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[California]

I don't disagree. But in this case, the cost of enforcing useless laws may be several more drops in that bucket, than the occasional (6.8% in my state) uninsured accident victim.

In a previous lifetime I did in-depth studies of costs in various State departments. I discovered CalTrans legal division pays for lifetime care of several totally disabled people who had successfully sued the state for putting a guardrail or lamppost etc right where they ran into it.

It was explained to me this illustrated the 'deep pockets' principle, when there is insufficient insurance or no one to pay medical bills, then whoever has sufficient assets is next in line to provide the lifetime care.

And it was emphasized to me that individual landowners also face the risk of bearing these costs. So liability insurance is essential.

 

[BigBlue1]

No helmet law here in NH, The Live Free or Die State.
No problem with that, until you dash your brains out and the State (hear as taxpayers) have to keep you alive on life support in the hospital.

If THAT'S where you're looking for government/taxpayer/health insurance waste you're focused on a single grain of sand on a Florida beach. There are 10,000 other types of things where we waste orders of magnitude more money. Often for things that are far dumber than driving a cycle without a helmet.

If that's the argument FOR mandatory helmet laws I'll gladly sign a waiver when I renew my cycle license saying that if I get in that situation and state I want the plug pulled so I'll skip the helmet. I've been riding 40+ years and hundreds of thousands of miles without a helmet. I'm comfortable with my own stats. Folks should stop telling other folks what they should do.

 

[Rockbadchild]

If THAT'S where you're looking for government/taxpayer/health insurance waste you're focused on a single grain of sand on a Florida beach. There are 10,000 other types of things where we waste orders of magnitude more money. Often for things that are far dumber than driving a cycle without a helmet.

If that's the argument FOR mandatory helmet laws I'll gladly sign a waiver when I renew my cycle license saying that if I get in that situation and state I want the plug pulled so I'll skip the helmet. I've been riding 40+ years and hundreds of thousands of miles without a helmet. I'm comfortable with my own stats. Folks should stop telling other folks what they should do.

I couldn't imagine being able to ride without visor in Kanasta I would get peppered with bugs in no time...

 

[BigBlue1]

I couldn't imagine being able to ride without visor in Kanasta I would get peppered with bugs in no time...


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That's what windshields are for. I suppose if your bike style doesn't have a good windshield then a helmet becomes more useful.

 

[California]

How can you tell a motorcyclist is happy ....

 

[WinterDeere]

How can you tell a motorcyclist is happy ....

Count the bugs in their teeth!

 

[seville009]

https://www.reddit.com/r/IdiotsTowingThings/s/kJF9b0JApO

 

[thirdroc17]

If THAT'S where you're looking for government/taxpayer/health insurance waste you're focused on a single grain of sand on a Florida beach. There are 10,000 other types of things where we waste orders of magnitude more money. Often for things that are far dumber than driving a cycle without a helmet.

If that's the argument FOR mandatory helmet laws I'll gladly sign a waiver when I renew my cycle license saying that if I get in that situation and state I want the plug pulled so I'll skip the helmet. I've been riding 40+ years and hundreds of thousands of miles without a helmet. I'm comfortable with my own stats. Folks should stop telling other folks what they should do.

Congratulations, YOU beat the odds. By your reasoning, there should be no seat belts, no airbags, meat with green slime on it should be for sale, sewage should go straight into the water system, every room should be full of cigarette smoke, etc., because the millions of people who think like you, died, but you didn't, so it's all ok.

And the most egregious personal violation of all. Thinking you should securely tie your tractor the trailer.

 

[redman135]

re post 20492, how many pissed off boaters have been delayed by this pair of idiots?

 

[California]

re post 20492, how many pissed off boaters have been delayed by this pair of idiots?

It's always entertaining to watch drunk boaters at the boat ramp, late Sunday afternoon.