Wired jaw & cycling

[missliz]

Yeah, MM, we have the same legal issues here. I coached and organised events in other sports for years, and would NEVER have allowed anybody with a broken jaw to start. We'd never get insurance again.
It's not his decision- the event organizers aren't going to let this fella endanger himself, the other riders, or the future of the event and the sponsering club. At least I can't imagine that possibly happening. The injury is too serious, and the whole lack of food thing is really major in an endurance event. He could have lethal heart trouble from lack of electrolyte, all kinds of weird things can happen. Even riding down the street in that condition is a potential legal nightmare. If some idiot hits him the fact that he's on a bike in that condition will get him shredded in court. This isn't a cracked or stress fractured secondary bone that can be taped up. Totally different deal.
Hey waterlilli, apparently you've never had a broken jaw. It's more in the league of broken leg than broken toe. Someday you'll have a real biff or get hit and find out what injury is. And husbands sometimes need to be given a reality check, and marriage can be an underhanded game. Such is life.

Lizzy

We don't let people jump off of bridges and buildings, do we?