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      Ride safely (do NOT view this picture if you are sqeamish) 
  Subject: Are you sure you want to ride a Motorbike?
 
 
 
 NOW THAT'S A SPLINTER!!!!!
 
 
 
 This is an actual emergency room photo of a gentleman who lost control
 
 of his motorcycle on a country road in West Virginia.
 
 Troopers believe that he was travelling at a speed of approximately 75
 
 mph at the time of the accident.   He was unable to negotiate a curve in
 
 the road.
 
 Unfortunately for him, upon striking the ditch and being ejected from
 
 the bike, he landed back end first on a fencepost from an old barnyard
 
 fence that was downed on the side of the road.
 
 You can probably picture what happened next, but the attached picture
 
 says it all.
 
 This picture was obviously removed from the trooper's files without
 
 permission.
 
 The good news is that after about 6 months, this man made a full
 
 recovery after suffering a shattered hip, broken leg, several broken
 
 ribs, internal injuries, and "soft tissue" damage.
 
 Doctors credited his recovery to the fact that the post lodged itself so
 
 tightly that there was little or no blood loss.
 
 (See attached file: pic15724.jpg)
 
 
 
 Ride safely chaps