Bid to Eliminate Tennessee Motorcycle Helmet Law Fails

April 15, 2011

  • April 18, 2011 at 8:33 am
    Jester says:
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    Let the natural selection process take it’s course. Anyone who wants to roll the dice on not wearing protective head gear should bear the consequences. The 99.999% of people with brains shouldn’t have to contribute to care for the idiot with a head injury that could and should have been prevented. The cycle riders set the rules, let them play be them. The cost of their care should come from their family and estate, not public funds.

  • June 5, 2011 at 10:34 pm
    Brian says:
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    The majority should not be allowed to infringe upon the rights of an individual. An individual should have the ability to make any choice that does not impede the rights of any other person. We all know people are injured on motorcycle. People are injured in cars, on stairs, and drown in public water ways. More pedestrians are killed annually than motorcyclist. Where is the pedestrian helmet law? In a completely different scenario should tanning beds be illegal? Should there be a law that says everyone must wear 50+spf sunblock anytime they leave their property during daylight hours? Skin cancer kills more people than motorcycles and treatment is much more costly to society as a whole – http://www.aad.org/media-resources/stats-and-facts/conditions/skin-cancer
    Arguments for helmet laws go way beyond just protecting people from themselves. They argue about the burden and cost to society as justification. Where does that end? There are many more people dying from food related illnesses (cholesterol, diabetes), and the long term cost for arterial health care eclipses motorcycle accident cost in comparison. Do we create a law next that says what people can and cannot eat? If alcohol or smoking are legal why does anyone care if there is a helmet law or not? So chug that pepsi and enjoy those fries with your big mac while you force me to wear a helmet you hypocrites. Maybe someday you wont have a choice on something that affects you and then you will understand, but it will be to late.
    As a side note, since i have been riding motorcycles I have personally witnessed 0 motorcycle accident deaths. I have however seen 3 ambulances dispatched to different McDonald’s in the same period for heart attacks. Public funds huh?



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