You can now ride your motorcycle without a helmet

[tommyz]

http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/news...-bill-20120413

Not that I will be doing so...

[The Great Gazoo]

i agree with this...

if i rode a motorcycle, there's no way i would ride without one...but, it should be the riders choice...

[det2orl]

Never have I seen something so stupid. They been riding helmetless for years down here and of course fatalities are way up. Nobody seems to care.


So let me get this straight. I have to wear a seatbelt when I am in a car but I can ride a motorcycle without a helmet? Makes sense.

[The Great Gazoo]

Never have I seen something so stupid. They been riding helmetless for years down here and of course fatalities are way up. Nobody seems to care.


So let me get this straight. I have to wear a seatbelt when I am in a car but I can ride a motorcycle without a helmet? Makes sense.

darwinism?

[Ilov80s]

Health Insurance costs are going to go up now...

[det2orl]

Health Insurance costs are going to go up now...

Car insurance too. But hey, they can feel the breeze in their hair so its all worth it.

[AWelch]

I would never ride without one either, since I value my safety, but it should be up to the individual.

[Willie Mays Hayes]

Statistically, there's not a big difference in fatalities between states with and without helmet laws. There are instances where helmets are a deterrent to peripheral vision, but for me, those disadvantages are not enough to stop wearing one.

I understand that there are provisions in the law that call for special classes and increased insurance liabilities, so a lot of your concerns are negated if the helmet-less rider follows the law.

I don't think seatbelts should be mandatory for adults either, fwiw.

[The Great Gazoo]

Statistically, there's not a big difference in fatalities between states with and without helmet laws. There are instances where helmets are a deterrent to peripheral vision, but for me, those disadvantages are not enough to stop wearing one.

I understand that there are provisions in the law that call for special classes and increased insurance liabilities, so a lot of your concerns are negated if the helmet-less rider follows the law.

I don't think seatbelts should be mandatory for adults either, fwiw.

i agree with you...but the laws have to be clear in case, for example, if a helmetless rider hits your car and becomes a vegetable. i don't want to be sued because he/she wasn't wearing a helmet

[flemgoblue]

darwinism?

was my first thought exactly

[The Great Gazoo]

was my first thought exactly

gotta thin the herd somehow