[Junior_G]

Driving on PUBLIC roads (paid for by a common public) allows the government to impose a minimum level of safety. We can all disagree with the level of safety required, but it is not beyond the mandate of government to impose safety laws.

That type of reasoning can be used to justify nearly limitless government intrusions. And what is a "minimum" level of safety? In my eyes, a minimum level of safety would be to ban motorcycles from public roads completely. But my preference is for the government to stick with rules that safeguard innocent others and let the individual put his own health at risk to whatever degree he wishes.

[muawiyah]

You are forgetting about the clean-up costs AND just how long will other traffic be delayed while that takes place.

There's always a massive cost to others when one of these accidents happens on an Interstate.