The problem used to be that the plastic helmet would wear down a bit, if dragged against pavement, until a certain point and then stop short snapping the users neck. I'm sure technology has fixed that problem by now.
. On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 9:29 AM, G Money <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 7:56 AM, Eric Roberts < > ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > >> >> No..The point is that the costs of all the bashed skulls would be a drain. >> The one instance of butt/private bits scraping would not be enough to be >> considered a drain because it was a one off whereas the are probably >> hundreds or thousands of bashed skulls (don't know what the figures are but >> I can imagine that it is pretty common). >> > > Wouldn't a motorcycle rider be more likely to survive a serious crash...with > injuries...if he was wearing a helmet? Whereas, without a helmet, he's more > likely to die in the crash? > > I guess my point is, NOT wearing a helmet might end up being cheaper in > terms of OR visits and extended medical care for injuries to survivors. > > I don't think riders should be required to wear helmets, and I don't think > seat belts should be required either. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:339873 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
