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In reply to the discussion: Destroying the Right to Be Left Alone [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)53. Well, if your head hit the pavement and you had no medical insurance....
Everyone else's costs would go up to pay for your care.
It's entirely possible that you could be harmed. I doubt this poor guy clambered on his bike last Saturday expecting to end up like this:
http://medfield.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/medfield-bicyclist-critically-injured-in-fall-from-bike
A 54-year-old resident of Medfield was flown by medical helicopter to a trauma hospital in Boston Saturday afternoon, after an apparent fall from a bike on Route 27....
"He had an injury to his head. He had injury to both arms," Meaney said. "At no point was he conscious or talking to anyone at the scene."
Doctors at Tufts have indicated the injuries are consistent with a fall from a bicycle, rather than an auto-involved crash, Meaney said. The bicycle was not damaged. The man was not wearing a bicycle helmet.
Route 27 was closed for about two hours following the accident, reported about 4:45 p.m. Saturday. Police received a call from a motorist who reported someone was lying in the road, just north of the intersection with Grant Street.
"He had an injury to his head. He had injury to both arms," Meaney said. "At no point was he conscious or talking to anyone at the scene."
Doctors at Tufts have indicated the injuries are consistent with a fall from a bicycle, rather than an auto-involved crash, Meaney said. The bicycle was not damaged. The man was not wearing a bicycle helmet.
Route 27 was closed for about two hours following the accident, reported about 4:45 p.m. Saturday. Police received a call from a motorist who reported someone was lying in the road, just north of the intersection with Grant Street.
If this guy has a spouse and kids, or other family/close friends, I'll bet they're feeling "harmed" right about now. Anyone who responded to the scene is likely a bit distressed as well.
Were people relying on him at work? Did he do volunteer work that provided some sort of assistance for needy people? I'd guess they'd be upset as well.
People's lives do impact others, more than some realize.
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Unfortunately when they have had enough it will be long too late to do anything.
former9thward
Sep 2013
#37
While the invasion of my privacy is not an issue I would change my vote to Romney ....
marble falls
Sep 2013
#9
But the Democrats would be doing something very different if Romney were POTUS
Fumesucker
Sep 2013
#23
Reading comprehension much? I loathe Romney. I support the President except on privacy....
marble falls
Sep 2013
#36
Please reread my comment. I support the Presient except on privacy, Gitmo and.....
marble falls
Sep 2013
#39
Sorry! Even gentle critisism of the President brings down a raft of tone deaf ....
marble falls
Sep 2013
#43
Like connecting directly to the cloud with almost no computer - all you'd need is a screen and ...
marble falls
Sep 2013
#10
Well, that IS a consideration. Perhaps there could be multiple levels of "internet."
MADem
Sep 2013
#21
And that's how the phone used to work. You picked up the receiver, you cranked the crank, and
MADem
Sep 2013
#26
K&R but make no mistake, it's not the technology. Like so many previous wrong turns,
Egalitarian Thug
Sep 2013
#11
Well, I'm all for the "safety nannies" who tell people to not drink and text while driving.
MADem
Sep 2013
#47
I just had a loved one killed by someone who felt the rules didn't apply to them.
MADem
Sep 2013
#63
So money is greater than freedoms? Where does that stop? What you eat, drink, etc?
The Straight Story
Sep 2013
#66
The intent of those who wrote and adopted the US Constitution could not be clearer
99th_Monkey
Sep 2013
#77