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Originally Posted by cadre
This is the second time in a month I've found myself agreeing with you. You must be going soft.
From what I've seen. There are very few real arguments against helmet laws. But what amazes me is the amount of riders that get really lucky once but they still refuse to wear a helmet after they almost died. People are retards, therefore society is tasked with forcing them to be safe. I'm sure there's a political concept on it somewhere but I'm not a politician.
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The economic issue alone that plan9 posted is enough to make me wonder why we would force helmet laws. When you include that data with the fact that it didn't really prevent many deaths in the states that enacted it, I wonder why any state would have a helmet law. The other question is why do you care that people want to be retarded and not wear a helmet, it doesn't hurt you?
Riding a motorcycle is inherently dangerous compared to driving in a car. It's interesting that everyone in this thread says that riding with a helmet is the smart thing to do, but some people seem to think it needs to be forced on us.