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Re: [ST] Helmet laws ( Was Wrap Up )



I've always thought it should work like this:

1. There would be no helmet laws.

2. When you go to buy insurance, they ask you, "Would that be a helmet, 
or no helmet policy?" and charge you accordingly.

3. If you sign up for a helmet policy and crash with out one, your 
insurance company has the option of declining to pay for any injuries, 
head related or not.

I don't want to force anyone to wear one, but I don't want my insurance 
premiums supporting stupid people either.

On Jun 22, 2006, at 5:31 AM, John Ulizzi wrote:

> I am starting to change the way I feel about helmet
> laws. I have always worn one, and I certainly think
> its a good idea, but the frre spirit/anarchist in me
> has always resented a law telling me ( or anyone else
> ) that I have to wear one. I guess the whole
> big-brother-trying-to -ptotect-me thing bugs me. One
> the other hand, seeing a helmet save a good friend
> from certain doom, and then Roethlis-whats-his-name
> within days of each other, and reading all of the
> relevant posts on the topic, I am starting to change
> that tune...I still have the big brother paranoia, and
> I guess my reasons are mostly selfish, but if enacting
> a helmet law in a given state means a significant
> reduction in motorcycle premiums there, perhaps that
> would be a good thing.

Matt Knowles - Ferndale, CA - 
http://www.knowlesville.com/matt/motorcycles
  '99 Sprint ST - for going fast and far (2CZUSA)
  '01 KLR650 (A15) - for exploring the North Coast backroads
  '97 KLX300 & '01 Lakota - for playing in the dirt
  '79 KZ400 - just because it was the first vehicle I ever owned

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