let’s get real. the reason people have accidents involving right of way violations is simply that they do not see the damn motorcycle. either the cycle is traveling too fast, or its a crouch rocket and impossible to see. the mentality of motorcycle riders are just like you, arrogant with a chip on your shoulder. an accident is called an accident because that is what it is. 99 percent of drivers who fail to yield to the bikes do so because they DID NOT SEE THEM. you do not throw people in jail for that. you have made some pretty good arguments for forcing motorcycle riders to make sure they have enough insurance BEFORE they are allowed on the roads.
I know this article is going to draw some responses…
Question – how many states have mandatory helmet laws?
Comment – How the heck do you enforce \”riding helmetless without a permit\” without harassing riders permitted to ride helmetless? Logistically, that part of ABATE\’s proposal makes no sense.
Go to the ABATE website for states with and without helmet laws. Ill, Ind and Wis all have helmet free laws to some degree. It would be nice to circle Lake Michigan without having to strap one one. Governor Jenn is out of touch with her constituents and in bed with the insurance industry. It\’s time for a change. Ted Nugent for Governor of Mich….lol
Gov. Granholm is most assuredly NOT in bed with the insurance industry. Everything \”insurance-related\” she has done has been aimed at eliminating someof the industry\’s strongest rating tools, as well as proposing to double the taxes that insurers pay to the state.
Trust me, the insurers that operate in Michigan are counting days until she is term-limited out of office.
Out-of-state bikers won\’t come to Michigan because they have to wear helmets?
This is an absurd statement that sounds like it was made by some elected idiot.
Michigan will probably end up like Florida. It is illegal to drive without your seatbelt on, but perfectly ok to ride your motorcycle without a helmet.
This makes no sense…especially to those cleaning up the street after the motorcycle accidents.
Although we generally write about workers\’ compensation at Workers Comp Insider, after Ben Roethlisberger drove his bike into the side of a Chrysler New Yorker last June, we felt compelled to blog the issue. See http://www.workerscompinsider.com/archives/000507.html for some state statistics, perspective and, yes, opinion.
The medical limit is totally inadequate. Look at the accident statistics in Florida where fatalities jumped 10 times in one year.
Helmetless riders must carry enough medical and long term care coverage AND a card which makes them organ donors, and instructs medical authorities \”do not resucitate\”.
$20,000 in medical coverage? That will just about cover the emergency room bill, if they survive the accident.
Let them ride without a helmet – but if they do end up in an accident they are not eligible for one penny in public assistance.
Would that that were so, but it\’s not. Michigan actually has a law that requires auto insurers to cover the catastrophic costs incurred by motorcyclists upon themselves when they collide with automobiles insured by the auto insurer – regardless of fault. Doing away with the helmet law will only compound this problem requiring auto insurers to raise rates. This is not good public policy.
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let’s get real. the reason people have accidents involving right of way violations is simply that they do not see the damn motorcycle. either the cycle is traveling too fast, or its a crouch rocket and impossible to see. the mentality of motorcycle riders are just like you, arrogant with a chip on your shoulder. an accident is called an accident because that is what it is. 99 percent of drivers who fail to yield to the bikes do so because they DID NOT SEE THEM. you do not throw people in jail for that. you have made some pretty good arguments for forcing motorcycle riders to make sure they have enough insurance BEFORE they are allowed on the roads.
I know this article is going to draw some responses…
Question – how many states have mandatory helmet laws?
Comment – How the heck do you enforce \”riding helmetless without a permit\” without harassing riders permitted to ride helmetless? Logistically, that part of ABATE\’s proposal makes no sense.
Go to the ABATE website for states with and without helmet laws. Ill, Ind and Wis all have helmet free laws to some degree. It would be nice to circle Lake Michigan without having to strap one one. Governor Jenn is out of touch with her constituents and in bed with the insurance industry. It\’s time for a change. Ted Nugent for Governor of Mich….lol
Gov. Granholm is most assuredly NOT in bed with the insurance industry. Everything \”insurance-related\” she has done has been aimed at eliminating someof the industry\’s strongest rating tools, as well as proposing to double the taxes that insurers pay to the state.
Trust me, the insurers that operate in Michigan are counting days until she is term-limited out of office.
Out-of-state bikers won\’t come to Michigan because they have to wear helmets?
This is an absurd statement that sounds like it was made by some elected idiot.
Michigan will probably end up like Florida. It is illegal to drive without your seatbelt on, but perfectly ok to ride your motorcycle without a helmet.
This makes no sense…especially to those cleaning up the street after the motorcycle accidents.
Although we generally write about workers\’ compensation at Workers Comp Insider, after Ben Roethlisberger drove his bike into the side of a Chrysler New Yorker last June, we felt compelled to blog the issue. See http://www.workerscompinsider.com/archives/000507.html for some state statistics, perspective and, yes, opinion.
The medical limit is totally inadequate. Look at the accident statistics in Florida where fatalities jumped 10 times in one year.
Helmetless riders must carry enough medical and long term care coverage AND a card which makes them organ donors, and instructs medical authorities \”do not resucitate\”.
$20,000 in medical coverage? That will just about cover the emergency room bill, if they survive the accident.
Let them ride without a helmet – but if they do end up in an accident they are not eligible for one penny in public assistance.
Would that that were so, but it\’s not. Michigan actually has a law that requires auto insurers to cover the catastrophic costs incurred by motorcyclists upon themselves when they collide with automobiles insured by the auto insurer – regardless of fault. Doing away with the helmet law will only compound this problem requiring auto insurers to raise rates. This is not good public policy.