The most expensive insurance claim related to a motorcycle accident involves a woman who fell from the back of the cycle and was dragged down the road because her jeans got caught on the kickstand. She spent months in the hospital having multiple operations to reconstruct her pelvic region, and remove all the road debris embedded in her naughty bits.
So, should butt shields be required for all motorcycle riders? There has to be a point at which the government stops telling us what to do to protect ourselves in the name of "public interest". On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 8:46 PM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I want to agree. On the other hand, when a motorcyclist comes in to > the ER with massive head injuries, it's not going to get shrugged off > as a consequence of a bad choice, too bad. So there's a social > interest. On the *third* hand, if you extrapolate from that logic, the > government should regulate fast food and who knows what else. And I > don't think anyone here is in favor of that. > > So I guess it looks analogous to seat belt use to me. Don't like it, > but think it might be needed. Wish it had not been legislated, but > think that that too may have been needed. > > On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 8:31 PM, Gruss Gott <grussg...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Jerry Barnes <critic...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Actor Gary Busey, who was not wearing a helmet when he was nearly killed in >>> a motorcycle crash three years ago, on Friday urged all state legislatures >>> to pass mandatory helmet laws. >>> >> >> I'm not a biker and if I was I'd definitely wear a helmet, but a big >> part of me doesn't like these mandatory safety laws; it's too >> nanny-stateish >> >> It seems like a slippery slope when the government starts getting >> involved in personal passing safety laws. It makes sense for kids >> (car seats and such) and for cases where you can hurt someone else, >> but I dunno ... >> >> There's a local radio station in town with a great show called Garage >> Logic. The show has "helmet updates" where people call in with >> sightings of people wearing helmets in ridiculous situations. One I >> remember is a guy manually changing the prices on an outdoor gas >> station sign wearing a helmet with a full face shield. >> >> At some point it just seems like it's not the government's business >> and if we decide it is, where's the line? >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:339854 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
