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post #31 of 62

I think it's great that PA has no helmet law for motorcyclists.  I don't own a motorcycle, I don't even like motorcycles, but it's nice to see we still have some liberties left....for now.  I wear my helmet when I ride horses, but some people I know don't, it's a personal choice. 

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post #32 of 62
I think it should be choice... I haven't read the whole thread... But I think people should wear them, just think gary busey... That's reason enough! Lol.
At the very least, wipe the poop off your feet before getting in the car.

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At the very least, wipe the poop off your feet before getting in the car.

"Member of the Derperella Club-- We're just all goin' round' the rooster, here!"
Good night sweet Trousers, The Derp Club will miss you.
Treasure the love you recieve above all. It will survive long after your gold and good health have vanished. Og Mandino
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post #33 of 62
Red and others...the choice does not come down to either surviving an accident, being killed or being in a vegetative state where you are allowed to die. Your real problem will come when you survive but your quality of life has now become so bad that you wish your were dead but both medical and legal ethics will not permit your care givers to put you out of your misery and you are unable to do it yourself. What you really will really want at that time is an assisted suicide law. I believe in seat belt laws and helmet laws and think that Maye is somewhat on the right track. I am not so sure that it is not a bad idea to protect those who may be too dense to protect themselves.
post #34 of 62
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Personally, I do believe in seatbelt laws, athough I understand peoples' concern about ever increasing gov. control. 

I guess the lack of logic bothers me.  A vehicle with 4 wheels, usually with built-in safety measures of airbags, generally highly visible - we're required to take the extra measure of a seat belt.  But a vehicle with 2 wheels, no built in safety measures, and due to small size not highly visible - there are no mandated safety expectations.  It just strikes me as crazy...  hu.gif   I can't understand how seatbelt laws got so much backing, but helmet laws have stayed under the radar...

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Caretaker of a lovely mixed flock including: australorp, plymouth rocks, wyandotte, d'uccles, silkies, EEs, andalusian, and a few seramas, plus a golden retriever, great dane, and three cats.  I always swore that I wouldn't succumb to chicken math.  I lied.
 

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post #35 of 62
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Originally Posted by Peaches Lee View Post

I think it's great that PA has no helmet law for motorcyclists.  I don't own a motorcycle, I don't even like motorcycles, but it's nice to see we still have some liberties left....for now.  I wear my helmet when I ride horses, but some people I know don't, it's a personal choice. 

 

 

If riding a motorcycle without a helmet is a liberty and you think that it's one of the few left, then that's very sad and a poor reflection on what freedom in a civilised society is. It selfishness and naivety rather than a desire for liberty.

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post #36 of 62

You can keep "civilized" We have never claimed that the USA is "civilized". We claim to be free an are fighting to stay that way. If you want "civilized" you want Canada...

post #37 of 62
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If riding a motorcycle without a helmet is a liberty and you think that it's one of the few left, then that's very sad and a poor reflection on what freedom in a civilised society is. It selfishness and naivety rather than a desire for liberty.

Huh? 

 

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You can keep "civilized" We have never claimed that the USA is "civilized". We claim to be free an are fighting to stay that way. If you want "civilized" you want Canada...

Good post!  big_smile.png

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post #38 of 62

Laws....laws....laws

 

for crying out loud.........

 

everybody wants to tell everyone else "what to do"........

 

BUT....most .....haven't sense enough to tell themselves "what to do"....

 

Let's just have another "LAW" !

 

COMMUNIST FOOLS !!!

 

THE Curmudgeon
 

post #39 of 62

Helmet laws and seatbelt laws makes perfect sense to me.

Years ago, before we had a seatbelt law in this country my parents and uncle had an accident. Drunk driver drove into them as they were waiting at a red light. None of them were wearing seat belts. My uncle got killed, my dad got thrown from the car, over a 7 foot fence. He spent the the best years of his life in a wheelchair.

As for helmets... if you fall off your bike, travelling at, say 80 miles an hour, would you or wouldn't you rather be wearing one?

 

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post #40 of 62

As I told my neighbor, who was mocking me for riding fully geared up, "If you've got nothing to protect, then a do rag will work just fine."

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