I guess I do not know enough about how insurance rates are calculates to see how, if someone rode a motorcycle without a helmet, it would affect _my_ insurance rates.
On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 9:05 PM, Eric Roberts <ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > It increases insurance rates. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Stroz [mailto:boyz...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 8:07 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Dawrin Award Winner > > > Unless all of these motorcyclists were under Medicare or Medicaid, I am not > sure I see how this costs 'us' any more money than any other disease/injury. > > On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 4:18 PM, Larry Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> The first study I mentioned noted that following Pennsylvania's repeal non > helmet related head injuries went up over 42 percent. Here's the rest of the > quote: >> >> The number of head-injured, hospitalized motorcyclists requiring further > care at facilities specializing in rehabilitation and long-term care > increased 87 percent after the repeal, and increased 16 percent for non-head > injured motorcyclists. >> Total acute care hospital charges stemming from motorcycle-related head > injuries increased 132 percent in the two years following repeal compared to > 69 percent for non-head injuries. >> --- >> >> That's for one state only. Want to multiply that by 50+ times and more. > That's not a few dollars per person. >> >>>That's interesting stuff. >>> >>>Question: How much would I be willing to pay for particular freedoms, >>>including paying for other people's freedom? >>> >>>Just because not having a law may cost me a few extra cents in tax >>>dollars as an American citizen, doesn't necessarily mean I should support > the law. >>>Especially since there are other laws that DWARF this one in money >>>spent by tax payers on health. The obvious one is the legality of alcohol. >>> >>>I know drinking causes umpteen millions, and maybe billions, in health >>>spending every year.....but damnit, I want to be able to drink, so i'm >>>willing to pay the bill for a little freedom. >>> >>>Similarly, people who want to ride motorcycles without a helmet will >>>cost us a bit more in health spending each year.....but is it enough >>>to give me the right to tell them what to do? Dunno. I take freedom >>>pretty seriously...more seriously than money, actually. >>> >>> >>> >>>> >> >> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:339932 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
