Better to be safe than sorry

Earlier this week, riding the bus home from work I witnessed a person riding their bicycle through the intersection and got gently jolted by a car. The person on the bike was shaken up a bit, but not seriously injured.
Luckily his (un-protected) head landed a foot or so away from the base of a traffic pole, where his head, if it was any closer would have landed on one of the large bolts that keep it secured to the ground.


Later that same night I witnessed two kids, not more than 6-8 years old. One was riding a BMX style dirt bike, and had a friend of his on the stunt pegs on the front. They passed by me and in a few moments I heard a child crying badly, because he'd been hurt. I ran to where the commotion was coming from and it was the the child on the front, holding his head, because apparnetly the driver lost control of the bike and his friend fell off and landed on the back of his head.

The fall couldn't have been to hard, because he wasn't even bleeding. It appeared to be hard enough of a fall that it really shook this kid up, but not much more damage happened than that.


On 2 seperate occasions I've been riding my bike and wrecked twice, to the point it broke my helmet. Both occasions damaged the helmet bad enough I had to throw the helmet out.


All these combined experiences have futher confirmed my belief to always wear a helmet, and now to always walk your bike across the intersection.

I will always thank God and the person(s) he inspired to invent bicycle helmets, if not for them, I could be dead or worse today.


All these combined experiences have futher confirmed my belief to always wear a helmet, and now to always walk your bike across the intersection.

I will always thank God and the person(s) he inspired to invent bicycle helmets, if not for them, I could be dead or worse today.