But, even very minor accidents, when they involve uncovered motorcyclists lead overwhelmingly often to critical injury or death, whereas minor accidents involving non-motorcyclists, even uncovered ones, rarely lead to anything but a ruined day and a trip to the body shop.
Sorry, the argument was too tempting and I had to jump at it. --Ferg Rick Faircloth wrote: > But, I would dare say without actually studying the data, > that there are so many more non-motorcycle drivers, that > there would surely be more head injuries for those drivers > than for motorcyle drivers...and surey more uninsured > non-motorcycle driving motorists, leading to more cost > to the state for head injuries for non-motorcycle drivers. > > If the data proves me wrong, so be it. But I doubt *any* > data would show that to be the case, since the ratio > of motorcycle drivers to all others vehicles would be > miniscule... > > But that still doesn't answer the question as to why lawmakers > wouldn't require helmets for all motorists if there only concern > was to save lives and money...because if we all strapped them > on all the time, we certainly would save both. > > Rick > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 12:13 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Any reason why a file field can be submitted back to the > page it's on? > > > >> Once I see all motorists, whether driving a car, truck, or >> motorcycle forced to wear helmets to protect the state from >> the costs of uninsured motorists' injuries, then I'll believe >> lawmakers created a helmet law which is fair, worthy of >> respect, and doesn't just single out a particular group to >> which to apply the law because the lawmakers aren't >> inconvenienced by the law they created. >> > > A quick perusal of comparative head injury rates between motorcyclists and > automobile drivers should help you understand why it's a bigger issue with > motorcyclists. If you go over the handlebars, and you're not wearing a > helmet, chances are very good that someone's going to be mopping your brains > off the road. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > > Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized > instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, > Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. > Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:241513 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
