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    Let this be a lesson for you...

    Always wear a helmet. Irony at its best

    Upstate NY motorcyclist dies after hitting head on pavement during protest against helmet laws

    By The Associated Press | The Canadian Press

    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, New York, 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.

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    I hope he was an organ donor.
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    Well, he got the point across. Unfortunately, not the one he was trying to make.

    It's too bad he didn't pick on some really, really stupid law to protest instead of one that should not be needed if everyone had common sense. Case in point: something he lacked.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JohnMichael View Post
    I hope he was an organ donor.
    Excellent point. Me too.

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