Here is what I do nto understand about the helmet laws for those who ride motorcycles.
In those states that have these laws, you can hop on your motorcycle in a pair of shorts and a t-shirt, but as long as you are wearing a helmet, you are 'safer' - even though the rest of your body has no protection whatsoever. Just requiring a helmet is stupid, if we are going to have laws requiring people wear helmets while riding/driving a motorcycle, the laws should also require other protective equipment as well. And in my opinion, all of which would be moot anyway, in most of the fatal motorcycle accidents I saw in my almost 20 years in EMS, no kind of protection would have saved the person - and most were wearing a helmet. I think part of getting your motorcycle license you should be required to watch a debridement procedure - that is where they basically take a wire brush and scrub the dirt and gravel out of the 'road rash'. On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 11:46 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:339863 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
