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JMB:
--- Quote from: BadMouth on July 05, 2011, 01:45:21 pm ---
or when the riding will be riskier than usual.
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This seems kind of arbitrary. Are you basing that on the kind of riding you are planning on doing? I respect your choice not to wear one. I don't think it needs to be a law. It's just not for me. I'm the guy you see riding in full gear even when it's 95.
Some interesting information on the subject here http://www.iihs.org/research/qanda/helmet_use.html
Ed_McCarron:
Meh, if I gotta wear a seatbelt, you gotta wear a helmet.
Or at least sign a mandatory organ donor card to ride without one.
BadMouth:
--- Quote from: JMB on July 05, 2011, 02:44:04 pm ---Are you basing that on the kind of riding you are planning on doing?
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Yeah, I rode the tail of the dragon at deal's gap last weekend and wore full protection except for pants (I wore jeans, but they don't last long sliding on asphalt). I'd never ridden it before and wasn't sure how crazy it would be. There are also a lot of idiots that run wide and cross the center line.
I realize that I only control so much of the risk and someone could run me over at the end of my driveway while I'm not wearing protection,
but I've weighed the risks and accepted them. I enjoy jumping on and off the bike without having to mess with any gear except for the goggles on top my head.
Dartful Dodger:
I’ll always wear a helmet when I ride. I don't care what anyone else does.
This law is lobbied by insurance companies because they have to pay out more when people without helmets get into an accident. You're only fooling yourself if you think it's about safety, It's all about money. Insurance companies want to take as much money from you without having to spend it on you.
The funny thing is, the loudest people chanting for this law are also the loudest ones chanting against insurance companies.
BadMouth:
--- Quote from: Ed_McCarron on July 05, 2011, 03:14:13 pm ---Meh, if I gotta wear a seatbelt, you gotta wear a helmet.
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When you were told they were going to pass a law to force you to wear a seatbelt,
did you disagree with it so much that you organized a group to fight it, hired a full time lobbyist & started raising money for political candidates that shared your viewpoint?
If you had, you probably wouldn't have to wear a seatbelt.
--- Quote from: Ed_McCarron on July 05, 2011, 03:14:13 pm ---Or at least sign a mandatory organ donor card to ride without one.
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Voluntarily signed. :)
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