{"id":149,"date":"2005-05-13T05:42:58","date_gmt":"2005-05-13T10:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2005\/05\/10\/149\/"},"modified":"2005-05-13T05:43:15","modified_gmt":"2005-05-13T10:43:15","slug":"so-wear-your-helmet-damn-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2005\/05\/13\/so-wear-your-helmet-damn-it\/","title":{"rendered":"So wear your helmet, damn it!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cyclingfans.com\"><img src='https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/wp-content\/images\/alberto_lopez_de_munain_head.jpg?w=840&#038;ssl=1' alt='Head shot of Alberto Lopez De Munain'  align=\"right\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"10\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>From <a href=\"http:\/\/cyclingfans.com\">cyclingfans.com<\/a>, concerning a crash on Monday in the Giro d&#8217;Italia (Tour of Italy) bike race (my emphasis):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nEuskaltel-Euskadi rider Alberto Lopez de Munain of Spain had a very bad crash [Monday] that had television viewers the world over thinking the worst as he lay motionless on the road after hitting his head on a barrier.  Alberto did suffer serious injuries but thankfully his life is not in danger, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alberto&#8217;s helmet very likely saved his life.<\/strong>  Crashes are part of the sport but scares like Alberto&#8217;s crash yesterday certainly make you pause.  His team manager has left the Giro to stay with his rider.<\/p>\n<p>Best wishes for a full and speedy recovery, Alberto.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So wear your helmet, damn it!<\/p>\n<p>Given how many people I know who&#8217;ve had helmets really save their bacon (including our Chancellor, Sam Schuman), it really amazes me to see all these people zooming around without them.<\/p>\n<p>One that really took the cake was several weeks ago when I saw a father\/daughter pair in town.  She was riding on the correct side of the road (the right here in the U.S.) and did have a helmet on.  Unfortunately the straps were so loose that she might as well have been wearing a baseball cap for the good it would have done her.  And Dad?  No helmet, and on the sidewalk!  Aaarrrggghhhh!  Why do parents do this crap?<\/p>\n<p>Where&#8217;s Captain Hook and his gang of evil pirates when you need them?!?<\/p>\nNo tag for this post.\n\t<h4>Related posts<\/h4>\n\t<ul class=\"st-related-posts\">\n\t<li>No related posts.<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From cyclingfans.com, concerning a crash on Monday in the Giro d&#8217;Italia (Tour of Italy) bike race (my emphasis): Euskaltel-Euskadi rider Alberto Lopez de Munain of Spain had a very bad crash [Monday] that had television viewers the world over thinking the worst as he lay motionless on the road after hitting his head on a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2005\/05\/13\/so-wear-your-helmet-damn-it\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;So wear your helmet, damn it!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[11,1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p90sy-2p","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":360,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2006\/07\/17\/fat-lot-of-good-its-doing-you-_there_\/","url_meta":{"origin":149,"position":0},"title":"Fat lot of good it&#8217;s doing you _there_ !!!","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"17 Jul 06","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday we had our annual \"Small midwest town summer parade\", as required by the by-laws of the Small Midwest Town Association. 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