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



Matt,

That makes more sense than anything I have ever heard
on the subject....you should run for govenator...

:-)

--- Matt Knowles <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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
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> backroads
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> I ever owned
> 
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