An errant golf ball from the 14th hole on Murfreesboro's Indian Hills Golf Course knocked a motorcyclist's teeth out as she and her husband rode blissfully along South Church Street

Meh. She's in Tennessee, she'll fit right in.

When riding golf balls, it's always prudent to keep your mouth closed because of bugs.

should seem natural to get a ball in her mouth

I call shenanigans... either she's from out of state or a recent transfer to Tennessee or they wouldn't be using the plural 'teeth' in the story.

Yet another good reason to always wear a full face helmet.

Full-face helmet... problem solved.

This burrito is good but IT IS FILLING

Knocked a motorcyclist's teeth out? All of them?

Would have been a much better trick if instead of being on a motorcycle she was sucking it through a garden hose.

And they couldn't find the ball. I say she swallowed it.

I don't know why she swallowed a fly.

Murfreesboro?

How was that pronounced before she lost her teeth?

Arctic Phoenix: Yet another good reason to always wear a full face helmet.

I had someone ask me why I wore a full face helmet when I rode (rather than a brain bucket) and I simply said, "because I like my face!"

Journalists don't use "alas" nearly enough...

/or forthwith...

In other news, someone in Tennessee once had all of her teeth.

SniperJoe: Arctic Phoenix: Yet another good reason to always wear a full face helmet.

I had someone ask me why I wore a full face helmet when I rode (rather than a brain bucket) and I simply said, "because I like my face!"

This

I never understood the logic that someone wears a 'brain bucket' because they recognize the possibility that their head may impact the pavement but are some how in denial that their face will be the point of impact.

In my 30 years riding motorcycles full face helmets have saved me from serious injury or death many times and saved my face twice.

I told my Momma and my Momma said, no more monkeys jumping on the bed and wear a helmet.

Sofa King Smart: I call shenanigans... either she's from out of state or a recent transfer to Tennessee or they wouldn't be using the plural 'teeth' in the story.

Murfreesboro is one of the major outer suburbs of Nashville, as well as an employment center of its own (Division I university there in Middle Tennessee State), so it wouldn't be unheard of to think she's probably a recent transfer.

/don't miss the almost 10% sales tax and living in New Tornado Alley
//But man do I miss the cheap housing (compared to the Northeast) enough that I want to move back

If it hit her in the throat, she'd be dead.

Super Chronic: In other news, someone in Tennessee once had all of her teeth.

And then I saw that the joke had already been made. Carry on...

I just KNEW that when I read this in the newspaper this morning that it would be on Fark sometime today!!
Fark hasn't failed me yet!

I had a golf ball from a nearby driving range hit me right at the bridge of my nose while on my bike once. Thankfully I was wearing a full face helmet. I honestly find it uncomfortable to ride without one at highway speed.

One more count in the full face column here.

NeoCortex42: I had a golf ball from a nearby driving range hit me right at the bridge of my nose while on my bike once. Thankfully I was wearing a full face helmet. I honestly find it uncomfortable to ride without one at highway speed.

But I thought loud pipes save lives? Isn't that why every guy I see riding a bike with loud pipes is wearing a T-shirt, no helmet, and no day glo? That the loud pipes are all it takes to survive blunt trauma to the skull?

Probably not the first time she had balls in her mouth

Took a big ass grasshopper in the forehead once. Got the scar to prove it.

Screw full face helmets (or any helmet for that matter). After 30 mph they only keep things together for the mortician.

MadMattressMack: But I thought loud pipes save lives? Isn't that why every guy I see riding a bike with loud pipes is wearing a T-shirt, no helmet, and no day glo? That the loud pipes are all it takes to survive blunt trauma to the skull?

You sir, you rock...

Yeah, I have a full dress touring bike because A) a large number of rider injuries/fatalities involve linear surface grinders (tarmac) B) I took a bird to the helmet once and without a good helmet I'd have scars I could not easily explain, C) this way I can have some wind in my hair (from vents) without the bugs in my teeth

/loud pipes... just piss people off.

dammit... there should be a "but wear a full faced helmet" after bike and before because....

I enjoyed watching this lady express how upset she was over stunt riders.

http://www.tennessean.com/videonetwor k/1653155133001?odyssey=mod|tvid e o|article

/I always wear my full face helmet, but still getting hit with a golf ball would suck.

Obviously. Golf balls don't have mouths.

If she had a full helmet on, she wouldn't be able to hear "FORE!"

Personally, I like my hearing and vision unobstructed.

/brain bucket
//'09 Vision Tour

ga362: Took a big ass grasshopper in the forehead once. Got the scar to prove it.

Screw full face helmets (or any helmet for that matter). After 30 mph they only keep things together for the mortician.

My "iddiot" buddy ran from some cops once, took a clover leave exit at 80+ and walked away with no more than being extremely sore. He rides with a the whole getup.....

Cop let him go believe it or not. Said he was lucky to be alive.

RidgeRacerZX6: I never understood the logic that someone wears a 'brain bucket' because they recognize the possibility that their head may impact the pavement but are some how in denial that their face will be the point of impact.

Because I can't stand stuff that close to my face, and I end up not wearing it at all. The half helmet with a face shield that I wear every time, no exceptions, is a hell of a lot safer than the full face helmet that spent nearly every ride strapped to my backrest.

ga362: Took a big ass grasshopper in the forehead once. Got the scar to prove it.

Screw full face helmets (or any helmet for that matter). After 30 mph they only keep things together for the mortician.

Yes, your story sure tells how they don't do you any good. You'd think a scar would be enough to teach you, but it looks like it will take hitting something bigger than a grasshopper with your forehead to drive this point home : if you'd been wearing a full face helmet you wouldn't have a scar.

Just look at all these examples of people who weren't wearing a helmet over 30 mph and ended up dead:







Oh, whoops, wrong pictures.

I'm not saying I'm pro helmet laws. Rather, I think Darwin can handle this one. We don't need laws against stupidity. This is the type of thing that sorts itself out.

Wear a helmet much? As for people who wear 1/2 helmets, are any of those even D.O.T. certified? Let alone Snell. I mean, to each their own, but I personally don't understand how you do a risk/reward analysis on wearing a full-face helmet and don't come up with "yes, all the time".

Can't count how many times I've had pieces of gravel thrown from truck tires into my face shield. Can't imagine that'd feel very nice with your 'vision unobstructed'.

One Shot Memtok: I mean, to each their own, but I personally don't understand how you do a risk/reward analysis on wearing a full-face helmet and don't come up with "yes, all the time".

Easy. Full face helmets are uncomfortable. "You're willing to trade safety for comfort!?" I can already hear you saying. Hell yes I am. I ride a motorcycle, don't I?

MadMattressMack: But I thought loud pipes save lives? Isn't that why every guy I see riding a bike with loud pipes is wearing a T-shirt, no helmet, and no day glo? That the loud pipes are all it takes to survive blunt trauma to the skull?

You forgot the shorts and flipflops. Yes, I've seen it. Meanwhile I'm wearing construction orange, heavy leather jacket, gloves, pants, steeltoe boots, and a full face helmet.

I won't call my bike silent, but I certainly haven't put different pipes or muffler on it. Given that my mom was on a bus hit broadside by a car where the lady claimed she never saw it, that 'most' people listen to the radio and have their own vehicle noise on top of that, I don't count on any driver seeing me, much less hearing me and tracking the noise down.

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She have a C-section?

I continue to mourn the death of Journalism.

Mark me down as another in the "full face helmet" camp.

No exceptions.

One Shot Memtok: Wear a helmet much? As for people who wear 1/2 helmets, are any of those even D.O.T. certified? Let alone Snell. I mean, to each their own, but I personally don't understand how you do a risk/reward analysis on wearing a full-face helmet and don't come up with "yes, all the time".

Can't count how many times I've had pieces of gravel thrown from truck tires into my face shield. Can't imagine that'd feel very nice with your 'vision unobstructed'.

True, I've seen guys with no helmet or goggles going down the highway, my eyes would water so bad then dry out and I wouldn't be able to see at all. Not sure how they do it, better eyes I guess. I couldn't even handle having my shield open for long when wearing sunglasses.

Was driving one afternoon on 95 in Vegas, and had a golf ball come flying into the road. The wind was blowing it around and changing its direction, but I managed to avoid it. Reading about what happened when one of these hit another car makes me cringe when I think about what could have happened to me.

jkl65s4: Sofa King Smart: I call shenanigans... either she's from out of state or a recent transfer to Tennessee or they wouldn't be using the plural 'teeth' in the story.

Murfreesboro is one of the major outer suburbs of Nashville, as well as an employment center of its own (Division I university there in Middle Tennessee State), so it wouldn't be unheard of to think she's probably a recent transfer.

/don't miss the almost 10% sales tax and living in New Tornado Alley
//But man do I miss the cheap housing (compared to the Northeast) enough that I want to move back

funny you should mention the weather... I have a friend who moved to Franklin 6-7 years ago from northern California... where he has experienced: tornadoes, hail, flooding, wind damage to his house, ice storms... was probably safer in Nor Cal.

Firethorn: MadMattressMack: But I thought loud pipes save lives? Isn't that why every guy I see riding a bike with loud pipes is wearing a T-shirt, no helmet, and no day glo? That the loud pipes are all it takes to survive blunt trauma to the skull?

You forgot the shorts and flipflops. Yes, I've seen it. Meanwhile I'm wearing construction orange, heavy leather jacket, gloves, pants, steeltoe boots, and a full face helmet.

I'm currently in South Carolina and there's a bike week going on at the moment. I see almost nobody wearing helmets around here and I've even seen the shorts/flip-flops attire. It's ridiculous. The first night of bike week, the local news already had two separate motorcycle fatalities.

One Shot Memtok: Can't count how many times I've had pieces of gravel thrown from truck tires into my face shield. Can't imagine that'd feel very nice with your 'vision unobstructed'.

Just recently I rode into a heavy thunderstorm. I stopped under a bridge when visibility dropped into the none existent and the hail was getting large. I had been thinking, damn the hail stings as it hit my jacket. And it was a bit loud on the helmet. There were half a dozen bikes under the bridge. One guy on had not worn a helmet and didn't have gloves on either with no shield/fairing either. He had taken a golf ball size stone to the center of his forehead. He looked like he was growing a horn and was more than a little loopy. He was focused on his head and failed to notice that his hand were bloody. "Dude, no helmet?" "Nah, I can't stand not being able to see everything." "How well do you see once your eyes swell shut?"

/I would care less if it didn't effect my insurance

My state recently lifted the helmet law, so now I'm seeing a lot of riders w/out helmets. Meh, that's to be expected. What gets me, though, is that I see helmetless riders wearing full leather. Do you honestly think that your torso/arms/legs will be the only parts of your body to hit the pavement? Or do you wear that leather to look cool?

Bruxellensis: My state recently lifted the helmet law, so now I'm seeing a lot of riders w/out helmets. Meh, that's to be expected. What gets me, though, is that I see helmetless riders wearing full leather. Do you honestly think that your torso/arms/legs will be the only parts of your body to hit the pavement? Or do you wear that leather to look cool?

Mitten state represent. I have seen that as well in the last few weeks...including the $5 sunglasses these knuckleheads are wearing, which will disintegrate when impacted by a junebug.

My state does not have a helmet law, but I wear a full face because I have more to lose than others.

Fore! Errant golf ball knocks out Murfreesboro motorcyclist's teeth.

What? All three of them?

What's she gonna do without old Gummy Joe???

Bruxellensis: My state recently lifted the helmet law, so now I'm seeing a lot of riders w/out helmets. Meh, that's to be expected. What gets me, though, is that I see helmetless riders wearing full leather. Do you honestly think that your torso/arms/legs will be the only parts of your body to hit the pavement? Or do you wear that leather to look cool?

leather absorbs abrasion and is a great wind-deterent.
worn-in leather is more comfortable than jeans.
personally i just have a leather jacket and gloves.
i always wear gloves, even in shorts, baseball cap and golf bags on a hoy july day.
happy riding everyone!