On Nov 1, 2006, at 5:23 AM, John Forbes wrote: > Here lies the body of Michael O'Shay, > Who died defending the right of way. > He was right, dead right, as he sailed along, > But he's just as dead as if he'd been wrong. > > I don't tend to wear a helmet, though common sense dictates that I > should. On the other hand, I don't like the nanny state telling me > what > to do.
I never listened to the nanny state. When I was a child, bicycle helmets were uncommon and I rode without one. But from the point of being age 16 and beyond, I got away from bicycles, rode motorcycles and hung around racing cars ... and anyone with any brains in their heads knew that wearing a helmet was essential for survival if anything untoward occurred in those endeavors. When I took up bicycling again as a young adult, riding without a helmet was unthinkable to me. A dear friend of mine nearly lost his life in a bicycle accident right around then, 25 years ago; without the helmet he would have been dead. He survives to this day, still rides. I didn't realize until this thread came up that they were required by law now, even though I bought a new bicycle, new helmet and riding gloves this past summer. Riding without a helmet on a bicycle is just about as unthinkable to me as riding a motocycle, or flying to the moon, without one. G -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
