Posted on 10/12/2007 5:41:50 AM PDT by ShadowDancer
FMVSS 218 have VERY specific standards.
BTW the ONLY legal standard for DOT certification is FMVSS 218. Snell is legally irrelevant.
the 14mp PER FMVSS 218 is the impact test.
FMVSS 218 has no weight or neck standards. There are significant variables that make any one helmet style insufficient for all uses.
However that is a CHOICE.
Then lets require ALL riders and drivers to wear helmets. (more head injuries are in cars)
in fact we could eliminate ALL auto accidents if we would have mandatory mass transportation and simply outlaw all private passenger vehicles.
“Liberty to kill yourself. Too bad for the ones you leave behind huh? But to hell with them, just as long as you have the freedom to kill yourself.”
oooooooo...the guilt trip attempt! Nice try anyway.
yep...LIBERTY.
‘nuf said.
In my driving experience it is. The bikers who ride like idiots are the ones you notice but they either get scared straight or they get killed. The vast majority of bikers who obey the rules don’t get noticed which is why they get hit. I know five riders who have been involved in accidents caused by car drivers. The problem is not so much an issue of motorist vs. biker as it is the appalling lack of attention paid by motorists to their surroundings; around these parts I’ve seen drivers ignoring 18-wheelers and 22-wheelers while they talk on the phone, sip their coffee and change the DVD for the kiddies in the back.
It sounds like a good idea if there is a mandatory organ donate card signed at the same time.
helmet is attire.
seatbelt is affixed to the car.
there is a set variable for seat bealts.
There are thousands of helmets for various purposes with various functions.
still.
attire vs fixture.
violates first amendment.
also violates (ironically) the USSC holding of you control your own body.
many motorcyclists carry organ NON-donation cards due to the harvest vs save question. It makes it stricktly “save”.
The fact that bicycle helmets offer zero protection may have something to do with it. A bicycle helmet is nothing more than a fashion statement- if you really think you need one, spend the extra twenty bucks on a DOT helmet that might actually work.
The Michigan House responds to a shortage of organ doners.
You are 100% wrong. I have been saved from serious injury by using a bicycle helmet and have witnessed plenty of others who have been saved by one. I also have a friend who learned the hard way of the benefits of a bicycle helmet. After a night in the hospital he wears one always and makes sure his wife and kids do the same.
OK, I misunderstood. There is one justification for seatbelt laws, though- in sudden stop or turn the driver and passengers can fly around inside the car causing the driver to lose control and put others at risk- if truckers have to secure their load so should everyone else. I might actually support a seatbelt law if its proponents argued this point.
As a Harley-riding friend told me, “A helmet is the difference between an open or closed casket service.”
...and the rest of us are fined if not wearing a seatbelt in a car. ???
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There is an arguement for automobile drivers wearing a seatbelt.
In a minor collision, the belt keeps the driver at the controls. In this way, the driver may regain control of the vehicle, preventing further damage. Note this reasoning does not apply to people on motorcycles, or auto passengers.
Good news for those waiting for organ donations. Bravo!
On the highway that is often enough true. I wear a full-face helmet not so much to prevent head injury as to protect my face and eyes- a bug at 80km/h is mighty painful and can make you wipe out.
You’re right.
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