Why would “society pick up after me” when I pay dearly for my own extremely good health and vehicle insurance?
I detest totalitarianism in -any- form and *all* “nanny state” laws.
I already *have* a mother to wipe my nose, thanks.
I am an excellent, -extremely- defensive driver.
My state has a forced lid law so most of the time, I am wearing it.
When I go to a neighboring state that has more freedom and trust in their citizens ability to decide life for themselves, sometimes I do, sometimes I don’t.
It depends entirely on the heat index and wind speed.
FWIW, I drive a -trike-.
It is impossible for me to “fall over” at any speed or ‘lay it down’ and cagers tend to *not* want to mess up their fancy cars by hitting something that weighs a freaking half ton.
*Most* motorcycle accidents are caused by cars.
Do ~you~ *always* watch, in an *extremely* hyper-vigilant manner for motorcycles, as I do for cars?
As an aside-from, the phrase “societal obligation” sounds rather socialist to me, frankly.
As an unamusing but apropos anecdote, a dear friend died *because* he was wearing a helmet.
Someone else forced him to lay down his bike, which he did expertly and he tucked and rolled off the road.
Unfortunately, a stupid woman driving a van was busy fiddling with the little dog lurking on the floor under her feet and didn’t break in time to miss him.
His DOT/police issue [he was a Blue Knight] helmet *just* caught the undercarriage of her van.
The paramedics and the troopers at the scene all said if he’d had just a 1/4” more clearance, she’d had gone right over his skinny frame and never touched him.
That helmet caught the van frame and snapped his neck like a twig.
A dozen of us watched all this and everyone saw that right up until that happened, he was alive, alert and actively, wonderfully managing his controlled slide.
I reckon I’ll just sum things up by saying it’s not my problem that you’re afraid to fully live life.
Let’s just bubble-wrap and armor-plate everything/everyone so nobody will ever get hurt.
We’ll be immortal.
He had on his helmet. It broke and pink/white material went all over the highway.
I called the cops immediately and the next thing you know they are there with an ambulance.
In most accidents they want information of all sorts before they'll send an ambulance. Apparently in Arlington Virginia they assumed ANY motorcycle accident in the middle of a 4 lane highway needed an ambulance.
It's not like I haven't seen these things.
I’m glad that you have taken the proper responsibility for your personal situation. That is the way it should be.
When I’m changing lanes, I make absolutely sure that I can do so in a safe manner and that there is nobody in the lane when I do the change.
Unfortunately most people demand their rights, but they take as little personal responsibility for their situation as possible.