AI6YR Ben
Alas... as I went outside to look at the sunset, a kid with no helmet on an e-motorcycle went zipping by the bike lane going 45mph (with lights off, and it's pretty much dark) Fellow is going to have a short life, if that's the choice he's making. #darwinaward
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Show threadNazo14h ago

@ai6yr I'll admit here that once a long long time ago in my car I did actually forget to turn on my lights one really really bright evening. It wasn't until I got to an area with lots of trees that I was like "oh... It's night. My lights are off..." It was such a bright evening that I just somehow didn't notice until I got to a really dark section. Thankfully I didn't encounter a single other vehicle on the road during that very short time.

These days I drive even in the daytime with my lights on for extra safety. Not because of that, just throwing that out there to say this accident can't happen again anyway, lol.

(That said, the no helmet is a choice and definitely a dumb-as-rocks one.)

Show threadAI6YR Ben14h ago
@nazokiyoubinbou Below the age where your brain thinks about those things. So, if they're in a group that thinks risking skull fractures/death is cool, and no parents who can apply that knowledge... you get kid going fast with no helmet.
Show threadAsh-Miw-Re14h ago
@ai6yr Once saw a dude streaking on 13th & Highland in SLC on a motorcycle. That definitely could have ended badly.
Show threadAI6YR Ben14h ago
@Ashmire Ouchie
Show threadFreddyB Aviation Photography14h ago

@ai6yr I don’t wanna sound callous here, but the world needs organ donors too. I can think of a few kids that I routinely transport that could use a new kidney or a liver or a heart or a lung or a small bowel.

I can tell you we see an above average amount of death as an PICU nurse but that look on that Parents face on a kid whose liver is so bad does Parents that they have spent most of their life yellow from the jaundice and now they have a kid that looks normal. that indescribable pure joy that their kid is not gonna die. it Makes up for everyone that we lost.