[csvset]

Keep you helmet laws off of my body!

Actually, I don't ride and do think that it should be up to the rider.

[Hazcat]

Seat belt laws need to go as well.

[-YYZ-]

“Actually, I don’t ride and do think that it should be up to the rider.”

I do ride, and I think riding without a helmet is stupid. Nonetheless, I agree - leave it up to the rider to choose.

[ridesthemiles]

Keep you helmet laws off of my body!
Actually, I don’t ride and do think that it should be up to the rider.”

I feel the same way about my horses and riding. It is my choice. Since I wear bi-focals, the helmet straps cause my glasses to jostle, and I get nauseous in a matter of seconds. Riding and barfing needs to be an Olympic sport before I will willing do it.

I wonder even more what other factor is part of the higher use of motorcycles?

The price of gas being double of what it was 3 years ago?
Seems to me this analysis is missing a number of contributing factors.

How many of these accidents involved illegal intruders who did not belong here or have proper drivers licenses?????

[gorush]

I can ride a motorcycle without a helmet in Wisconsin but can be ticketed for driving a motor vehicle without wearing a seat belt. The fact that I may not be wearing a seat belt doesn’t endanger my fellow motorist in the least. When I finally get ticketed I will demand that the word “liberty” be stricken from the state constitution before I pay the fine...and jail me for failing to wear a seat belt, not failure to pay the fine!

[Scotsman will be Free]

I agree as long as my tax dollars aren’t used to keep them alive while they are in a vegetative state due to brain damage. Currently, that isn’t the case. When you take my money you get my input.