taking up 1/3 of the left lane as well. I am behind a woman in a Camry who is afraid to pass. I slow up so I don't make her more nervous, and a mini-van comes around my right side and cuts between us. The woman in the Camry decides to pass, and I see she actually GOES ONTO THE GRAVEL SHOULDER with the left wheels. I immediately cut behind the semi, thinking she is going to lose control and flip. She kicks up a ton of gravel, into and over the mini-van. I duck behind my windshield as it's flying, getting hit multiple times at 60-70 mph. Not only do I have a chip out of my windshield, but I took a BIG hit to the top of my helmet. My 5-month-old, HJC modular helmet now has a chip and a 1-1/2" crack in it!

If I didn't have that helmet on, that would have been my skull, and I doubt I would have been able to be here tonight writing this post.

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