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In an another incident in capital, a young boy died when he lost balance while riding a Fazer. he got major injuries on his head so i assume that he wasn't wearing a helmet too..these little precautions can become a bleak line between life & death hence ride carefully guys it'll not only help you but it'll help others on road as well.

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If only people can understand the importance of riding gear and specially Helmets

lockhrt999

@mods: can we have a dedicated thread to report 2-wheeler riders death in accident? So that by the end of year we could have a certain number of people dying in accidents with helmet on or without it. Just a little survey. In that we could identify the cause of the accidents. It'll help to raise awareness between us and among others.

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Samarth 619

Earlier, I tried to get some Xbhp guys to do a training program for new Sbk owners by posting in Azharuddin's son and nephew's news thread, but they just posted some objections (about how it can't be done), and I replied to them saying that I will help the best way I can, over the internet. But then their replies never came...

If we can't do something about the situation, chatting about it on Xbhp won't help anyone.


@ lockhrt999: Its impossible to statistically account accidents because some are never reported to the media or police, or not reported correctly.
And even if we have such a thread, it will only prove one thing- "helmets save lives" which we already know better... so, what's the point?

lockhrt999

@samarth: I meant we could figure out common causes of accidents such as bad roads, reckless driving, govt etc,. Linking the info that's scattered across the India.

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Oh that was bad...RIP

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I think it is unfair to speculate whether he was wearing a helmet or not given the article. Time for a rant, Im not targetting anyone here, Im just posting based on my couple of years on Indian forums.

Everytime there is an incident like this, people post the details of the accident but it remains keyboard warrior stuff. None of this matters out there in the real world unless we make an effort to educate people about the importance of safety. Posting a passionate backed by number post here will ensure that the message gets reinforced to the people reading our forums (bear in mind that these are the knowledgable bikers who would usually wear a helmet anyways). What about the 99.9% of bikers out there who dont read our forums and dont usually wear a helmet?

I think the only way to make a difference is to do something concrete. I have tremendous respect for our xbhp teams who have conducted helmet awareness campaigns. I had tried to travel to Trivandrum just for their campaign but the logistics didnt work out. Even if all those hours of effort and planning resulted in say 5 people starting to ride with a helmet more often, if not always, then our guys have made a real difference in this world. Of course, helmet awareness campaigns arent the only thing that can be done but I personally feel its the most effective method. As Samarth said chatting about it on xbhp doesnt help anyone.

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trustvishwas

I believe that helmets are compulsory in Delhi. Following may be a controversial statement - Also no amount of riding gear / helmet will save you in case of high speed crash. If you hit someone/something, the impact is much more than if you fall down at high speeds.

The news item states that he was riding a Fazer. Last time I checked, Fazer is not a SBK.

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mansuryayas

Mods atleast we can have a dedicated thread so that we don't endup having 100 new threads a year just for the same thing, and the message is already loud and clear, mostly all these death threads have the same message.

If we club all together everyone can just come in and drop the RIP & Condolences on it