A car must have bumpers, airbags, whiz-bang safety stuff
Children's seats, the whole bit
But a motorcyclist can put his/her butt on the line
with little or no protection, with a child passenger
It strikes me as stupid
If one wants safety, then one can pay for all they want,
or not
all the stupid safety laws, except as they prevent injury to others,
are just dumb, in this context
It’s because lawyers ride motorcycles. Lots and lots and lots of lawyers.
Otherwise, bikes would likely have been banned long ago, or saddled with equally nannyist gear.
The voice of objection to idiotic safety mandates carries much weight at the government when the leading edge of the group objecting consists of a million angry lawyers.
The new Camaros and Challengers have a B Pillar that ruins the lines of the cars. The Camaro Concept did not have it, but that design did not make it into production.
Or, you just buy a Convertible. It's a wonder Government Bureaucrats can find their Butts using both hands.
*shrug*
Race car drivers all wear helmets.
Head injuries are the most common fatal injuries in car crashes.
Therefore, all car drivers should be required to wear helmets.
I sit in the passenger seat of our car and stare at the word “AIRBAG” imprinted on the dash in front of me...and wonder if it’s going to smash me if it ever deploys because I’m theoretically “too small”.
Somehow, I survived a childhood with a dad who drove ordnance in Korea at the wheel of a Ford Fairlane ragtop ripping around the twisting, hill-hopping backroads..with no seatbelts.