if i am a pro football player, i'm not riding a motorcycle...

Roethlisberger, 24, was not wearing a helmet when his 2005 Suzuki Hayabusa, which the manufacturer has called the fastest street-legal motorcycle on the market, collided with a Chrysler New Yorker that had turned in front of him as he rode through a busy intersection near downtown, the Pittsburgh police said.

A little more than a year ago, Roethlisberger's admitted reluctance to wear a helmet while riding his Harley-Davidson created a local stir after Cleveland Browns tight end Kellen Winslow Jr. was injured in a motorcycle accident. Winslow tore knee ligaments and missed the 2005 season. Roethlisberger said at the time that he would continue to ride without wearing a helmet. Pennsylvania had a mandatory helmet law but repealed it in 2003.