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06-13-2006, 10:39 AM
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Motorcylce helmet laws
What's your opinion? Should motorcycle riders be required to wear helmets?
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06-13-2006, 10:43 AM
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Only if getting their head split open can result in our city going into depression and bankruptcy. 
No seriously, considering I only wear my seatbelt about 40% of the time, it'd be pretty damned hypocritical of me to say yes.
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06-13-2006, 10:45 AM
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Social Darwinism, that's all I got to say.
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06-13-2006, 10:47 AM
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Originally Posted by 33girl
No seriously, considering I only wear my seatbelt about 40% of the time, it'd be pretty damned hypocritical of me to say yes.
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They were discussing this on my way to work yesterday morning. The morning show guy mentioned this; he thought it was completely bass-ackwards for the state to require ppl to wear their seatbelts but not to wear helmets, and the morning show girl was talking about how she would answer yes b/c she doesn't ever not wear her seatbelt. I am in the group of not ever NOT wearing my seatbelt.
Just as stupid as not wearing helmets is riding on your motorcycle in a bikini top and cut-offs.
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06-13-2006, 10:58 AM
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Missouri has both seatbelt and helmet laws. Kansas doesn't have helmet laws (i live on the state line)
I do think helmet laws are a good idea-- but I am not sure it should be mandated. I wear my seatbelt most of the time, but again I am not sure that should be mandated either- except in the case of children.
As far as bicycles and helmets, i think that is stupid-- and yes, maybe i am a horrible parents but i don't make my kids wear helmets!
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06-13-2006, 11:02 AM
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Originally Posted by winnieb
I do think helmet laws are a good idea-- but I am not sure it should be mandated. I wear my seatbelt most of the time, but again I am not sure that should be mandated either- except in the case of children.
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You're in favor of the law, but don't think that it should be mandated? Isn't mandatory part of the definition of being a law? Would you rather they be "Constitutional Suggestions" or "Congressional Resolutions"?
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06-13-2006, 11:16 AM
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I like Congresentional Resloutions. You can pretty ignore them. That is when they get around to writing down what they eventually will do. And then pat themselves on the back and take vacations.
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06-13-2006, 11:21 AM
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Originally Posted by AlphaFrog
Social Darwinism, that's all I got to say.
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Here's the problem with the Darwinism thing.
All to often people in accidents without helmets don't die but suffer longterm brain damage. Even with insurance, in the end they'll likely end up on Medicaid... and who is going to pay for that? You and Me. 
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06-13-2006, 11:23 AM
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Ben R. was one of the vocal proponents of Pennsylvania's lack of a helmet law.
'Nough said.
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06-13-2006, 11:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Drolefille
Here's the problem with the Darwinism thing.
All to often people in accidents without helmets don't die but suffer longterm brain damage. Even with insurance, in the end they'll likely end up on Medicaid... and who is going to pay for that? You and Me. |
True...but at least the shallow end of the gene pool gets a little smaller. Although then if these people have already had kids, then we pay for them too.
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06-13-2006, 11:27 AM
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True...but at least the shallow end of the gene pool gets a little smaller. Although then if these people have already had kids, then we pay for them too. |
I can't keep up with this quick reply thing.
Regardless, I don't understand why people don't wear seat belts or helmets. They save your life in the vast majority of situations. Everyone has the friends uncles cousin who swears that they would have died if they'd had a seat belt on, but in 999 cases out of a 1000 you want to stay in the car and not hit the windshield and/or pavement. Why not wear a seatbelt because of 1 out of a thousand (very conservative)?
Same thing applies with helmets...
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06-13-2006, 11:41 AM
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What's your opinion? Should motorcycle riders be required to wear helmets?
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No.
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06-13-2006, 12:51 PM
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A former employees wife was an ER nurse. Whenever she saw a motorcyclist without a helmet she called him/her a "Potential Organ Donor."
More recently, a friend and former collegue was riding his full dress Harley and hit a deer and was nearly killed.
He didn't wear a helmet before then, but he sure does now.
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06-13-2006, 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by AlphaFrog
Social Darwinism, that's all I got to say.
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You would get shot in Pittsburgh right now for saying that...
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06-13-2006, 01:22 PM
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Protect yourself at all times...
Folks in California voted and approved their helmet law at least 15 years ago...
The reason is CalTrans and the CHiPs kept getting sued when unhelmeted folks donated their intelligence to the pavement...
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