SILLY SIGNS. . . . .LET'S START A THREAD ?

[spacesailor]

I too have had That 100 + mph slide,

But still walked away, without major damage.

Then the government decreed ' helmets '.  & people died with broken necks.

Your head has the strongest bone in youe entire body, 

The force required to crack it open is the same G force to kill your brain ' inside that boney skull.

It,s the squishy gray matter that gets squashed in side the skull, when the momentum stops abruptly. 

Just no gray mess to clean from the road surface, as it,s inside that heavy helmet. 

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Edited April 17, 2022 by spacesailor
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[spacesailor]

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YES l have friends , who will never ride again, 

Not dead just wishing for an end of their misery.

Both para and quadrapedic.  One lives in Winston hills. They ( parents & hospital people ) have tried to get him into a " exoskeleton suit " but he is still bed ridden.

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[Marty_d]

7 hours ago, spacesailor said:

I too have had That 100 + mph slide,

But still walked away, without major damage.

Then the government decreed ' helmets '.  & people died with broken necks.

Your head has the strongest bone in youe entire body, 

The force required to crack it open is the same G force to kill your brain ' inside that boney skull.

It,s the squishy gray matter that gets squashed in side the skull, when the momentum stops abruptly. 

Just no gray mess to clean from the road surface, as it,s inside that heavy helmet. 

spacesailor

 

But Spacey - if you ride without a helmet, then all you're going to do is get neck/spinal injuries PLUS head injuries.

Until they develop a head/shoulder/back armour that allows full movement but protects the neck, people are always going to suffer spinal injuries.

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[nomadpete]

But that sign says THREE.

[Jerry_Atrick]

Or, as some would say.. free...

[facthunter]

Signs can be handy sometimes. Nev

[onetrack]

What happens if the store's in 6-finger country? Confusion would reign supreme. 

[old man emu]

14 hours ago, onetrack said:

What happens if the store's in 6-finger country? Confusion would reign supreme. 

That's thumb thing to add to First World problems.

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[spacesailor]

They didn,t do an " end of sidewalk " in Parramatta NSW.

Not even an orange safety cone.

So someone walked over the end, then fell onto the new ' James Ruse drive '.

After which the walkway was barricaded. 

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[onetrack]

My grandfather died in Portsmouth in the U.K, (around about 1923), when he fell into a major unlit and unbarricaded excavation in the street, that was about 6M deep, at 5:30AM in Winter, on his way to work.

The excavation contained a reasonable depth of water, and by the time he was rescued, he had developed pneumonia, which killed him shortly after. He was 82. Of course, there was no legal recourse in those days to get any compensation from anyone, so the family just "sucked it up". And then there was the fact there were no antibiotics to cure pneumonia in those days. 

 

Today, we have gone to the other extreme, by way of constant legal recourse, and signage for even the most obvious thing. The sign above may look silly in daylight, but for someone running on the footpath or riding a bike on the footpath, in darkness, it's obviously a worthy warning, and the council has discharged its "duty of care" by installing it.

 

Edited May 15, 2022 by onetrack

[spacesailor]

Don, t ' run / walk ' on Blacktown naturestrips  you could smash your face into one of their signs.

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[facthunter]

They need another warning sign then. Warning Signs may hit you in self defence. Nev

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