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From: Delta Colo
Just Think...
... what if there had never been any helmet laws ? Then there would be no controversy whatever on the legal/coercive aspects of forced use of helmets. Helmet usage would be fairly high;there would be no stigma to wearing/not wearing. Helmet laws are a good example of government exerting power and control over us, dividing the people, and creating controversy and strife when there doesn't need to be any.
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80% of all statistics on the internet are made up. i saw it on the internet, so that must be true 
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For all the money pissed away at local, state and federal levels, keeping a few bikers on life support is a drop in the ****in bucket. If ya like helmets wear them if not, don't.
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I love these new fangled modular helmets. Greatest things since sliced bread. I can drink a soda, take my meds and talk to people at lights without having to remove it. I wear it cause I want to. It's just no job of any government agency to force me to put something on (or in) my body, unless or until I become incarcerated or a ward of the state.
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Another good point is that the agony, if that is what someone feels it is, caused by wearing a helmet is in effect only while actually wearing a helmet. Being crippled or suffering from 'diminished capacity', because most head injuries don't result in immediate death, or losing a current 'life' is in effect every second for the rest of a person's 'life'. It comes down to priorities and the odds one feels they may be involved in an incident while riding.
I don't care what anyone's chooses to do, just weigh the pros and cons. And make the choice carefully, sometimes there are no second chances.
Last edited by rjg883c; Dec 30, 2015 at 02:56 PM.
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????? People have been having accidents a long time. Cell phones, gabbing, and texting are a relatively recent problem.
Which is not the case for most people who suffer a permanent brain injury.