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- From: cobra@ziggys.cts.com 619/262-6384 (Ron Lee)
- Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
- Subject: Re: HELMETS
- Message-ID: <uoVguB1w165w@ziggys.cts.com>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 03:32:29 GMT
- References: <1992Nov18.121615.3330@cs.hw.ac.uk>
- Organization: Ziggy's Den Of Iniquity, East of East SD CA
- Lines: 48
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- geirs@cs.hw.ac.uk (Geir Solvang) writes:
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- } I have seen a lot of hostility against helmet laws in this newsgroup, and the
- }
- } But why on earth would anyone *NOT* wear a helmet. A guy with a 100$ head wea
- }
- } On the other side. If you can't take care of yourself, perhaps you don't dese
- }
- } Geir
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-
- I must admit, I
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- I must admit, I don't consider myself a "biker" --it's not a hobby for
- me; not a lifestyle, it just gets me to school and work at highway speed.
-
- I wear a helmet--wouldn't think of riding without one (saved my life once
- already).
- But I object to the LAW requiring it.
-
- I've spoken with a couple guys I know that also ride, some are eager
- enthusiasts. We've come to the consensus that it's NOT the actual issue
- of
- whethere or not its safe to ride one, but an issue of choice--choice that
- has been taken away wether or not we would normally choose to wear a
- helmet anyway.
-
- The problem seems to be that the Insurance Lobbies have finally passed
- this law when it really wasn't necessary to make it a state legal issue.
- The insurance companies could easily have resolve WITHIN their industry
- that people who don't wear helmets pay a higher premium; or that people
- who get caught in an accident without a helmet don't get their
- settlements, or get lower settlements.
-
- The thing that pisses a lot of us off (and I admit, I'm taking quite a
- liberty to speak for many whose opinions I haven't gathered) is that IT
- DIDN'T HAVE TO BE A DOGMATIC "DO IT OR DON'T RIDE AT ALL" type of
- dictatorial paternalistic attitude which fails to treat motorcyclers as
- Human Beings with abilities to make such judgements for themselves.
-
- --$30 please; but I'll give you change in pennies so you can put up
- a few cents-worth of your own........
-
-
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