Interesting thanks theboxers. I notice one zone of the picture in particular, (0.4%), which has memories for me...
Back in 1979/80, when I was courting my wife-to-be, I saw a picture of a post mortem from a male biker. Debbie, (real name), worked in medical laboratory science, in haematology, and brought it back to show me since we were bikers ourselves.
It was mysterious because from the outside this young man had no signs whatsoever of anything which could have explained his quick death, however there
was a small mark on the top of his helmet. I remember the picture vividly!
It showed his scalp parted and pulled right back. You could see his lovely, dark, young, hair protruding from the sides. The top of his skull had been removed which revealed that what must have happened.
A driver had pulled out in front of him and he rotated in the air landing in, as near as makes no difference, an upright position on top of his head which was the first impact with the road. You could clearly see how the spine had had pushed up into the skull and shifted part of his brain to one side. Another ‘brother’ gone and life sentence for a broken family, and for what?
It was the first time I saw something like it and it upset me, not for the last time, at how senseless and preventable it was and made me realise just how fragile we all really are. It’s why I firmly believe that part of any true road safety policy should include education and ideally, if I had my way, graphic images and/or videos to get the message across to the youth of today.
Maybe those early images and all-too-many subsequent reminders are what have made me careful and survive the road jungle, I don't know. Maybe their sacrifices are what have made me realise and understand just how dangerous and precious life is to us all. I think it’s why I get so pissed off about current road safety initiatives and the use/abuse of speed cameras which capture more dolphins than they
ever do sharks.
Sorry if that story was a bit too graphic for a forum and any young audience
But then again, maybe it's what we should be doing more of...