Police Identify man in Critical Condition after Horrific Harley Crash on Sunset

Why oh why won't people wear helmits???

Until they sustain a major head injury and end up needing tens of thousands of dollars to pay medical bills. I support their right to ride without, but the state should not pay one dime towards the treatment of head injury, and insurers should cap their payments as well.

David is a personal friend of mine, has been for the past 10 or so years. The state won't be paying any of his medical bills, he has insurance... It's sad that you would desire insurance to cap the coverage for those who aren't wearing a helmet... The law doesn't require it here...

I've had several friends who were hurt or who passed away because of other careless drivers, and most of them were wearing helmet's, it doesn't really make much difference on a bike. Scott Burney was wearing a helmet when he tried to avoid smacking that teenage girl in front of Bonsai on Chickenbocker, it didn't make any difference on that day.

You can post your opinion all you want to, that is fine. Just remember that there is a family hurting right now because of this accident... The Steinbach's are a single income family, they have 4 children and they need support from others, not 3rd party opinions on how medical bill's should be left for them to cover because he chose not to wear a helmet, which was his right.

David wouldn't have laid over his Harley unless he had to... We don't know what caused him to lay it over, and we may not find out what the cause was, but it wasn't for nothing, David was never scared by much in life.

The helmet isn't anything more than a small factor in this situation... The big factor is, what caused David to lay his bike over?

I was speaking generally of all bikers. I do not know this man, but he, as well as anyone who rides, voluntarily assumes the risks associated with riding motorcycles. And then to top it off, some choose to "ride free" and exercise their right to go without the single most important piece of safety equipment available. Their choice, therefore their responsibility when the inevitable happens. Perhaps he should have thought about his family and their limited resources beforehand, as I've heard countless bikers recite the old adage "It's not if you wreck, but when and how bad." I spent a career picking up the pieces of other folks' misfortune, and scooped gallons of gray matter off the pavement. They chose to forgo the safety afforded by today's autos, crumple zones, support posts for roofs, airbags, seatbelts, etc., and decided to leave their skulls unprotected.
As far as insurance goes, yes caps, caps determined by the bikers premium. Want to be eligible for 5 million in medical expenses for riding a bike without a helmet? Pay up. Why should you and I pay additionally because someone chose to take unnecessary risks?
This is my somewhat harsh assessment of a bad situation. I truly wish his family were not enduring this tragedy, but it did not have to be.

http://archive.gosanangelo.com/news/biker-liked-to-offer-help-to-others-ep-440629823-357192981.html/

They don't do much to save lives... I've had 5 friends pass who were wearing helmets when it went down.

Sorry to hear it, but I have seen riders who have been severely injured and had sustained significant head impact that most likely would have been fatal had they been without a helmet. Each crash is different, and all are a roll of the dice. When a compact car gets splattered by an 18 wheeler doing 75+ mph, seat belts and airbags don't help much either. Would you, or any reasonable person, walk into a pit full of rattlers without their snake boots?
I also see these kids, survivors of the insanity of mass shootings, demanding safety in schools and I say the same thing, we can take every precaution, but guarantees don't exist when it comes to survival.

I know what you're getting at... I agree with your main point. If they made seatbelt's optional, I'm sure I know of quite a few people who would forego wearing one... I'm not one of them, but like you said, every crash is unique. You can be wearing no helmet at 50 mph, lay the bike down and slide till you smack a street sign and survive, while someone doing 35 with a helmet on can do the same thing and end up dead.

I think the thing that frustrate's me is that there are so many people, especially in the summer when everyone just wants to have a good time, who drive carelessly and put others lives in danger. Sometime's, an actual "accident" will occur, something that neither party could avoid even while paying attention, it could be car trouble that was the cause, or so on... But for the most part, these things happen because of people's selfish attitude and lack of concern for anyone else.

Like this guy who did a hit and run, I'm glad that there's gun toting "Murrican's" out here in San Angelo that will chase your butt down trying to flee an incident... Maybe the guy didn't catch him, but he didn't needlessly fire upon him to try and stop him either. Maybe people will start to reconsider if every time there's an accident, there's someone there who will ensure that they are held accountable.