Would you ever own a motorcycle? YES or NO?

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  1. Nurses, would you ever own a motorcycle?

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I LOVE motorycles. But I also know many people see them as death traps. Including my mother. My father owns a motorcycle. Heck he's been riding since before I was born. But that doesn't change her view of them lol

Either way, I was wondering since a lot of you work in hospitals, if it has changed your view of motorcycles. In a more negative way.

Which is funny because I was going down the road once and I saw this male nurse on a sports bike, and not only was he not wearing boots, but he was wearing crocs! Those things will fly right off if you crash. And how did I know he was a nurse? He was wearing scrubs! lol at least he had a helmet.

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Specializes in Trauma Surgery, Nursing Management.

Before I worked in the OR, I had 3 different bikes-a Yamaha, a CBR and then a Ninja. I was always very safe on them-wore leathers, boots, and a kidney belt, and the best helmet I could find. I was very conscientious of other drivers, as I had some close calls in heavy traffic when they didn't see me. I never drove at night. The day that I gave up my bike was the day we had a man come into the OR as a red trauma. He was (reportedly) wearing all of the same protective gear, his tox screen came back negative, and he was driving his bike at dusk. He had a C-fx, bilateral femoral fxs, a right tib/fib fx, and a collapsed lung. He had additional abdominal injuries which included free air. He had a rectal tube and a foley. His testicles were the size of my head-completely full of fluid and blood. I decided that feeling the freedom of a bike and the rush of a fast machine was SOOO not worth this sort of outcome. I have never, and will never get on another bike again.

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Damn, that's horrible. I guess when you see what can really happen, it doesn't matter how much of a good driver you are. You're always going to be at risk. And that is a horrible outcome.

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I have been wanting a motorcycle for a while and was considering taking lessons and everything.

Working in the ER, too many traumas involving motorcycles, including amputations. I'll pass and just stick to my convertible Mustang.

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Specializes in MDS/Office.

My husband had his leg ripped off/re-attached from a motorcycle wreck. He will be having a knee replacement soon. Of course the accident was not my husband's fault.......never is......I hate "Murdercycles"!! :(

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Wow, I'm so sorry. Despite the fact that I'd love one. Hearing these things just...Yeah. I'm never gonna get one.

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Specializes in Med Surg.

A guy I used to work with rode full time and wore a helment part time. After barely surviving an argument with a tree while NOT wearing his helment, he spent about six months in rehab. He claimed he had seen the light. Well, a few years later he had a wreck while training for a bicycle ride and lost his left leg. His family and friends have now barred him from going near any vehicle with less than four wheels.

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Specializes in Med/Surg.

No. My husband broke his pelvis on a motorcycle. He was very lucky it was not worse. IF I get anything to say about it neither my husband nor son will ever have one.

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Specializes in Med Surg/Tele/ER.

I work in the ER and would never get on one.....I have seen way too much.

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Specializes in Emergency, Trauma, Critical Care.

My husband owns one, and the only reason I let him have it is because he currently commutes to school on a freeway that is literally dead-stop in all the lanes from 5 am until 11 am. I know that its typically not the motorcyclist who causes the accident, its some other idiot not paying attention. The only relief I have is knowing that most of these cars are going about 2 mph at a non-lethal rate.

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A donorcycle? No way.

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Specializes in CT-ICU, ER, Surgical.

I love to ride!! I've worked ER and currently ICU. Of course it's a high-risk activity. However, I see so many people whose lives end prematurely for other reasons.

Try to be smart and minimize risk of course, but avoid them all together? No way. I plan on riding for life. I'd rather die enjoying my life than rot away in a nursing home.

To each his own.

- Mike

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