Motorcyclist Dies After Hitting Head On Pavement During Protest Against Helmet Laws

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Upstate NY motorcyclist dies after hitting head on pavement during protest against helmet laws - The Washington Post

ONONDAGA, N.Y. — Police say a motorcyclist participating in a protest ride against helmet laws in upstate New York died after he flipped over the bike’s handlebars and hit his head on the pavement.

The accident happened Saturday afternoon in the town of Onondaga, in central New York near Syracuse.

State troopers tell The Post-Standard of Syracuse that 55-year-old Philip A. Contos of Parish, N.Y., was driving a 1983 Harley Davidson with a group of bikers who were protesting helmet laws by not wearing helmets.

Troopers say Contos hit his brakes and the motorcycle fishtailed. The bike spun out of control, and Contos toppled over the handlebars. He was pronounced dead at a hospital.

Troopers say Contos would have likely survived if he had been wearing a helmet.

[tw burke]

idiot

[be47320]

darwin awards

[Chicago RED]

Talk about a tragic case of irony

[be47320]

waiting patiently for rev to tell us this isnt a news story because people die on motorcycles all the time

[grzftbl]

19 year old kid just got smoked last weekend about a 1/2 mile from my house.

I was coming home after 6 or so beers and seen all the lights. Thought it was a DUI checkpoint.

[vividjohn45]

did the guy kind of look like this?



Clown on MotorCycle


scroll down for a bigger picture.

[mrmarket]

Irony strikes again. I say ban the law for helmets in any event if it takes out a couple of these fools.

[GamblingMike]

Sigh.