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- From: conrad@pico.qpsx.oz.au (Conrad Drake)
- Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
- Subject: Re: MSF=Infallible (was Re: Motorcyclist Hits Bicyclist on Skyline Blvd.)
- Message-ID: <2322@pico.qpsx.oz.au>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 00:30:56 GMT
- References: <1992Nov13.154141.17373@spdc.ti.com>
- Reply-To: conrad@pico.qpsx.oz.au
- Organization: QPSX Communications
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- serafin@epcot.spdc.ti.com (Mike Serafin) writes:
- : In article <Stafford-121192171233@stafford.winona.msus.edu> Stafford@Vax2.Winona.MSUS.EDU (John Stafford) writes:
- : >In article <9901072@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM>, jld@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Jeff Deeney)
- : >wrote:
- : >>
- : >> Did you know that the majority of fatal head injuries incurred by
- : >> helmetless riders have resulted in death? I rest my case.
- : >
- : >Do you know that the majority of fatal head injuries incurred by
- : >helmetless AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS have resulted in death? I say if
- : >we have to wear helmets based upon your 'reason' then everyone
- : >has to wear helmets. Oh, let's not forget all the money we spend
- : >on health care for people who slip in the bathtub, too.
- : >
- : >sensitized -- a girl friend of mine has been in a coma for five
- : >days, now due to a head injury incurred in an auto accident. A helmet
- : >probably would have saved her. You want to base a law on such
- : >incidences?
- :
- : Well, if all of our FINE legislators in this country did not have to drive/ride
- : in cars also you probably would see some stupid helmet law for cars.
- :
- Yup, just as "stupid" as 5 point harnesses and roll over & side impact
- protection. Or requiring that drivers not be under the influence of
- debilitating drugs/on the phone/reading the paper. No smiley.
-
- Conrad Drake
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- "A carnival of misery so tragically our own,
- Where gathered 'round the ballot box we reap what we have sown"
- "These Festivals" Leunig, 1992
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