Motorcycle Safety Drives Mother

[medalian1]

The story is kinda long ...

http://news.tbo.com/news/metro/MGBN6Y7BSIE.html


Jeffrey had been going more than 100 mph in a 35 mph zone on the Yamaha Super Sport he'd bought with his high school graduation money. He couldn't negotiate a turn and flew into a tree.

"They're race bikes. They're made to go 200 miles an hour. Kids don't think of consequences," she said. They want to see how fast they can go.

[elementum vita]

Sad story but this lady looks likes she's blaming everyone else for her son's mistakes. The fact that he had several speeding tickets and was under the influence when he crashed is nuts. If parents want to save lives they need to start at home, she should've did her research before he bought the bike, made sure he knew what he was doing, and got a starter bike, and was responsible enough to be on one. Now it looks like she is on a rampage to crack down on all riders, drawing attention when they already treat us like $hit. Sad that such a young kid died on a bike though. RIP

[SVgirlie]

I actually respect what she is trying to do. reason most of us do get hassled is because any idiot can go out and buy an R1 and act stupid. They make insurance impossible and cause accidents and bring on unwanted attention. Its much harder to get a license to operate a supersport in Europe and they dont have as high as a fatality rate because of it. I wouldnt mind at all being required to go to MSF or do other things.... but her main point is with those UNDER 21!! It is rare to find a 17 18 year old responsible enough to respect what an R1 or any supersport can do... not to mention they dont have that much experience behind a CAR ....

[Vixxen]

I agree with all parties. She needs to blame herself, for being an irresponible parent, her son for being careless and irresponsible, and the system for letting anyone ride.

[The_Jarhead]

She needs to blame herself, for being an irresponible parent
:+1

You know when I was young, being the typical guy, I never thought about what I would do to myself. The thing that kept me from killing myself most of the time was the fact that I knew If I f*cked up My dad would kick my ass.

I broke my arm once skitching behind a motor scooter on my skateboard. My father broke my skateboard in half and made get a job to pay for the medical bills. I never pulled another stunt like that again.

Parents today want to blame everyone but themselves. What about the thousands of young kids who have bikes and don’t ride dumb asses and wrap their bikes around trees? Why punish them because your kid wasn’t smart enough to ride responsibly and you didn’t do a good enough job raising him.

You know I feel bad when ever I hear about a rider going down, but when I hear about some schmuck who looses it doing 100+ going through some neighborhood and gets impaled by a plastic pink flamingo as he goes through someone’s porch, I can’t help but not feel sorry for him. They accepted the risks involved with riding like that.
You want to be safe on a bike, ride that way. Don’t blame others for your mistakes.

[elementum vita]

I actually respect what she is trying to do. reason most of us do get hassled is because any idiot can go out and buy an R1 and act stupid. They make insurance impossible and cause accidents and bring on unwanted attention. Its much harder to get a license to operate a supersport in Europe and they dont have as high as a fatality rate because of it. I wouldnt mind at all being required to go to MSF or do other things.... but her main point is with those UNDER 21!! It is rare to find a 17 18 year old responsible enough to respect what an R1 or any supersport can do... not to mention they dont have that much experience behind a CAR ....

I really don't think anything needs to be changed with current motorcycle legislation. It's like darwins theory of evolution. People not bright enough to be on bikes will take care of that themselves. I'm sure there are some 17 year olds that are mature enough and ride will enoughto hanndle an r1, but the street is not the place to prove it. Lots of folk grew up on bikes. Dirt, then street etc. riding since they were 5. You're always gonna have a jackass that thinks buying a liter to start on is cool. Kinda like guys who know nothing about dogs but get the biggest pitbull they can find, fail to socialize it properly treat it like $hit then wonder why it ate there kid. And then parents always wanna blame something else other than the dumbass that made the CHOICE to do it. If you fail to educate yourself then you have no one but yourself to blame and as a parent she should've took better precaution. It's like she gave him the money and was like get what you want. If you give a kid that much slack they are sure to hang themselves with the rope.

[griffinzx10]

When I was 12 I had a little KX-80 dirt bike, and then when I was like 16-18 I always wanted a street bike. My father said, well does that bike come with an APT? Cuz if I bought a bike, then I wouldn’t be allowed in his house. And to be honest with you, I am glad he did that, cuz I didn’t get my first bike till I was 30, married and had a family. Maybe not the wisest decision a 30 yr old can make, but I am more cautious now then when I was 18 or 20. I have LEARNED to FEAR Things, and learn what consequence is.....

[SVgirlie]

dont get me wrong! I hear what ur saying... but the fact is that idiots make it harder for the responsible ones. we get pulled over more, and loathed by drivers more. Not because of the safe riders, but because of the ones that are unsafe.... and I do think the parents are 100% to blame for letting their kids get that type of bike!!

[gixxer1k]

I agree 100% with everybody's feed back 90 % of young kids now in this ERA of time has no responsibility and no theory what so ever of what a bike can do, IT should be like clubs and bars if you ain't 21 you ain't you ain't getting in. If you aren't 21 you can't get a bike I'm sorry but that's the way it should be and it gives them a chance to get more experience in driving before riding.

[SloDown]

I agree 100% with everybody's feed back 90 % of young kids now in this ERA of time has no responsibility and no theory what so ever of what a bike can do, IT should be like clubs and bars if you ain't 21 you ain't you ain't getting in. If you aren't 21 you can't get a bike I'm sorry but that's the way it should be and it gives them a chance to get more experience in driving before riding.

I am gonna say AND 1 on the 21 thing....Only draw back I see to this is a kid drinking for the first time and riding for the first time at the same time because even at 21 I did some pretty dumb $hit and luckily I had a 4 leaf clover up my ass. I believe MSF should be mandatory, don't have it then no license/bike. Dealers should ask for them before a person even purchases a bike and a DVM couldn't transfer a title without seeing one from the buying party....

If your under 21 and get pulled over, impound...and you have to wait now till your 25.

[Wicked1]

Yep, kids are dumbasses--always have been, always will be.

Their egos write checks that their abilities cannot cash.

This will NEVER change. It's some kind of brain chemistry that makes teens stupid. Hormone fluctuations. Unless you put teens on hormone-regulating drugs, which may mess up their normal growth, you'll never change they way they act.

Parents, like me and many of you, have to realize this and do our best to beat into our teens, a strong sense of responsibility and CONSEQUENCE. It was beaten into me and it was largely succcessful. I never smoked pot, sold drugs, stole, or ran with a gang (except TSB). However, I used to sneak out of my bedroom window at midnight and go street racing with my friend in his dad's car. I could have died just like that kid. My parents did the best they knew how to do with raising me and I was lucky. He wasn't.

Responsiblity starts at home. This has nothing to do with motorcycles. Don't blame the snake that bites you, blame your own dumbass for standing there.