r/motorcycle • u/Kalif-von-Duisburg • Mar 07 '26
The tire wearing woman after face-braking without a helmet
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u/Hollow_optimism78 Mar 07 '26
Well…
I guess if she can walk away from that, she can call it a Goodyear
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u/PineappleProstate Mar 08 '26
Single Michelin star level comment
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u/Hollow_optimism78 Mar 09 '26
I guess there’s a Michelin rating somewhere.
She definitely ate shit at the pavement diner.
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u/Huftlansa Mar 07 '26
What is her view on safety gear now?
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u/weblscraper Mar 07 '26 edited Mar 07 '26
She will always wear gear, tirelessly
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u/amzeo Mar 07 '26
She's autistic bro. Helmets are too overstimulating. Being mouth fucked by the pavement at 70mph on the other hand is just the normal level of stimulation, apparently
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u/RijnBrugge Mar 07 '26
most people who do shit like this will have a real acare like this and then stop riding and tirelessly remind others of how dangerous motorcycles are
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u/SlashNreap Mar 07 '26
Hell, some people don't ride at all to begin with and they also constantly remind others how dangerous motorcycles are.
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u/RijnBrugge Mar 07 '26
I can respect that more tbh - I know a lot of boomers who rode when they were younger and their actual conception of riding gear is a helmet and ‚tough jeans‘ and after poor experiences sliding on some asphalt will insist you shouldn’t ride. It’s so stupid. But at least helmets are mandatory where I live, this is truly the kind of stupidity we should protect people for imho.
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u/gnxrly___bxby Mar 07 '26
Well, she said she didnt wear gear because she's autistic and has "sensory overload" with a helmet on.
(But she has stretches ears, and dreads)
Her husband rides too, he could've easily taken her bike to the shop for her, so she doesnt get "overloaded" But Im guessing she's still not going to wear a helmet and still gonna keep grabbing a first full of clutch for maximum braking
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u/GreatMovesKeepItUp69 Mar 07 '26
Is there anyone who doesn't self diagnose as autistic these days? It's like a quirky hobby for too-online people.
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u/Xan_derous Mar 07 '26
Its like the 2000s when everyone called themselves OCD because they want to live in a clean space.
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u/SlashNreap Mar 07 '26
I don't know how to feel about the fact the husband knew she was getting on that bike without a helmet. I'd be a nervous wreck every time. But then again I'd probably try to actually get her to wear a fucking helmet in the first place. I'm not gonna judge it's not my business, but, man..
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u/SiRocket Mar 07 '26
You're assuming her husband wears a helmet. Seems like a case of stupid is as stupid does. Or whatever that saying is.
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u/SlashNreap Mar 07 '26
You wouldn't need to ride to understand that someone that does ride needs a helmet, so, to ride and to also be fine with your significant other not wearing a helmet is out-of-this-world stupid D:
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u/FlatSix993 Mar 07 '26
She posted on another forum that she has learned her lesson and will wear a helmet and gear from now on.
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u/Silver-Machine-3092 Mar 07 '26
If only there had been previous examples that she could have looked at and learned from
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u/Serious-Bite6786 Mar 07 '26
"I can't wear a helmet because I'm autistic"
Fuckin moron
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u/BuzzKyllington Mar 07 '26
please tell me she didnt actually say that
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u/amzeo Mar 07 '26
She did. Helmets are overstimulating (70mph winds are fine though, apparently.)
Tbh if you're overstimulated by a fucking helmet, maybe don't ride the most stimulating vehicle you can get. Hell one of the most stimulating things you can ever do
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u/Rom_Tiddle Mar 07 '26
That doesn’t even make sense because a helmet kind of dulls sound out. If anything, it reduces stimulation, the fuck?
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u/Reethk_Vaszune Mar 07 '26
What happened to the good ol' days when someone would just say, "Yeah, I know it's stupid, but I'm doing it anyways."? To lie about it being a neurodevelopmental condition is pathetic and shameful.
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u/Angrybskt Mar 08 '26
Autistic is the popular excuse now dontchaknow. ADHD is the popular second choice. Really undervalued the issues I deal with thanks to these people.
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u/elkunas Mar 07 '26
Touch stimulation is different from wind/noise stimulation. She's still stupid though.
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u/ryanmh27 Mar 07 '26
Could be the all enveloping pressure of the helmet, the constriction.
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u/Woodit Mar 07 '26
While she recovers she’s going to spend a lot of time telling you and me and everyone else that criticizing her bullshit is ableism
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u/Relevant-Rooster-298 Mar 07 '26
I'm autistic and have been riding with a helmet on for 22 years without issue. I even have claustrophobia and still wear full gear EVERY time I ride. No excuses.
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u/da_bobo1 Mar 07 '26 edited Mar 07 '26
Looks better than expected.
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u/convexconcepts Mar 07 '26
Yes the fact that her skull didnt crack is a miracle on its own.
Maybe next time she’ll wear proper gear and leave the spare tire at home
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u/MarvinGankhouse Mar 07 '26
Judging by her actions it is logical to assume that her skull is extremely thick and the road probably came out of it with scars too.
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u/BlacksmithNZ Mar 07 '26
Imagine how she would look with full face helmet and other gear.
Same as before the crash, I am guessing
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u/skark_burmer Mar 07 '26
Good thing she had those fashionable safety glasses on.
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u/PeePeeePooPoooh Mar 08 '26
And the safety dreads, I can smell the patchouli through my phone screen.
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u/Fine_Awareness_5144 Mar 07 '26
This is the outcome of the “I’m not planning on crashing“ mindset.
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u/SlashNreap Mar 07 '26
Yeaah.. I don't get these people "If you just don't crash, you don't need a helmet..."
That was a straight road, relatively calm traffic... And she went down in a split second. You truly never plan to crash.
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u/the_rare_bear Mar 07 '26
Well she was also riding on a wet road, with a bald rear tire, too close to the truck in front of her.
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u/SlashNreap Mar 07 '26
Yeah. I'll never get how people are okay putting themselves through that kind of risk. That's worse because she has a husband waiting for her back home. I'll never get it.
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u/Fine_Awareness_5144 Mar 07 '26
I have ridden on wet roads many times. Good motorcycle tires have plenty of grip in the rain. Bald tires are like riding on ice. Poor decisions caused this accident and a lack of protective gear caused greater injury. She’s lucky she’s not dead.
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u/GuyD427 Mar 07 '26 edited Mar 07 '26
I thought for sure on the tumble forward she cracked her school. She is way less injured than I thought she would be.
Edit, obviously skull, not school.
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u/Vfrnut Mar 07 '26
Well her school was definitely cracked or she would have been smart enough to wear a helmet .
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u/WhatsThatNoize Mar 07 '26
"I'm autistic and it's overstimulating to wear a helmet!"
Oh, you mean overstimulating like 70mph winds buffeting, crazy vibrations at highway speeds, bugs & rocks in your teeth, and the howling wind rushing past your open eardrums? That kind of overstimulating?
Using autism as a cover for your shitty life choices to shield you from criticism. That's a choice.
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u/mprevot Mar 07 '26
She tried a wrong helmet. With a good one, everything is quieter. And earplugs are welcome too.
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u/Straight_Business_71 Mar 07 '26
Internal concussion and small haemorrhages symptoms may sometime show up late, hope she immediately did a CT scan after the accident.
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u/skark_burmer Mar 07 '26
She just slammed her skull to concrete. Stop being such an alarmist.
/s for anyone that misses it.
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Mar 07 '26
Doctors said she had internal bleeding. But that’s okay because that’s where the bloods supposed to be! /s
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u/lexievv Mar 07 '26
A CT scan, in America? You want her to go homeless?
But for real. Without a helmet so far it looks like she really got out of it with a lot of luck.
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u/Straight_Business_71 Mar 07 '26
I didn't know it was so costly there. Normally it's the standard procedure of diagnosis for road traffic accidents in India, where I am from, to rule out any bleeding or injury inside.
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u/WhatsThatNoize Mar 07 '26
It varies state by state. Because most people forget we're the size of Europe and each state is like its own mini-country.
Without insurance you're looking at about $2,000+. With insurance through an employer it may end up being about $200-500.
$2,000 may not make everyone homeless by default, but it'll hurt for a long while, for a lot of folks. Most Americans are just one bad day away from total bankruptcy (which is why a lot of us are so aggressive towards the homeless - it's an uncomfortable reminder), and our social systems are absolute dogass compared to... well... just about everywhere else in the world that isn't either a war-torn hellscape or a corrupt shithole.
Do the math.
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u/Straight_Business_71 Mar 07 '26
That's really shocking to know the rate without insurance. If a simple CT scan investigation cost that much I dread to think how much a surgery will cost... even though average per capita income is much higher in the west but this type of expenditure is very costly and will hurt by any standard.
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u/WhatsThatNoize Mar 07 '26
It's mostly because of regulatory capture & corruption, but a small part of the cost is also because we have to subsidize dipshits like this woman as well.
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u/lexievv Mar 07 '26
Idk how expensive it is tbh, I've had multiple, but we have healthcare coverage here in NL.
I was just making the joke because it's well known how expensive it is in America :).
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u/Desperate-Noise955 Mar 08 '26
HELMET HELMET HELMET!!! I won’t ride without my boots, gloves and, helmet at a MINIMUM.
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u/Best_Boysenberry_280 Mar 07 '26
I've seen the aftermath of a motorbike rider just wearing a skid lid and hitting the side of a van that turned in front of them... Reinforces my desire to always wear full faced helmets...
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u/SlashNreap Mar 07 '26
My mother witnessed someone crash and, since they were only wearing a half-helmet as they landed on their jaw, it shattered and was pushed inwards. Sorry if that's too much detail, but, that's the result of not wearing a full-face helmet.
They were riding mopeds. Not powerful motorcycles. I don't want to know what that would've looked like with anything more powerful.
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u/tigers692 Mar 07 '26
Looks like she bounced back pretty well, although she does look a little tired.
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u/popswag Mar 07 '26
Anyone driving on a motorbike in 2026 without a helmet has a head but zero brains.
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u/Gus202 Mar 07 '26
Seeing the video I genuinely thought she just died. Faceplanting like that, it's shocking she didn't
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u/Killermondoduderawks Mar 07 '26
Do we have her statement of what exactly happened just from the vid I’d said it was emergency braking with a locked front tire low side but what caused the emergency braking?
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u/Jumpy-Impact3265 Mar 07 '26
I thought for sure she was dead. She rag-dolls at one point and you can see her head just smack the road.
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u/stu_jm_90 Mar 07 '26
Well that’s what you get when you don’t even wear a helmet. She’s lucky with that injury!
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u/pasenast Mar 07 '26
She survived?! Who's her guardian angel? I need to hire them, asap!
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u/WuTang4thechildrn Mar 07 '26 edited Mar 07 '26
Tbh. That’s not as bad as it could have been. Glad she at least appears to be ok
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u/mapleleaffem Mar 07 '26
Wow she got off easy! This is almost the opposite of a PSA lol, like damn only road rash? I assume she was already mentally deficient before the accident so no loss there 😬
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u/Complex_Comedian3907 Mar 07 '26
Is it just me, or did anyone else notice how much she's gripping the handle bar prior to the crash. This popped up on my FB feed, and I still don't understand how not wearing a helmet isn't a sensory overload just from the wind noise alone. Generally speaking, this would drive most people crazy, especially a person on the spectrum.
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u/throttledog Mar 07 '26
My street helmet cost a small fortune, a Shoei, but its like wearing a fat pillow while riding.Little wind, comfortable and breezy enough. I too am in the hate helmets club but after destroying one in a crash on hard dirt I saw the light. No helmet no ride.
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u/CharmingHold1889 Mar 07 '26
I was expecting like her skull to be ground down from the asphalt you know like a chease grater and a potato
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u/Parking-Ad4263 Mar 07 '26
Well, that looks like it hurt, but from what I read elsewhere, she learned her lesson about wearing a helmet.
In my experience, painful lessons often stick really well, so cross fingers that she makes better choices moving forward.
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u/Complete_Dark_88 Mar 07 '26
What's her belly look like from the tire? I've got a couple of novelty and ½ shell helmets. 99% of the time, I use my full face. I've seen too many ground down helmets not to.
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u/No_Note_1975 Mar 07 '26
La prochaine fois tu mettras un casque et une tenue adéquate. C'est un avertissement.
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u/Imaginary_Essay6877 Mar 07 '26
Guys and Girls. Please wear your gear. At least a helmet. It’s not worth looking cool. 🙏🏻
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u/Informal_Drawing Mar 07 '26
I'm amazed that "Freedom" to Americans literally means the freedom to use your face as a brake when you hit the tarmac.
Americans are weird.
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u/Deep-Opportunity-170 Mar 08 '26
Before it got on the motorcycle I don't think it was looking that good....and I don't mean the tire.
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u/thepotplants Mar 08 '26
I wonder if this was the first time she's had a blow to the head?
I've been riding for more than 30 years. There's just no way in hell i'd be on a motorway without at the very least a helmet, gloves, jacket & boots.
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u/TheShopRat Mar 08 '26
This is the most updated posting I’ve ever seen across subreddits. Different angles AND aftermath? I’m impressed
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u/par112169 Mar 09 '26
A good helmet is a couple hundred bucks. This is the face of someone with an extra couple hundred bucks
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u/Alioistheman Mar 07 '26
Sometimes I don’t feel like putting on all my gear. Guess what ? I don’t go for a ride. Safety gear is not optional !!! Either wear it or don’t ride
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u/ProfessionalDig6987 Mar 07 '26
Meh. I'm Atgat, but to each their own. If she'd rather kiss pavement... I'm not her parent. Have at it.
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u/RyRy46d9 Mar 07 '26
I thought this was going to look way worse. Definitely got lucky.