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Here's to You, Mr. Darwin Award Candidate!

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Real Estate Agent with Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com SAL.2002007747

You've probably heard of the Darwin Awards at some point (click HEREDarwin awards for the site).  Humans have a unique ability to do exceedingly stupid things, so the Darwin Awards are created in honor of that small segment of society that goes to extraordinary lengths to remove themselves from the gene pool!

This morning's drive identified another candidate for an eventual award winner if he doesn't smarten up fast! 

 

When driving a motorcycle at 70+ mph on a busy interstate, it MIGHT be a good idea to leave more than 10 feet between you and the bumper in front of you, and it MIGHT be a good idea to not be continually weaving in and out of the traffic lanes, and it MIGHT be a good idea to wear a brain bucket. 

Yep, they're not required in Ohio, so your choice if you want to protect your melon or try to find out just how thick and hard your skull really is. (Don't flame us all you hard core non-helmet wearing free choice you can't tell me how to live my life bikers, it's your right, we understand that!... but if you're going to exercise that right, drive safe, that's all we're sayin').

As Budweiser says, "Here's to You, Mr. Darwin Award Candidate!"

Living in the Real Estate Lane,
Liz and Bill

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Comments (24)

Joan Cox
House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373 - Denver, CO
Denver Real Estate - Selling One Home at a Time

Stupid people need to be on Jay Leno!   Thanks for sharing!   Life is too short!

Aug 24, 2010 01:57 AM
Liz and Bill Spear
Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com - Mason, OH
Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs

Joan, There's no shortage of people for Jay!

Aug 24, 2010 02:04 AM
Deanne Olivas
eXp Realty - Gilbert, AZ
Your Home Matters

These people don't only hurt (kill) themselves when the unthinkable happens. Innocent people are often in the at the least inconvenienced or hurt, killed as well. 

Aug 24, 2010 02:24 AM
Liz and Bill Spear
Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com - Mason, OH
Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs

Deanna,

I've had two co-workers be majorly impacted by motorcycle accidents.  One lost his only son, the other had her son permanently paralzyed while riding on the back with a friend.  Neither was wearing a helmet in either of the accidents.

Bill

Aug 24, 2010 02:51 AM
Kristen Wheatley
Better Homes & Gardens | The Masiello Group - Brunswick, ME
Supporting Success - Best Job in the World!

We don't have a helmet law here either and I always get worried when I see the unprotected heads of bikers.  More than cavalier motorcycle riders, we have the problem here of impatient out of state car drivers riding 2 feet from the back wheel of a cyclist!

Aug 24, 2010 04:01 AM
Liz and Bill Spear
Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com - Mason, OH
Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs

Kristen, Personnally anyone who bikes on our back country roads has a bit of a death wish.  It's a wonder more aren't knocked off.

Aug 24, 2010 04:09 AM
Carra Riley & Declan Kenyon
Brokers Guild Cherry Creek Ltd - Westminster, CO
Helping people Transition at all ages!

Life is precious and short, so driving stupidly is just plain stupid!

Aug 24, 2010 07:31 AM
Liz and Bill Spear
Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com - Mason, OH
Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs

Carra, drive stupidly enough, and it  can get a LOT shorter!

Aug 24, 2010 07:33 AM
Debbie Gartner
The Flooring Girl - White Plains, NY
The Flooring Girl & Blog Stylist -Dynamo Marketers

This post is so funny and so sad at the same time.  Where is the common sense?

Aug 24, 2010 08:14 AM
Liz and Bill Spear
Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com - Mason, OH
Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs

Common isn't so common.  And despite his behavior, I was within about 50 feet of him at the light at the bottom of the exit ramp about four miles later.  Gained him essentially nothing but an increased chance of making his beneficiaries some money!

Aug 24, 2010 08:18 AM
Connie Harvey
Pilkerton Realtors - Brentwood, TN
Realtor - Nashville TN Real Estate

I am amazed at how badly they drive without helmuts. I've known too many people that have been badly hurt. No thank you.

Aug 24, 2010 10:14 AM
Liz and Bill Spear
Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com - Mason, OH
Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs

Connie, Same here.  Maybe there's a time and a place for it, but I don't trust people in cars when I've got one wrapped around me, no desire to do it with even less protection!

Aug 24, 2010 11:38 AM
Tish Lloyd
BlueCoast Realty Corporation - Wilmington, NC
Broker - Wilmington NC and Surrounding Beaches

Just never understood the premise behind turning one's self into a human rocket!

Aug 24, 2010 11:53 AM
Liz and Bill Spear
Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com - Mason, OH
Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs

Tish, To quote Maverick, They Feel The Need For Speed!!

Aug 24, 2010 01:41 PM
Tish Lloyd
BlueCoast Realty Corporation - Wilmington, NC
Broker - Wilmington NC and Surrounding Beaches

Bill -- Okay, I'm REALLY going to date myself here.  I read this and immediately thought, "I don't remember James Garner saying anything like that."  Happened to be on the phone with my daughter -- I read it to her and I have to tell you -- she got the biggest laugh she's had in months over me!  She had to explain you meant Tom Cruise in Top Gun the MOVIE, NOT James Garner as Maverick, the TV SHOW!  

Aug 24, 2010 03:03 PM
Liz and Bill Spear
Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com - Mason, OH
Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs

Tish, Right after I left that, I thought... I hope she isn't thinking Maverick from the westerns!!  Glad we gave your daughter a good laugh!

Aug 24, 2010 03:16 PM
Jane Peters
Home Jane Realty - Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles real estate concierge services

Don't get me started in bikers.  Helmets are mandatory in CA but they are no protection against the the daily accidents that occur on our freeways.  Nearly every accident you hear is with a motorcyclist down.  I once worked a weekly four-hour shift at Cedars Sinai emergency room and during that four hour shift there was almost always one motorcycle accident victim.  One came in with the parmedics carrying his leg.  It is absolutely the most dangerous practice out there made even more so by the devil-may-care attitude of the cyclists.  I told you not to get me started.

Aug 24, 2010 05:00 PM
Liz and Bill Spear
Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com - Mason, OH
Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs

Jane, If I remember right, I was told that it's legal in the LA area for the bikers to drive between the lanes when traffic is stalled?  I could see that leading to a bunch of accidents.  We saw it on a Sunday afternoon when stuck in traffic on a way to a Dodgers game while in  town on business.

 

Another time in San Diego, saw somone "stunt riding" their biks, hopping on and off at highway speed, sliding their feet along the pavement.  Someone was trailing them and filming.... one time would have loved for a cop to have been around. 

Perhaps your Caleeefornia, Caleeefornia, Caleeefornia bikers are more nuts than most?

Aug 24, 2010 11:19 PM
Jane Peters
Home Jane Realty - Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles real estate concierge services

What do you mean "when stalled"?  They do it when traffic is driving at high speed.  They are nuts!

Aug 25, 2010 09:21 AM
Liz and Bill Spear
Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com - Mason, OH
Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs

Jane, If they're THAT stupid, no wonder they're carrying them in to the ER in pieces.  They REALLY shouldn't be contributing to the gene pool!

Aug 25, 2010 09:28 AM