FRF.com member in atv accident

[Awk08]

this is for our members on here that think safety is over rated.............

i'm a member of ford ranger forum (the only other forum i frequent)
and just saw this..............................

Jason Finn/frf member: DangerRanger91 was in an atv accident

qouted from FRF.............
"He went to the dirt track on NOV. 25th and was doing some riding when at a "x" intersection, a dirt bike collided with his quad, He has a broken collar bone, broken nose, stitches in his chin, a couple cracked vertebrae in his back, a partially collapsed lung and has three spots in his brain that are bleeding. They have a tube in his head to drain the fluids and keep his brain from swelling. He is in a medically induced coma right now. At the moment he is "stable" with the help of a breathing machine. And they had to do surgery on Saturday to reduce swelling of the brain"


i'm gonna assume if he was at a track, he had all the required safety equipment on, including a helmet

 

[Triple_B]

sad to hear that awk. sh*t happens like this all the time. I saw this comment on a YouTube video once. The video was a guy on his banshee with no helmet on. It said:

"thats a crazy looking helmet man, how much did it cost? A life?"

^^^^^ Best point ever made.

Theres nothing more important than safety.

 

[yzrider]

saftey comes first, i recently outgrew my chest protector and have been begging to get a new one ever since, i don't feel safe without a neck brace, helmet, gloves, chest protector, knee pads and boots, been in a couple crashes and know that they coulda ended MUCH worse, unfortunantly for that man it did end bad and he is in the hospital in a coma, i hope the best to him and his family, and hope he gets a full recovery

 

[blasterdemon7]

Hate to hear that. I hope his recovery go's good for him.

 

[cruelsoul]

Hope everything goes well for him and his family

 

[Awk08]

they just posted.....HE WAS WEARING A HELMET, or wouldn't be here at all.

 

[tjsdaname]

sucks to hear.....
hope he recovers....

but if this "track" has an "X" intersection, I am going to guess that no safety gear is required....

 

[Awk08]

sucks to hear.....
hope he recovers....

but if this "track" has an "X" intersection, I am going to guess that no safety gear is required....

busco has many, many trail crossings, and helmets are required at all times, even to cross the road to the outhouses

but as stated, he was wearing his lid

 

[the_mrs]

That is really sad news. Very sorry to hear it. I hope he amazes everyone with a quick, full recovery.

 

[the_mrs]

busco has many, many trail crossings, and helmets are required at all times, even to cross the road to the outhouses

but as stated, he was wearing his lid

That is true. Busco wants a helmet on you even if you're just going from a site to an outhouse.

 

[Kgibson]

Helmets...there is a quality dif... dont just wear DOT approved u need SNELL approved, there is also a level above snell which I cant recall... I'm old :/

 

[Awk08]

i only have a D.O.T, but have planned to upgrade soon
but i made sure my son has a snell approved,
best part is, it's a fox helmet from rocky mountain clearence section, and was only $69

 

[the_mrs]

I didn't know there was anything other than DOT approval. Guess I'll be looking into some new helmets, for us.

 

[tjsdaname]

Helmets...there is a quality dif... dont just wear DOT approved u need SNELL approved, there is also a level above snell which I cant recall... I'm old :/

AS is the other rating. from what I have seen the only helmets that are AS approved are the O'neal 8 series, all shoei and arai.

 

[Awk08]

I didn't know there was anything other than DOT approval. Guess I'll be looking into some new helmets, for us.

ya just can't beat the deals on rockymountainatv.com/closeout section !!!!!

 

[the_mrs]

ya just can't beat the deals on rockymountainatv.com/closeout section !!!!!

Thanks, Awk. I'll check that out.

 

[yzrider]

i also wanna state, if he was riding a mx track there should be no x crossings cause it is plain unsafe.

 

[Awk08]

update from FRF, not lookin good at all...................

this is qouted from one of his best freinds and fellow FRF member.
if we have any prayin folk in here, heres a good cause to "get down"...............


"Just an update... I talked with his mom and Jason isn't doing so well today, the brain swelling is increasing. No word on anything else. Still a waiting game to see what happens."

 

[EvilElvis]

That just plain SUCKS .....but in the power sports world we need to realize this can happen at any moment to any of us and can be devastating

 

[caseywoods5]

man i hate to hear this, i hope he gets better soon... i'll be praying for him... keep me updated!