Yes, and you also disrespect your family when you fail to wear a helmet in your car or while walking on the street, both of which are more dangerous than bicycling. This is just the kind of "helmet shaming" that I am talking about.
On Tuesday, November 24, 2015 at 1:40:03 PM UTC-8, Will wrote: > > Kelly, > > I think there's another perspective that has not been mentioned here... > > When I was sitting outside the ER waiting for the Cat-Scans on my wife, I > realized that her injuries were not simply hers. Her injuries belonged to > our children, our parents, our neighbors... > > The decision to wear, or not wear, a helmet isn't singular. We have > networks of family and friends who suffer when we are injured. The assumed > risk is not singular. Families and friends pick up the pieces. Jan Heine > was very fortunate to have a good friend drop everything to shepherd him > home from Taiwan. > > The decision to mitigate risk should recognize those who will bear the > burden of loss. It's not about laws. It's about common sense. It's about > respect for your loved ones. > > > > > > >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
