Here in Hawaii we don't have a helmet law - I don't get it - I even bought a helmet to wear after I workout so I don't stink up my daily helmet.
I was living in California when they passed the helmet law. A friend runs one of the emergency room at a bigger hospital in the SF Bay Area. The number of paraplegics and quadriplegics increased big time after the new helmet law was passed and organ donors dropped big time. It ended up costing the state significantly more money to support these people for the rest of their lives. In the end economics are a good reason to NOT have a helmet law. Sean On Jul 4, 8:15 am, Pat Patterson <[email protected]> wrote: > Here in BC (all of canada I think) both are mandatory. I grew up > riding 3 wheel atv's bear headed and can see the appeal of no helmet. > Would I in traffic? Nope, I have a few friends that have had head > injuries and they're just not the same. However... on a windy lane > dappled sun coming through the trees and a speed limit low enough > they I'm well inside my skill level to keep the damn thing > upright.... Ya it'd be cool to ride without it... and I just might > one day in the right situation. As was said with the possible > exceptions of large flying bugs with or without doesn't affect my > ability to ride the bike. So it should be My choice, Proper footwear > however does affect and should be mandatory... Actualy I think it is. > You can't drive a car here without "proper footwear" and flipflops > are NOT :o) god I hate those things. Can we petition for an outright > ban? maybe trade the helmet laws for flipflop laws??? > > Seatbelts, should be mandatory for under 19 (legal age here) and all > front seat occupants. When I was 16 and rules were for other people I > had a 71 Mustang. I wouldn't move the car till the front passenger > had their belt on. In my 69 fairlane it was the same thing, at least > buckle the lap and submarine belts or the car doesn't move. If the > rear passengers wanted to slide around and hit my cage up to them. > Most when faced with caged car and 5pt harnesses got into belts quickly. > I'd had my licence about a month when my g/f landed in my lap in a > cloverleaf. Thus the rule. > > At 08:53 AM 7/4/2011, you wrote: > > > > > > > > > > >I see that alot in the daytona area > >-----Original Message----- > >Date: Monday, July 04, 2011 11:29:01 am > >To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > >From: "Gene George" <[email protected]> > >Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] MotorcyclistKilledWhile Riding > >Without Helmet to Protest New York Helmet Law > > >In addition to no helmut, I see more than a few who ride with no > >shirt, shorts and flip-flops. > > >Eugene O. 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