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it's about the government trying to protect people from themselves... that's not their place to do that.
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I'd say it is - that is why hard drugs are illegal, for example - people as a whole are notorious for taking extraordinarily bad care for themselves. My buddy came over the handlebars of his bike not long ago. It was a 1000cc yamaha, and it landed on his head. If his arm didn't catch on the mirror and break his wrist and shoulder, he would have walked away from it with cuts and bruises.
If someone wipes off their bike and dies, they're not the only ones affected - their friends, their families have to deal with the pain involved. Nobody will come and arrest you for not wearing a helmet, it's a fine, a deterrent. Getting rid of that? You're just asking to foot the bill for massive cosmetic surgery, quadraplegics, comatose patients. Bad idea.