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True. There's no denying the irony

 

Difference with DUI is that they have a habit of wiping out complete innocent families in their own mini-van while surviving themselves.

I ridicule anyone who doesn't wear helmets, gloves, boots....

I don't believe the govt needs to be involved in personal choices. Society and peer pressure should dictate behavior. What's "cool" already changes fashion and if not wearing a helmet was un-cool, then people would behave differently. I already look around and most of the sport bike and touring bike crowd wear helmets. The cruiser crowd largely does not. I have better things for my elected representatives to be worrying about.

 

I see that affects others, and, as you said, in a different way.

Therefor it's different and not the same argument.

 

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priceless

 

non sequitur again.

DUI and texting have the direct ability to end the lives of innocent individuals who did not chose to drink or text.

I don't agree with government enforced seat belt laws and believe it should be society and peer pressure that influence the behavior of others. I wear a seatbelt and I wear gear. Not because the gov't tells me to but because I value my life and have this fear of pain - therefor I do what I can to minimize the chances of it.

To be honest and fair, gov't did score a win with vehicle safety laws and airbags etc. I believe that the free market and consumer demand could have and would have done the same in time. While gov't mandates brought this to bare faster, I don't believe gov't is the answer to all our problems and has FAILED more than it's succeeded.

 

Maybe the font color was wrong and it blended in with the background color...

no one is telling you that you can't wear a helmet bubba

They might be telling you that it's not cool to wear one on your Harley. So I guess if you have your eyes on a Harley and want to be cool then you might have to make a choice between being a stud and valuing your life.

 

Let me say further, with regard to gov't having a win on vehicle safety laws (airbags etc.) and tie it in with DUI and Texting.....

My passengers in my cage didn't have the ability to choose what car and safety features I purchased. Just like the innocent victims of DUI and texting crashes didn't make the choice to drink or be distracted. So gov't laws/mandates stepped in and made things safer for those who weren't given the opportunity to make the choice (passenger airbags, infant safety seats, etc..)

 

Not really. Saying the government was right "this" time and therefor must be wiser and allowed to make all our personal decisions is flawed. There are parallels that can be drawn between vehicle safety laws protecting innocent people from the decisions of others like DUI and texting laws are designed to do and thus I score it a win.

Yes, I believe the level of risk on a motorcycle should be one's personal choice. I agree with helmet laws for minors and minor passengers.

Bubba - What makes the government qualified to decide "what" level of risk is acceptable for YOU? What happens when guberment decides that all two wheel conveyance is too risky regardless of gear? Where is the line drawn? What happens when government says you must wear full leathers? So what if you're going three blocks across a residential neighborhood at 15mph to the corner gas station..... Why don't you feel confident that you can make these choices for yourself?

Once we solve the helmet debate and force everyone to be safe we can move on skin cancer. Exposure to direct sunlight is shown to drastically increase the risks of skin cancer. Maybe the government should have a law that everyone wears a hat outdoors? Oh, I got it, they should also require all bare skin to have sunscreen and the sunscreen police can run around testing everyone's skin to make sure they're in compliance. That might be too expensive to enforce. It would be easier if we just had a law that there's no exposed skin allowed outdoors and then the regular police would have an easier time with enforcement.

 

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