• Sc00ter@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    One of my coworkers is a story of a single bike accident. He was riding uphill on a road when his front fork broke. He went over the handle bars and head/face first into the ground. He had his helmet on, and was still knocked out. He was found in the drainage ditch on the side of the road after he was reported missing.

    He has no long term damage today, but that certainly wouldn’t be the case if he wasn’t wearing a helmet

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      2 months ago

      WTH how long was he out if they got to the point of reporting him missing?

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        2 months ago

        You don’t have to wait a certain amount of time to report someone missing. If your partner says “On my way home” then is 2 hours late and not responding to calls feel free to report them as missing. They could’ve easily been in a major accident.

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          2 months ago

          yeah, that still means the guy was out for 2 hours tho

        • peopleproblems@lemmy.world
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          2 months ago

          Where did that idea even come from?

          The longer you take to report someone missing, the harder it is to find them.

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            2 months ago

            I assume from crime dramas to heighten the tension