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To all Bike Riders I thought I should contribute to this issue as a Bikie myself. Safety is utmost when riding a motorbike. Wear your helmet and if its law - it is good - just do it. Stop complaining for f.........sake. If you want to live you have to wear a helmet. This goes for the pilion passenger too not just the rider. Regards Damian Lobo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Luiza de Mello" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 9:35 PM Subject: [GOANET] Once again the helmet issue... > > Here we go again with the helmet issue... It was all of a sudden > implemented last year. Then after the helmet manufacturers, dealers & the > politicians made their money, the rule was scrapped as suddenly as it was > imposed. Definitely looks like they didn't make enough, so here they go > once again this year..... > > Everyone knows that it is safe to wear a helmet while riding because you > never know when it's going to be your bad day. You could be riding > carefully, but someone else could knock you down, or you could skid due to > a puncture or oil on the road.... there could be a lot of silly excuses for > an accident. So it would definitely be safe to wear a helmet. > > But then besides accidents caused by carelessness, there are those which > are caused due to pure negligence of the government. > > Before enforcing the helmet rule, there are a whole lot of other hazardous > excuses for accidents which the government should give priority to first. > To mention just a few: stray cattle, stray dogs, improper road lighting, > proper levelling of roads dug up for laying of pipelines / cables / water > connections, full headlights blinding other drivers on the road, ban on > using blaring air horns which startle other drivers, proper traffic sign > boards, direction boards, ........ there are still some more to add, but > let the government work on these for starters. > > Once all the above have been looked into & then the helmet rule is imposed, > then only riders will be convinced that the government is really concerned > about our safety. Right now everyone knows the obvious reasons for the > sudden enforcing of the rule. > > And to all other riders & drivers, each one knows that it is a privilege > for us drive & each of us has a right on the road, and just as our lives > are precious of us, think of the rest on the road too. Drive carefully, > don't over-take without horning, don't over-take from the left side, use > indicators when turning.... I'm not teaching you. You know how to drive. > You simply didn't get a license without knowing how to..... or did you pay > a bribe to get one? > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.422 / Virus Database: 237 - Release Date: 11/20/2002 >
