green427 said:
Hochi and Robin, I agree with you both. The law exists not necessarily to save lives but to save insurance companies money. However, if I'm in a car with anyone we all better have seatbelts on. If I'm driving and I'm hit or hit someone and you are badly injured, enter the lawyers and my life was over if I hit someone due to negligence but if you're killed because you don't have a seatbelt on, where's the nearest exit from life. I will not want to live with myself after that.
but I do have to wear a helmet. And, ya know what? It has saved my nogging from being banged up even dropping and rolling my bike from a dead stop (I never have dropped it moving more than @1mph).Yeah, Ambrosia, it's because drunk people are so loose from the booze that ... analogy come to me ... it's like being a kid again and playing hard and getting up without suffering. Like watching the young football players take those hits and flying over people and getting pounded and somehow somewhat surviving (and I'm not talking about head injuries the brain flopping around is entirely different).
But it's not your car, right?
Can you please quit referring to your parents' "advanced age"? They are just middle-aged, younger than me, and I'm not an "advanced age."
Well, 50 mph is hardly a "need for speed" on a country road.
Within reason. Many times these days I've wished anarchy would just come because of all the garbage we put up with. You want less law, you'll see it.
) past the house with the confederate flag 15 minutes from here. Or, better yet, we'll stand there and make out in front of it (it's a big flag, Hochi). BUT, you can't smoke ! Then will you want more government or less? lol ...
Our state doesn't require helmets except for riders under age 17 years. However, we wear ours every time we ride; not for the law but for common sense.... At least they're not making me wear a seatbelt on my motorcycle
Within reason. Many times these days I've wished anarchy would just come because of all the garbage we put up with. You want less law, you'll see it.
We'll walk hand-in-hand (I'll wear makeup but I'll still look older than Ambrosia
Restrict the booze and lighten up without the chemicals on the weed. That's my bottom line. We'll deal with the pharmaceuticals when FF is ready for that
But it's not your car, right?
Can you please quit referring to your parents' "advanced age"? They are just middle-aged, younger than me, and I'm not an "advanced age."
Well, 50 mph is hardly a "need for speed" on a country road.
However, I do agree that a wreck of any kind without seat belts can be deadly. In all the accidents I've been in, the car had a lot worse damage than I did, thanks to my seat belts.
This is hardly a definitive study:
When I first started riding in San Jose in my mid 20s, I had long wavy, hair and rode my bike without a helmet about 30 miles away and back to work. It felt great until I stopped. Shaving it off would've been easier. I wore helmets after and they weren't legally mandated.
And it's idiotic! I'd be embarrassed to publish that.
. It doesn't count because in the old days (my HS days - late 60s, early 70s) smoking once did not necessarily do a thing for you. I don't understand what you're saying, my man. Help, please.
