A Letter To Naysayers

[Dan Filetti]

I moved away from my birthplace [smalltown USA] to live in a larger city [200,000].  I thought I would get away from the old thinking , never change, never grow.  Well that thinking is EVERYWHERE, I found out.

Sorry could not resist:

http://youtu.be/F0FBi5Rv1ho

[The General]

i say - Bring on tha Naysayers -  The Forbidden History of Unpopular People
(don`t ya hate peace)

[JCainFJ]

  If you, for ANY reason, don't wear a helmet when you ride, you are a retard.
Am I in favor of helmet laws???   No, I like it when I can just look and know if you are retarded.

in maine and nh you only need a helmet when you have your permit but other than that you dont need one, in nh if your 18 or older you dont need to wear a seat belt, it should be your own choice to make

[Dan Filetti]

  If you, for ANY reason, don't wear a helmet when you ride, you are a retard.
Am I in favor of helmet laws???   No, I like it when I can just look and know if you are retarded.

+1

and I wear my seat-belt, buy insurance on things, don't drink [much] and drive, and look both ways before I cross the street, hell, I even floss!!

Dan

[baldy3853]

+2

[moonrunnah]

i dont think you should have to be told what to do, personaly i dont wear seatbelts i hate them (i have first hand experienced that seat belts are not needed I.E. rolling a car well over a 100mph and walked out of it with noting but a bruise) i wear my helmet when im going more than 10 miles  down the road i like the feeling of not haveing a helmet but it is comferting when your flying down the high way

[Arnie]

In Australia where helmets are compulsory, motorcyclists are frequently referred to as, "Temporary Australians".
Wonder what those who refuse to wear seatbelts and/or helmets would be called.
I've been lucky and not attended a MVA* for a biker without helmet, but I have helped load an UNbelted truckie into an ambulance after he had departed his vehicle through the windscreen (windshield). 

I think JCain got it right.

Arnie

*MVA = Motor Vehicle Accident

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[moonrunnah]

all im saying is there should not be a law about any of it it is your own choice to protect your self

[feederbb]

When I was younger I visited my parents in Utah (where I now reside) and noticed a lot of riders without helmets.  When I voiced my concern to my dad he replied "Don't worry they're Mormon and we got plenty to spare".  Guess it's safe to say he not only disliked motorcycles but Mormons as well!  I still laugh at how mater-of-fact he stated it and was totally serious.  He died young of Par kinsons, not a big risk taker, but DID wear his seat belt.  I've raced motocross for lots of years, rode street bikes, mountainbikes, etc., and always tried to dress for the crash (because I've had a number of them) SO that I might be able to enjoy it another day, or at least heal faster.  If riders don't want to wear a helmet/seatbelt/life jacket/whatever might save your ass, I say more power to them (and natural selection).  Personally I enjoy riding with my helmet on, sans bugs in teeth, wind deaf, gravel pocked face, listening to some good music as I'm carving up some twisty.  I've always enjoyed watching people do stupid shit and participated on occasion myself.  Like Dad used to say "go ahead and ride that thing but don't expect me to get blood on my good shovel scooping your bloody ass off the street!"  Amen.

[Pat Conlon]

The problem with helmetless riders is not when they die, it's when they live, brain damaged.

Who pays the bill for their long term care?

I am all for freedom of choice, as long as my tax dollars don't have to pay for their poor choices.

[Steve_in_Florida]

The fact that I wear a helmet has saved my life on two occasions.

I'm all for choice, and like to make the right one.

Just my personal opinion.

[Dan Filetti]

Motorcycling is dangerous.  Not wearing your gear/ helmet makes it that much more dangerous.  I don't care what laws exists or don't about this.  It's just plain common sense.  I solve it this way, I tend to simply opt out of rides with folks that do not wear their gear as, when/ if they go down (and it sure seems to me that there is a higher likelihood of that person actually wrecking if they choose to not wear their gear) it becomes MY problem to take care of them, stop my ride, try to keep them alive, waive off traffic, talk to the cops, whatever.  Riding without proper gear is your right, I simply will not be there if you decide to show up wearing shorts, t-shirt, flip flops and no helmet.    

Dan

[Flynt]

I am all for freedom of choice, as long as my tax dollars don't have to pay for their poor choices.

+1   

[FJmonkey]

I am all for freedom of choice, as long as my tax dollars don't have to pay for their poor choices.

+1   

Darwin was almost correct, he did not predict that we would make rules that contradicted his concept. Now we have willing participants of natural selection, and we make rules and laws that prolong their lives long enough to produce offspring that should have snuffed them out. And the concept of population control gets tossed out as well. Bugger it all.....