Practical Darwinism
01-16-2016, 08:45 PM
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01-24-2016, 10:18 PM
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I've cracked two helmets racing MX and one mountain bike riding. First time I ever (seriously) crashed on the street I was eighteen, no helmet, did a flying loop over the hood of a car that turned left in front of me and almost landed on my feet. I figured I'd only get one lucky break and started wearing a helmet on the street...
01-28-2016, 07:52 PM
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I don't get it. I NEVER ride without a helmet. It is the one part of me that I know can't be fixed if damaged. I have ended up on my face after a crash and will be forever grateful to my old Nava full face helmet.
Back in the day we had a customer come in the shop and inquire about a new muffler for his Triumph. It was all scratched up from a recent fall. My boss pointed to his full face helmet and asked "did you see that?" Across the forehead portion of the helmet was a very deep gash. His "wreck" was a minor spill on some gravel and he could have been left brain damaged if he had no helmet.
You can say all this and still the fools will ride with with rags wrapped around their heads for protection.
Back in the day we had a customer come in the shop and inquire about a new muffler for his Triumph. It was all scratched up from a recent fall. My boss pointed to his full face helmet and asked "did you see that?" Across the forehead portion of the helmet was a very deep gash. His "wreck" was a minor spill on some gravel and he could have been left brain damaged if he had no helmet.
You can say all this and still the fools will ride with with rags wrapped around their heads for protection.
01-28-2016, 08:53 PM
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Perhaps I'm in the minority here, but I don't believe in legislating safety at the individual level. I always wear a helmet and a seat belt and, like Joe, I feel naked without them, but I wear them by choice. Sometimes, freedom and stupid don't mix, but I'll accept the dangers and I reserve the right to make my own mistakes, even if one of those mistakes ends me.
01-28-2016, 11:19 PM
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Perhaps I'm in the minority here, but I don't believe in legislating safety at the individual level. I always wear a helmet and a seat belt and, like Joe, I feel naked without them, but I wear them by choice. Sometimes, freedom and stupid don't mix, but I'll accept the dangers and I reserve the right to make my own mistakes, even if one of those mistakes ends me.
But in reality, a large percentage of the population in this country is not and need a system.
01-29-2016, 08:03 AM
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The danger is the new legislation that strives for a "zero fatality goal". NYC mayor is adopting the system out of Europe. Trying to legislate all risk out of transport.
This means cars that drive for you and eventual elimination of bikes since they create risk.
If that is the direction, then we do need to fight helmet laws, the slope is slippery past that.
This means cars that drive for you and eventual elimination of bikes since they create risk.
If that is the direction, then we do need to fight helmet laws, the slope is slippery past that.
01-29-2016, 12:03 PM
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The danger is the new legislation that strives for a "zero fatality goal". NYC mayor is adopting the system out of Europe. Trying to legislate all risk out of transport.
This means cars that drive for you and eventual elimination of bikes since they create risk.
If that is the direction, then we do need to fight helmet laws, the slope is slippery past that.
This means cars that drive for you and eventual elimination of bikes since they create risk.
If that is the direction, then we do need to fight helmet laws, the slope is slippery past that.
Mark my words: There will be allot more rules and regulations to come if we allow attorneys to run this country!
Please note, I am not starting a political debate, ain't the place for that.
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01-29-2016, 03:35 PM
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I think the largest part of science, is the willingness to accept new data and logical arguments as true when proven, regardless of prior opinion on a topic. Perhaps we just need more people like that
