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He had a permit, but it expired months ago. That's the last thing I'd be getting on him about. I have two bikes - rarely ride one of them so I let it's registration lapse. But I do ride it once in a blue moon - if I get a ticket, I'll pay it. I imagine if it's that easy for me, it's much easier for him with the dough he has. Not to mention the fact that it'll be a cold day in hell before a Pennsylvania traffic cop gives a ticket to a Steeler, let alone the QB who just won a Super Bowl. Ben hasn't been playing long enough to be a bona fide football hero, but I don't think I'd retract someone's hero status because they rode a motorcycle without a motorcycle endorsement. As far as violations go in this life, that one's just above parking ticket on the severity scale.

I hardly consider any sports figure a "hero".

earwig wrote:I hardly consider any sports figure a "hero".

Seriously, it is more like ROLE MODEL

sharpmagna wrote:Seriously, it is more like ROLE MODEL

And a very poor one at that...

At the risk of sounding like someone from another planet, I think with fame comes responsibility. These people get multi-million-dollar advertising contracts because they influence the way people think and act.

cb360 - it's good to be the little man sometimes because you can slip under the radar. When you're famous, you don't (or shouldn't) have that luxury.

Then again, you're right of course. Most cops wouldn't give him a ticket - still doesn't make it right tho. You'd get (and pay) your ticket if you got caught. Well, this guy wouldn't get ticketed - He should still pay somewhere ....

Like public opinion (That crazy donkey!)

*Actually, he did get ticketed - you see, public opinion works for the police department too.

I don't neccessarily disagree with you TechTMW, but I don't think it's going too far to say that majority of people in the world have jobs that carry much more personal responsibility than a sports star.

I am a HUGE football and sports fan. But it's a game, and those players are not vital cogs in the daily functioning of our societies. That's why it annoys me to no end when people say that "important" people like athletes can't afford to ride while "regular" people can.

earwig wrote:I hardly consider any sports figure a "hero".

That's why I said "sports" hero. The selflessness that makes a real hero is not found in great quantities in present day society.

The one thing I got to say about this topic is that I hope he is smart enough to start wearing a helmet now. And as far as riding only in a group heck sometimes you are better in a group but the group is only as good a the least experienced rider. And you can never tell when one of those antimotorcycle "Donut Holes" decied to run one of them off the rode or over and the whole group goes down.

Bubble Gum Jr. wrote: It's Video 6/13 on the very bottom left, it's called experts opinion on helmets. He says if you go through a windshield with a helmet you're going to have alot more head and neck trauma because of the additional weight. However if you go through a windshield without a helmet, you'll be dead so you don't have to worry about head/neck trauma.

More like "Total moron's opinion on things he knows nothing about". This "more injury because of the weight" thing is pure BS spouted by dumbasses that have no clue about things like BASIC FUGGIN PHYSICS. They don't understand the function of a helmet. They don't seem to be able to grasp that the weight of the helmet means NOTHING because IT IS NOT IMPACTING YOU WITH THAT WEIGHT. FEGUIHEIO*UY(^*(&!^! MORON! *SMACK*

This Dr talking about helmets is mentally challenged beyond belief. The kind of injuries Ben received would've been much less severe if he was wearing a full face.

Anyone who read proficient motorcycling should remember the helmet diagram that was in there. It divided the helmet into 9 [maybe more] parts and gave the corresponding percentages of injuries. In that diagram the chin area accounted for the highest percentage of injuries. Somewhere around 22%. The data was drawn from real accident statistics.