I don't like being told I have to....I choose to. Could you wear a helmet on the protest ride?
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NY motorcyclist dies on ride protesting helmet law
- Thread starter ariesmars
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I too was struck by the irony of the article. As to dying doing what you love, when I had my big accident and was flying through the air I remember thinking to myself "This is a ****** way to go"
What if I think riding motorcycles is a poor decision? I don't want to pay for...or otherwise be inconvenienced by your poor decision to ride a motorcycle. Let's ban motorcycles. http://www.gtamotorcycle.com/vbforum/showthread.php?141858
Who decides what a poor decision is?
Ahh, the old "if I have to wear protective equipment, it must not be safe" argument. If you really feel that way, then feel free to give up riding. We need some rules to protect those who cannot protect themselves. That's where our governments usually come in, in Canada. This situation just makes it kind of obvious.
Absolutely... +1
FiReSTaRT said:
+1
turbodish said:
+1.
It's all about choice and rebellion which I'm definitely down with but I think dying like that makes things worse for the cause. Now The Man can use him as a poster boy for their crusade. Maybe they shoulda just challenged it in court or something.
My question is...who decides what a poor decision is? Is notnwearing gear a poor decision? Is riding a motorcycle a poor decision? Should we let the writer in the article I posted decide? Or maybe...just maybe...we should each decide for ourselves!
My question is...who decides what a poor decision is? Is notnwearing gear a poor decision? Is riding a motorcycle a poor decision? Should we let the writer in the article I posted decide? Or maybe...just maybe...we should each decide for ourselves!
Oh no, Paul.. Don't present the peons with choices, horrible choices.. They'll just get confused.. They need the government to tell them what's good for them :shock:
My question is...who decides what a poor decision is? Is notnwearing gear a poor decision? Is riding a motorcycle a poor decision? Should we let the writer in the article I posted decide? Or maybe...just maybe...we should each decide for ourselves!
We're too far gone now. So many safety labels and regulations have been put in place that at this point half the world's population would disappear very quickly if it was all taken away. Not to mention the average human has a complex because they've always been told humans are the dominant species and a lot of people take that as invincible. It's hard for some people to gauge the magnitude of their decisions until they're hurtling through the air towards the coarse embrace of asphalt.
My question is...who decides what a poor decision is? Is notnwearing gear a poor decision? Is riding a motorcycle a poor decision? Should we let the writer in the article I posted decide? Or maybe...just maybe...we should each decide for ourselves!
We elect a government to decide as proxies for us, since we cannot work and decide everything at the same time. Feel free to nag your representative if you do not like the decisions that they are making for you. The problem with all deciding ourselves, is that some of us are not able to make good decisions and our decisions affect others and their decisions. We need to draw a line somewhere. When that representative decided that children should not be on motorcycles we complained and that decision was rescinded.
Shhh, whatever you do, don't tell Firestarter that we are the government. He might actually get out and exercise his democratic right to vote.
I think there's a time and a place to extend a philosophical notion.
It's not hard to formulate a pretty objective argument for helmets. They significantly reduce the odds of death, cost under $100, make a very unsafe hobby safer, ...
Motorcyclists do pay for their dangerous hobby in the form of super-high insurance, most of which covers potential medical expense cost. If mandating ATGATT reduced my rates by 20%, I'd do it - I wish I had that choice.
It's not like the guy in the 'awareness ride' died planting a flag on the moon, landing on Normandy or curing cancer.
The doctors. There was no impact with anything else except for the head hitting the pavement. Doctors attributed cause of death to a skull fracture that a helmet would have prevented.
Lol.. The time of "us" being the government is long-gone. Democracy has really failed us. In any case, I go out to vote every time, specifically to be able to respond to such suggestions with "I already did, not that it matters"
I take it then that Canada is the closest thing to democracy that you can find, or that apathy has set in, and your relatives are close by.
Some of his fellow riders attributed it to inexperience. Their argument is that if he hadn't crashed he would not have needed a helmet.
Why would you assume that he would become a cripple?
That's the brain trust at work again.
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