rjo3491
Missing The Fiz-Sometimes
My commute takes me through the city of Detroit (much garbage on the freeway). Yesterday a flattened pop can (shaped much like a blade to an edger) was flipped up by a car and struck me square in the face (actually, my face mask). It was a pretty good, "thunk" but that was about it.
It could have certainly been much worse had I been riding with my mask up as I usually do when my speed is below 60 or so - The sunglasses would have saved an eye, but I could have still have got cut up pretty bad as it hit very hard.
I thought about riders who for some reason refuse to wear full face helmets, or where there is no law, no helmet at all and wish one of them could have watched this happen.
Anyway, wear your gear!
It could have certainly been much worse had I been riding with my mask up as I usually do when my speed is below 60 or so - The sunglasses would have saved an eye, but I could have still have got cut up pretty bad as it hit very hard.
I thought about riders who for some reason refuse to wear full face helmets, or where there is no law, no helmet at all and wish one of them could have watched this happen.
Anyway, wear your gear!