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by xyst 1534 days ago
He was allegedly “drunk or high” and it remains to be seen if wearing a helmet in this case would have prevented becoming a paraplegic based on how his accident is described. His neck (cervical spine) injury is likely the primary cause of his disability rather than the skull fracture.

I think we are all ignoring the elephant in the room: absolutely terrible infrastructure for anything besides car. The US collectively has spent billions (trillions?) in new roads and highways but not much else in between.

So when are we going to hold ourselves accountable for the mess that O&G has gotten us into and reverse this trend?