With motorcycle deaths rising--are helmet laws needed?
#121
01-30-2011, 12:21 PM
This is the same as noteing a rise in a certain type of crime compaired to previous years. The reporting of the crime committed may be higher but the actual committing of the crime is really the same or close to the same numbers. It doesnt mean there should be more laws just continued reporting and pursuit/procecution of the criminals is whats needed. The reporting of motocycle accidents always say no helmet and the cycleist fault, never when its the cages fault . The motorcycle represents freedom and individualism that libs and progreesive resent. Once they get motorcycles under control they will go after raceing and other extreeme sport activitys.
#122
01-30-2011, 02:43 PM
dont think helmet laws will make a diiference! we have helmet law here in NZ, still plenty of motorcycle deaths, helmets will realisticly only help in very slow speed accidents, at speeds you will probably die with or without helmet
It's the NEVER ending debate.......again!
#126
01-30-2011, 04:24 PM
To wear a helmet should be a riders choice. As stated above NH is a choice state. I wear mine most of the time, but once in a while it is bald head to the sun and I am off. Wife calls me an organ donor, maybe so, but I want the freedom of choice.
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01-30-2011, 04:48 PM
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know what makes story about as stupid as saying "guns kill people"? The fact that nowhere in this story is there any indication whether the dead riders were wearing helmets or not.
Besides, i fail to see how a $15k funeral is more expensive on society than 30 years of medical costs to treat a paraplegic, but if someone would like to educate me in one paragraph or less i'm all ears.
We don't have helmet laws here in mn, and that's exactly the way we want it to stay there ol'mark kulda,lobbyist for the insurance industry - ya friggin' numb-nut.
http://www.kstp.com/article/stories/s110026.shtml?cat=1
Besides, i fail to see how a $15k funeral is more expensive on society than 30 years of medical costs to treat a paraplegic, but if someone would like to educate me in one paragraph or less i'm all ears.
We don't have helmet laws here in mn, and that's exactly the way we want it to stay there ol'mark kulda,lobbyist for the insurance industry - ya friggin' numb-nut.
http://www.kstp.com/article/stories/s110026.shtml?cat=1
#129
01-30-2011, 04:53 PM
In NY, using a cellphone while driving (without a hands free set) is illegal.
I find it interesting that these no-helmet crusades only exist on HD forums. Funny, I mentioned it to some of my old sport touring buddies and they said "great, Harley guysstumble out of abarand then think they're good enough to ride without a helmet" . . that's the reputation on the street, FWIW. It doesn't bother me, I don't drink and ride EVER, and I wear a helmet and would wear a helmet even if I had a choice.
I find it interesting that these no-helmet crusades only exist on HD forums. Funny, I mentioned it to some of my old sport touring buddies and they said "great, Harley guysstumble out of abarand then think they're good enough to ride without a helmet" . . that's the reputation on the street, FWIW. It doesn't bother me, I don't drink and ride EVER, and I wear a helmet and would wear a helmet even if I had a choice.
Its a BS law and people who care about our freedoms as Americans knows it.
and btw, your friend who made that generalization about harley riders being drunks who stagger to their bikes is a dick. I am a responsible person and I NEVER have more than one if I am on the bike. Most of the people that I know who ride harleys are the same way so you can tell your metric buddy that if I'm a drunk biker because I ride a harley then he's a gay moron because he rides a sport tourer.
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