If these sad tales don’t drive home the importance of wearing a helmet while riding a motorcycle, we don’t know what will.
Three men were killed in separate motorcycle accidents in Florida last Saturday. Not one of them was wearing a helmet. http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/apr/25/3-motorcyclists-die-separate-accidents/
In the first fatal accident, Thomas Regan, 33, of Avon Park was going south on his bike on U.S. 27 when Victor Gaz, 71, of Davenport ran a stop sign and hit him.
Regan’s Suzuki motorcycle hit the front of the Dodge sedan that Gaz was driving. Regan was thrown from his motorcycle and was later pronounced dead at the scene in Polk County. No helmet.
That crash is being investigated, with no charges filed at this point.
In the second fatal accident, George Lastinger, 70, of Duluth, Ga., turned right out of a driveway in Sumter County, hitting a rock. He was thrown into the wall of a garage. No helmet.
In the last accident, a Land O’ Lakes man, 59, was riding a Harley Davidson in Pasco County on U.S. 41. He swerved to avoid hitting a piece of tire tread, lost control of his bike and was thrown. No helmet.
We rest our case.