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The Helmet isn’t Just for the Head · The Road Doc Podcast

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  The helmet isn't just a rule, it's a ritual.
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  Every time you wear one, you're telling the universe, I respect
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  my ride. I respect my life.
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  Hi everyone, welcome to this episode.
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  I am Doctor M Rider AKA the road doc.
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  Today I'm going to talk about why the helmet isn't just for
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  the head. Let's talk about it, why it's
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  more than just protection. So these days I've been
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  observing here, everybody is riding without helmet.
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  Maybe they don't know what they are entering or what kind of
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  problems they will involve in. So let's just no cover
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  everything. My thoughts and reflections
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  being a rider and adopter. So yeah, helmets, they don't
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  just save our head basically. They actually save our story
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  being end like that so that our story doesn't end right away.
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  So yeah, actually people don't die from a fall, they actually
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  die from impact. So let's let's that sink in for
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  a moment. People actually die from the
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  impact of it. That helmet is actually the thin
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  line between your legacy and regret.
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  Yeah, that's true. And you will realize when you
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  regret it. And since we are talking about
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  the regret, I will also talk about an incident I experienced
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  just few days prior to recording this episode.
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  I was just passing by, you know, wearing all the helmet and
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  everything. I was just passing by cruising
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  around 30 kilometer per hour in a normal highway Rd.
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  We cannot say that it's a highway.
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  That's just, you know, within the city roads and someone just
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  passed by, two people may be somewhere around 20 years of
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  age. They are like they just passed
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  by from my bike on the right with extreme speed and I was
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  like for the help and I looked at them and they were like
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  driving, riding it so crazy. I think they are riding I think
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  NS-200 if I'm not wrong. And one guy is playing loud
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  music in his phone. He is like playing some YouTube
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  video or something or something. He is playing it so loud and I
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  am like surprised, dude, what's going on?
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  I was like, they just passed by me on from my right and I am
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  like I said, guys, I use my personal IDs Domino 400 Arora
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  green color one. It is a 2023 version, BS6
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  complement everything, all these things.
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  But yeah, so like within like 5 to 10 seconds, I hear a Pam, you
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  know what just happened within the five seconds of it, these
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  two young people, they just crashed into an innocent person
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  who is just crossing the road. And that the person who is
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  crossing the road has nothing to do with this actually, but
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  because of two people decided to go reckless, without helmet,
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  without riding gear, nothing whatsoever.
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  They have unnecessarily involved some other person, an innocent
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  person who is trying to cross the road into whole different
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  problem. Look at this.
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  And you know, I have just witnessed with my own eyes these
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  two people just hit the innocent pedestrian and then this bike
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  went sliding for like almost 500 meters and both of them were
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  injured and scratches were there.
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  But these two people who were recklessly riding the
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  motorcycle, they don't feel any pain.
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  Then I realized, Oh my God, these people are drunk.
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  Yeah, you heard it right. These two young guys were
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  literally drunk, playing loud music, going crazy left and
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  right. And you know what they did after
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  they have fallen down? They just pick up their bike and
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  everything. And then they just left because
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  we are all stopped. We all stopped our bikes and
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  everybody around in that region, they all came up to the innocent
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  pedestrian making sure that innocent pedestrian is safe.
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  Me as a doctor when I saw this, I just parked my bike and I was
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  checking whether he is alright or not.
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  And by God's grace, let us just say that innocent pedestrian was
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  safe. No other visible damages to the
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  head or he is very conscious. He is speaking even we have
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  waited literally one hour because of course we are in a
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  country where ambulance takes more time and it was late night
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  so we had to wait. No other options.
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  But this innocent pedestrian who involved in an accident doesn't
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  want to go to hospital. I don't know why but he's
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  refusing left, right and center not to take him to hospital.
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  So ANYWAYS, but he's very conscious.
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  He's speaking clearly, no signs of head injury, trauma or
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  anything. But these people, I think they
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  hit him on the right hand or left hand, I think, right?
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  Yeah, they hit him on the right hand and then they crashed.
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  So his right hand got, I think, fractured.
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  I think it started to swell. I have noticed his forearm is
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  swelling up and he is not able to move his fingers properly.
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  Not all, but few, but yeah. But it's OK.
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  I have done my basic assessment on the road itself and I said
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  you need to definitely go to the hospital just to make sure you
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  don't have any other head or cervical injuries.
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  So he just after 10 to 15 minutes of time, he just, you
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  know, sat down and stood up and he is able to walk and all these
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  things, these are fine. But, you know, just to
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  precautionary think to just get a CT or something so that there
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  won't be any mental block because sometimes we never know,
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  there might be any clots, hemorrhages or anything.
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  It's just better to get it, that's all.
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  But yeah, see how an innocent person's life just changed
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  because of two reckless people decided to ride their motorcycle
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  and then crashed into someone else.
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  And this is the reason why I tell everybody to wear a helmet
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  and be mindful of others as well.
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  If you like riding and stuff, then be careful.
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  Not just you are responsible for your life, you are also
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  responsible for other people's life on the road.
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  So normal roads are not meant for racing.
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  Keep that in mind. A real rider will never do that.
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  We all know that because I am also a rider.
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  I do not like to show my speeding skills or anything on
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  the basic roads. I do that in a very controlled
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  and confined environment, like racing tracks, like clear
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  highways with limited speed, something like that in a very
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  controlled environment because we never know.
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  On road it is pretty much uncertainty, we can never tell.
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  Anything can happen at any point of time.
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  So every second is precious for everyone.
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  So keep that in mind. I call helmet as a mental armour
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  for a reason because you know the moment it is for me in my
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  opinion, the moment I place helmet on, I instantly switch my
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  mindset. You know it is like helmet on
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  mindset switch. I literally activates like in my
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  brain it goes like rider mode activated.
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  So I completely focus on my motorcycle, the road clarity and
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  the purpose of why I am doing, why I am going where I am going.
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  I do not care about anything else when I am my motorcycle,
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  that is the most and highest priority at that point of time.
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  So some people, I heard, you know, some people saying like I
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  am just going for a short ride. It is just like 1 kilometer, 2
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  kilometer, It does not matter, guys, it does not matter at all.
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  There is no such thing as just a short ride so that I do not wear
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  helmet. There is no such thing.
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  Your brain does not know that distance.
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  Keep that in mind only impact every negative impact or every
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  impact that you falls on the ground you are done.
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  So this the only thin line that is present there is your helmet.
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  That is what the reason why I say helmet is the thin line
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  between legacy and regret. Keep that in mind once see who
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  who you become when you wear one.
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  I will explain it a little bit so that you will understand.
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  You look like a rider, you look like a responsible citizen and
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  you act like 1 you are. You look very calm, controlled
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  and corrected. Your helmet silently says I came
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  prepared for everything. You know why I am saying all
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  this? At the same incident where I was
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  helping the innocent pedestrian checking and taking care of this
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  person, someone just came by after like I am about to leave
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  that place someone just came by. I think these people are also
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  somewhere looking like teenagers in a motorcycle and came by and
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  like brother what did happen? Did anything happen here?
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  They were asking someone and they were telling like someone
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  just here blah blah blah explaining all the story and
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  they just came forward and that innocent teenager guy told me
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  you have a nice ride bro. I'm like thank you bro.
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  But I think this is very irrelevant situation for the
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  compliments. There is literally one guy
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  fallen on the ground and you who are focusing on nice ride.
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  It was very innocent. He was he did not do it by
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  intention. His intention was very
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  different. It was like he was trying to
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  admire the My motorcycle download 400.
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  I get it but it was just wrong moment.
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  I said thank you but listen brother, this is not the time
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  for admiration. If you are in this situation at
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  any point of time, focus on the person who has fallen down
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  rather than admiring the motorcycle at that given point
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  of time. I really like your compliment.
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  I really adore and respect everything, but this is a
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  literally wrong situation to go for complimenting my motorcycle
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  or me. So focus on the patient rather
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  than this. It was kind of, you know, in
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  that situation, I really kind of felt pretty bad.
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  You know, people are literally young people and teenagers are
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  focusing on wrong things. I do not know why.
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  I mean, it was just a pure thing he was doing, but still man,
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  someone has fallen on the ground.
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  You need to focus on people who has fallen on the ground because
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  that is more important. But anyways, we cannot change
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  everybody mindset. But at least you know, if you
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  are listening to this podcast, if someone fallen on the ground,
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  make sure that person who has fallen on the ground is safe
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  rather than complimenting other things.
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  These are unnecessary at that given point.
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  After. You can do that later in a
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  different zone or different place or whatever, but that is
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  not the time to do it. Keep that in mind, guess, be
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  mindful and help others. Alright?
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  Because anyone can be in that situation.
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  Not just that innocent reader. Even in future.
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  May be someone of anybody listening to this can be a
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  victim to this too. Or you can be in that situation
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  where you can give help a little bit.
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  So focus on helping and making sure they get required help.
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  At least do this for our fellow citizens because every kind act
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  will help us in one way or another.
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  But don't expect anything from that.
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  Just do your job. Just help the fellow citizen and
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  move on. That's all.
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  Because I also know some people will intentionally come to help
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  and make business out of it and take money or whatever.
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  I heard all these things also exist.
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  But do everything and justice, move on.
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  Do it with pure heart and kindness, nothing else.
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  If you expect something, and I mean in that situation, then
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  definitely you are less of a human being if you do such kind
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  of a thing. So never do such kind of things
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  and from the rider tick, let's just say how to choose the right
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  helmet. I will give a little insight if
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  you are living in India or in international countries like
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  United States or may be UAE or Russia or Australia, New Zealand
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  anywhere go for ISI or dot or ECE certified helmets only and
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  also focus on buying full face or modular helmet only.
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  Do not go for the half one this that no, no no those does not do
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  anything. Go for only full face or
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  modular. That is all.
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  And you know you need to buy the helmet first before buying
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  motorcycle. Keep that in mind because when I
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  am about to purchase my Dominar 400 in 2023, I actually bought
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  my own helmet almost three months ahead of time.
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  You know, and also make sure you buy the right helmet, not any
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  random 1 you pick from anywhere else.
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  Now go to a authorized shops, wear your helmet, check whether
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  it's fitting you or not, brand and everything else.
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  If you want, you can go for the pricing and all those things.
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  But yeah, focus on perfect fit. It should perfectly fit your
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  head, not too loose, not too tight, but perfect.
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  Make sure that and if you have budget, it's kind of a bonus
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  thing. Buy some reflective elements
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  like some stickers or something. If your helmet already has it,
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  fine, if not attach it on the back of it so that when light
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  falls the person can know that you are there.
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  May be by invest in built in wiser.
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  If that that is your priority then go for it.
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  I am talking about sun wiser guys.
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  Not every helmet comes with sun wisers.
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  So yeah, I personally use, you know, empty helmets and it is a
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  neon colour helmet which is very reflective, especially during
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  nights. It is a, you know, black and
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  neon mixed colour. A major reflective parts are
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  neon. So whenever the light hits, it
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  just reflects and you instantly know that there is some person
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  or something is there. So yeah, that is very, very
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  important. And I also realised many people
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  go for different, different style kind of helmets, all these
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  things. That is also OK, fine if you are
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  into it, but I suggest to go for more practical one.
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  Don't look for the, you know, you want to show off something
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  kind of a thing. Go for the most practical on
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  road because think about what is something goes wrong and how to
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  deal and you are trying to prevent what if something goes
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  wrong and you are trying to take control as much as you can.
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  So that's the thing you have to focus on.
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  And here is my final thought for everyone who is listening.
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  Every time you strap that helmet on, you are not just protecting
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  your head, you are protecting your purpose.
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  So it's my kind request to everybody to write smart and
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  leave sharp. This is the end of the this
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  episode and I will catch you up in next episode on Saturday 6:00
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  PM. Until then, take care, write
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  smart, leave sharp piece.