Henry,
In '84, I spent one year in your beautiful country, (Carmel IN)
At that time I noticed that drivers education is, compared to dutch
standards, at an horrible level. I'm not saying this to insult you but it
seems to me that geting a licence is far too easy over there.
Over here it's quite difficult to get your licence, for motorcycle as for
cars as well. That implies that the young drivers are slightly morer skilled
over here, although you wouldn's see that at all times.
As far as insurance is concerned yoú're right. The insurance companies will
pay up to anyone who's victimized in an accident. But what's the next step
of the insurance company? Yes, they will claim the money they payed, back
from the person who bought the insurance. Insurance companies over here,
will state in their contracts that whenever a person insured, has an
accident and who's done anything against regulations is not covered, so they
can reclaim the money.
As for riding without a helmet, I think that it's not entirely fair to have
a public health insurance, payed for by you as well, has to cover costs made
for people that refuse to wear helmets.
Michel
----- Original Message -----
From: Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Multiple recipients of list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, June 16, 2000 6:32 PM
Subject: RE: Helmet
> > insurance will pay up anyway. Ever since the use of helmets
> > became mandatory, deadly accidents rates dropped by 30-40%. To
> > me, that's a pretty good reason to wear one
>
> One thing to understand, Michel, is that here in the FREE United States,
we
> are supposed to be free to pursue Life, Liberty and Happiness. I'd guess
> that most of us would agree with you that helmets help to prevent
> fatalities--but there is no guarantee that by wearing one, you won't get
> killed riding a bike--but we would also say that RIDER education is more
> important. A lot of us, here in the States, would also say that most
adults
> can make that decision for themselves--as to whether or not they wish to
> wear one. Me? I teach motorcycle safety, and I wear one all the time. I
> also wear a full coverage suit, boots and gloves...all the time. But I do
> think that we have the right to decide for ourselves.
> Regards,
>
> Henry S. Winokur
> 94 GTS1000, AMA, MRF, MD/MSF Certified Instructor
> West Bethesda, MD
>
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