Your welcome to your opinion. And your choice. What I do is none of your concern. I don't need to have the government making my decisions for me or running and controlling my life. Also usually find pro control freak numbers so much BS. And skewed in their favor.

 

You want to save money on head injuries, make people in cars wear helmets. Because of The shear number of head injuries you would save millions times more money.

 

i started wearing a helmet for my grandkids. Soon after a left turner got me and my head went through his back door window. I was knocked out but only suffered a broken hip and pelvis. I never leave home without one.

 

No question it's safer to wear a helmet. But it would be even safer to not ride a bike. I prefer it it to be a personal choice, and keep the government out of it.


I think new riders should wear a FF until they get at least 10k miles of experience. My son's a paramedic, and he told me about a guy who crashed about thirty mph, no helmet. His brains were oozing out his ears. So I at least wear a 3/4 helmet.

 

1. Just like every other political argument, nothing posted here will change anybody's mind.

2. Self solving problem. Google "Darwin Award Winner".

3. I would fully agree that everyone should be able to make their own choice, as long as their medical insurance coverage is voided if they're not wearing a helmet, because otherwise their million dollar rehab bill will go into the total risk pool and make my ****ing premiums go up.

 

Much like IdahoHacker, I support free choice but with limitations not only with their health insurance claim but also a maximum liability limit for damages for unhelmeted riders. Lets say injured without a helmet maximum claim of $50k.

 

From the article:

It would seem to me that before the law everyone was wearing a helmet, therefore it is not surprising that after the law there was "four times as many unhelmeted riders admitted".

Not very scientific. It sounds like someone has an agenda. Why are only the three months before and three years after compared in the data? Why not three years before vs three years after? That usually only happens if the data don't bring the desired result. It usually emanates from the people who don't want anybody riding a motorcycle.

 

I have been saying this for years. The truth is, there's a lot of people who just don't like anyone riding a motorcycle, so they're going to make them wear helmets in 100 degree heat to discourage it.

 

Your exact argument could be used for outlawing motorcycles altogether. It would be safer if everyone drove a Volvo.

 

I always wear a helmet, but I don't believe this thread will change anyone's opinion about helmets. Pictures like the one in the article don't help our image with the cager public either. Oh, well. Time to polish my bike since it is supposed to snow in a few hours.