Man, that's a grizzly story. Do you know what ultimately happened to the guy?
There are things that can happen on the road that no amount of gear can protect you from. ******, you can be a car with a roll cage, crumple zones, and air bags and still get killed. That doesn't reduce the value of wearing good gear. If he had hit the pavement instead of the grass he could easily have lost a lot of skin. If he had hit head first instead of back first he could easily have busted open his skull.
I know the intent of the story was not to disparage the wearing of gear, but rather to encourage situational awareness. Just wanted to point that out.
