I disagree with helmet and seatbelt laws for adults, but when it comes to kids I'm all for it. Depending on their age, most kids don't know any better and after 22 years as a LEO I've seen enough of the consequences suffered by kids who's parents didn't think enough of them to buckle them in that I'm all for the under 18 laws.

 

I'll wear a cap every time I get on a bike, just because I like my brain right where it is. Now about a helmet law, if you want to ride without one, your head......................

 

#1 you don't have to have health ins. to drive a car, just liability.

#2 don't even get me started on the old arguement of public burden and who pays the bills if my head gets cracked. Who pays the bills when some fatazz without ins. has a heart attack or stroke,or some rump ranger without ins. gets AIDS, or some smoker without ins. get cancer?

If you want to start the public burden crap and make everyone pay for the things that they do to themselves, then you need to be ready to accept govt. mandated laws concerning sex, smoking bans, and a food and exercisepolice.

Bottom line is, Americans on the whole are doing a lot more damage to themselves, and being more of a public burden than anything a hand full of bikers with or without helmets could do.

Regards,

Bill

 

Agreed.
Just a heads up guys,already had one helmet thread locked.This is a touchy issue for some so keep it clean

 

Thats a great riding story, I got another one for ya!

I was born and raised in WINTERpeg Canada, friend of mine
that I grew up with there and we learned to ride,paint and
repair motorcycles together rode together for years, me with
a helmet, him without a helmet.

We use to go to helmet law protests together, me wearing my
helmet, him not wearing a helmet! We were protesting the law,
not wether to wear a helmet or not.

Canada and most U.S. states have helmet laws now
(BUT GUESS WHAT?)

My friend still does not wear a helmet to this day in Canada or
anywhere in the U.S. he has never owned one to this day and
believe it or not he rarely ever gets a ticket. He has NEVER
got one in his home town of WINTERpeg either in over 40
years of riding motorcycles with no helmet. He is a real
motorcyclest/biker as well, he rides 40 to 80,000 miles a
year, he doesn't just ride once in a blue moon a couple of
thousand miles a year, he is really riding alot with almost no
tickets ever!

Go figure?

I wear helmets 98% of the time in my 40+ years of riding and
I still say HELMET LAWS SUCK" it should be your freedom
of choice to go out and take a shot atkilling yourself OR NOT!

 

Bill, I couldn't agree with you more. Very well stated.................BG

 

I think it's pretty foolish to not wear a helmet. If you have the right type it really is much more comfortable with one than without. I live in a state with a helmet law but these days I still have mine on even when I'm in states that are helmet free. I do it more for comfort than safety. I know there are people who say they are more comfortable without and thats fine but come do a 7,000 mile trip with me. Do half without and half with and see how you feel. All that said I still think that as an adult it should be your choice. Just a bit of advice. If you ride a bike without a windshield and try a half Dot helment it will feel like its pulling your head off from the wind catching it and pulling up. A 3/4 and even better a full face will take care of that problem. If you have a windshield then a 1/2 isn't to bad but I don't like them because of the noise. If you can borrow some different styles from friends and go ride with them. I don't mean around the block either. Spend a day in each type and see which feels best for you. If looking 'cool' or trying to fit in in means more to you then what I have said means nothing...but if being comfortabe after 10 hours in the saddle is then you might want to try all your options first.

Gary

 

As long as hospitals are required by law to treat everyone regardless of their ability to pay, I'm all for helmets, seatbelts, paper with the corners removed and diet pepsi (I have a $6000+ medical bill from a few stitches and an asprin).

When hospitals and doctors can go back to letting immigranst & the idiots (people who dont have insurance) bleed to death, thus lowering the cost of medical attention for everyone else, then sure, I will support your desire to kill yourself and other whole-heartedly.

*I was reading an article in magazine in a waiting room a few months ago. It basically detailed how 3 homeless guys (all drug addicts and alcoholics), would rack-up $1,000,000 medical bills per year! Mostly by passing-out on sidewalks, ambulances had to pick them up, take them to the hospital, they got their stomachs pumped, styayed the night, were kicked-out the door the next morning and they walked to the nearest liquor store to drink themselves right back into the hospital. These bums were being admitted as many as 4 or 5 times a week! With never any intention of paying for any of it. The mayor decided that it would be cheaper to buy these people houses, and have a rotating staff of 24-hour nurses for them, but the idea was shot down because of protests (even if it would save several hundred thousand dollars).

So the next time you write a check for your health insurance coverage, please thank insuranceless people who made it that bad. And wear a helmt.

 

The following is from Easyriders magazine:

States with no Helmet law:
Colorado, Illinois, Iowa,

States withAgeHelmet law (under certain age must wear):
Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, Wisconsin, Wyoming

Helmet Law States: (Boo)
Alabama, California, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Washington DC

Florida not required if you have over $10,000 in medical insurance.
Texas not required if you have over $10,000 in medical insurance and over 18.

I just think its funny how some state helmets are optional but if you wear one reflectorization is required.

 

Then I need to see your dietary and exercise regimen, and reserve the right to control all of that. Along with forcing you to see shrinks for any anger issues you have. And since TV is a leading cause of sedentary lifestyles that have lead to all these problems, I must insist on taking all your TVs. And force you to be sterilized after 2 kids (at the most). After all, large families not only cause stress, they cost the system too much in child care. Processed food is also outlawed from now on, as is anything grilled or fried (carcinogens dont'cha know). This includes packaged juices, sodas, and absolutely alcohol. And sex must be performed in monitoring stations so overzealous love making does not lead to injuries or illness.

Also, personal motorized transportation is also forbidden - the accidents, and the pollution, are all causing too many problems.

I am all for personal responsibility. Skip a helmet and become a veggie enjoy the misery of the rest of your life. Same with getting fat,.lung disease, or anything else. It it waaaaaaaay past stupid to make these f'up laws.