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Motorcycle Riders Only - Question About Wearing Helmets / Helmet Laws? |
To be blunt...I just, flat out, do not understand why anyone riding a motorcycle feels that helmet laws are somehow unfair. To me, it's a common sense kind of issue. You wear a helmet to keep your face from getting peeled in the event of a slide, or better yet, to keep your head from exploding like a strawberry if you get thrown. With the exception of a few baby boomers, I think most everyone agrees that wearing a seatbelt is a smart move, and almost all states require occupants of automobiles to wear them. So why not require bikers to wear helmets. Helmets HAVE and DO save lives. So, what are the arguments against helmet laws? Why are some riders adamant that they shouldn't have to wear helmets? Serious answers only...no children talking about how they hate wearing helmets while riding their bicycles (you're underage...get used to it). The problem with a helmet law is that by having one, the government gets out of having to educate vehicle drivers how to coexist on the roads with motorcycles. In michigan, there is very little mention in drivers education, and even on the drivers liscense test about dealing with motorcycles on the road. People in cars do not know how to look for us on bikes, nor are they able to proberly apply right of way rules because they don't know. Its been my personal experience that in states with out helmet laws, cars give bikes the same respect they'd give another car. That is not the case in Michigan. I don't like to wear a helmet, and yes, when I cross the Ohio border I stop and take mine off. When I ride in Michigan, I wear a "beanie" type helmet. I wear a helmet like this because, when I first started riding I was wearing a regular full helmet and I felt very uncomfortable with the lack of peripheal vision I had. Helmets are ineffective above 15 miles per hour, because it is not your skull cracking that hurts you. The sudden stop at the end causes your brain to slap against the inside of your skull. This bruises your brain, and brain matter does not heal. This is the cause of brain injuries. A helmet won't stop that. So other than making someone who hits me feel better about it due to a little less blood, I really don't see any need to wear one any more protective than the one I wear. Now, some common sense must apply as well. On a bike you must protect your eyes...a rock, or worse a bug can blind you at 70 going down the freeway. Obviously if you can't see you are in trouble. The same applies for your head. I usually wear something at higher speeds, just because you never know when a car will kick up a rock, and it will hurt. So sure, its wise to wear head protection at times. Do I need a darth vader mask? Naw, I don't think so, nor do I think that a bunch of stodgy, old man politicians and a wart faced canadian broad have any business telling me I have to. (if you're not from michigan, our governor is canadian.) No, I don't like seat belts either. I don't have a good arguement for that, I just don't like feeling restrained when I'm driving. I do agree that keeping me from flying through the windshield in an accident is a good thing. I'm just curious why the school bus that my kids ride in doesn't have seat belts? I am 39 years old, and have been riding for 10 years. Source(s): http://www.miabateregion11.org/economic.... I agree. Wearing a helmet can save your life. I know it can because my helmt has saved my life when my motorcycle flipped on top of me an slammed my head into the pavement. I think actually being alive is more important than whatever you get out of riding hlmetless. Most think it's a free will thing. I agree with you. It takes one accident to change someone's mind, if they are able to live through it. I've seen friends with their heads busted open and gray matter on the ground because of free will. The biggest thing I could think of would be that a husband and wife not both ride with no helmet, leave the kids someone to take care of them after the wreck. The Motorcycle riders must wear the helmets, it's state law same as one person must wear the seat belt in front row of car. The children under 16 years old must wear the helmets, too when they are riding the bikes. Over 16 years old are okay that they may or not wear them. That's the state law. The children under 16 years old are not enough to control by themselves. If the person reach 16 years old, then may learn how to drive the car. The laws aren't really unfair but is scary how many people don't have enough common sense to wear a helmet while riding. i live in Colorado where helmets are optional, i feel safer wearing a helmet, but the day i wrecked my 2005 883 sportster custom,i didn't have my helmet on, wish i did, i wasn't going fast, but i had a knot the size of a softball on the right side of my head above my ear, this happened 2 months ago, cat scan read OK, but still today, my balance is way off,my own fault, i shoulda had it on, but i do see more riders than not Do wear a helmet here, and i know when i get back on my bike, i will wear one too |
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