{"id":976,"date":"2017-01-24T05:08:09","date_gmt":"2017-01-24T13:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/creative-riding.com\/WPMaster\/?p=976"},"modified":"2017-01-23T23:00:20","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T07:00:20","slug":"the-flying-doctor-an-entertaining-view-of-the-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/creative-riding.com\/WPMaster\/the-flying-doctor-an-entertaining-view-of-the-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"The Flying Doctor &#8211; An entertaining view of the crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I love road racing -not &#8220;road racing&#8221; on a track styled to be like a road, although I do love that too, but actual racing on closed public roads.<\/p>\n<p>While I was perusing You(biquitous)Tube for some good road racing porn, I came across a presentation and memorial of sorts to Doctor John Hinds.<\/p>\n<p>From his TED talk-like presentation (below) on roadside medical procedures and crash injury analysis, I gathered that this guy was probably fun to talk to, had a great sense of humor, and was probably the first person that you wanted to see through your visor after a high-speed get off.\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<div class='embed-container'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Flying\u26a1\ufe0fDoctor ~R.I.P.~ Dr.\u271cJohn\u2618\ufe0fHinds\u2714\ufe0f \u2705 . The_Fastest Road Racing Doctor,\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MsZBXlTHPCg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>A quote from a MCN article following his tragic death sums up his achievements and contributions to the road racing world and beyond:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">He leaves behind an incredible legacy; as an exceptionally talented doctor to whom many of the paddock owe their lives; as an educator who worked tirelessly to further trauma and emergency medicine; and as a selfless individual and much-loved figure who dedicated a lot of his own free time and money to ensuring proper care for the paddock.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Most of his time was taken up by his passion for motorbikes and caring for people, but his extra time was spent procuring air ambulance services for Northern Ireland. A petition and fund was set up in his honor for that very cause after his passing. <\/p>\n<p>Although I just became aware of this individual, the video is a timeless, entertaining and lighthearted view into what it was like to be a road racing doctor, and a keen observer of the unexpected and absurd on the &#8216;track&#8217;.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/creative-riding.com\/WPMaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/motorcycle-racing-5-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/creative-riding.com\/WPMaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/motorcycle-racing-5-2-300x148.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"148\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-977\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>-Cheers!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love road racing -not &#8220;road racing&#8221; on a track styled to be like a road, although I do love that too, but actual racing on closed public roads. While I was perusing You(biquitous)Tube for some good road racing porn, I came across a presentation and memorial of sorts to Doctor John Hinds. From his&hellip; <br \/> <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/creative-riding.com\/WPMaster\/the-flying-doctor-an-entertaining-view-of-the-crash\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-creative-riding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/creative-riding.com\/WPMaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/creative-riding.com\/WPMaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/creative-riding.com\/WPMaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/creative-riding.com\/WPMaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/creative-riding.com\/WPMaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/creative-riding.com\/WPMaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/976\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/creative-riding.com\/WPMaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/creative-riding.com\/WPMaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/creative-riding.com\/WPMaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}