Okay hear me out just like these NasCar people who freak out when one of their favorite drivers goes kaput on the oil slick track, well it seems that another athelete almost bought the farm. Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is okay after having a near fatal motorcycle accident the other day. He flew off of his bike and hit a cars windshield so hard that he left a crack in the glass the shape of his skull,by the way he was not wearing a helmet. he broke his nose and jaw. The doctors say he is going to be fine and I am happy to hear that. But this speaks to a bigger issue should cyclist be forced to wear a helmet?
I will say my answer is an emphatic HELL NO!!!!!!! You see I am a believer in individual freedom as long as you are not hurting anyone else. See how that works.
I think people should utilize common sense and realize if you get on a fast motor bike then maybe you should exercise some good sense and wear a helmet, But the fact of the matter is, is that we live in a social "engineering culture" everybody wants to tell everybody else how to behave. Now any laws in the area of public safety and by that, I mean anything that affects the general public at large I am for. But helmet laws doesn't affect the public at large. All it does is gives a bunch of lawmakers power over your right to choose. I will explain what I mean. We have laws against murder, stealing, etc. Now here's a question professor Anthony has for the readers of this blog. How many of these laws actually prevent these acts from occuring?....I'll wait........give up, the answer is NONE of the laws prevent anything. You see, we will have laws against murder and stealing as long as people will object to being killed and stolen from. But the aforementioned affects the public at large. When you refuse to put on a helmet then that is your choice to do that. Although you would be better served to put a helmet on just in case of an accident,if not then we will happily scrape you off the pavement and go on with our lives, you see sometimes fun costs ya. Helmet laws would do nothing but money in the coffers of the state and the police depts thats it! Its funny we live in a culture that legalizes cigarettes and alcohol that kill thousands of people a year and ruins lives, but where are the people advocating banning people to drink and no smoking at all laws. You will not see it because of money and prohibition did not work. The short and long of it is this, people should exercise common sense no amount of laws will prevent stupidity. Now here is a last question, if bananas were found to cause various deadly cancers and intoxication and altered state of conciousness would the store owners remove them from the shelves immediately, yes or no?
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I heard somewhere that you want your seatbelt on for low speeds,but if you're on the highway then you should have it off. The theory was that you could get lucky and be thrown from the vehicle instead of mangled with the debri. I think a helmet is always a good idea on a bike, motor or not. Fuck the law!
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