I'm not without reason; I understand certain laws and rules and their necessity.

I agree that, if operating a motor vehicle on the road, you should be required to have insurance.
You can directly affect someone else. The decision to wear, or not wear, a helmet is a decision of the individual without consequence to another party.
The right to swing my fist in the air ends where the next person's jaw begins.

If a SCUBA diver runs out of air, only they are affected.

If a sky diver falls out of the sky, only they are affected (unless they land on someone)

If a motorcyclist, with no helmet, launches off the bike and Superman's it without a helmet that is their own business.

However, if a motorcyclist, without a helmet, bounces off a car and Superman's it into another car their insurance should cover both cars.

And if a motorcyclist, this time with a helmet, bounces off a car and lives to tell the tale then insurance pays for it and he walks with a limp if he's lucky.


--Steve

I don't find it scary.
I find it logical.
You need to suppress emotion and make the tough decisions based on logic.
You get a bleeding heart liberal democrat out there saying everyone needs health insurance and welcoming in immigrants with driver's licenses (in my state anyway) with no regard for the people here.

Donate to starving kids over seas!
Why not donate to starving Americans?

In life there are winners and there are losers. You can't give every kid a gold medal. You need to be able to cut through the emotion and make the hard decisions. You make decisions and live with the consequences. We need men of mettle, not limp wristed panderers who cave at the slightest adversity.

Like celebrities in the news. They issue a statement (as if anyone cares in the first place) and then issue a retraction.
crappity smack. YOU.
I'd have more respect for that person if they didn't retract their statement and owned it.
Not "I'm Sorry I feel this way" but "Sorry. I feel this way."


--Steve

What if a head injury incurred while not wearing a helmet was exempt from health insurance, or you had to pay a higher premium to have it covered?

Shall we ban skydiving,mountain climbing,and ice cream? ALL have risk and are of no real value.
The problem IS the fact that we have allowed a system to be built up around us that makes YOUR Stupid choice MY responsibility to pay for.
Aaaand that tends to make me believe I should have some say in how YOU act..See how people want to control others? Ohhhh,but it's only for their own good,of course,CoffCoff,
Give it time. Your Loyalty Card will be required for all purchases. If you're diabetic,you better have a real good reason for buying ice cream.

I don't agree with the statement "the public pays"..... I pay my motorcycle insurance...which pays the public service of EMT and Hospitalization... how is the public paying for that?
Do our taxes pay for all motorcyclists who don't wear helmets? How?
Does the "public" pay for car accidents?
Its just the big insurance rate argument..... the insurance companies do not raise car insurance rates because motorcycles are in accidents.... or cars are involved in car accidents....
Its the amount of accidents that cause the rates to go up....that's why they ask you where you live.
Although I suppose non-helmet areas "could" raise the insurance rates....and probably do...
But to say "the public" pays for it.... if I don't drive a car...how am I paying for those non-helmet wearing states?

Your point is well taken and a valid and interesting point.
My point,well,its made in my post.

More likely to be at fault, but it happens 1/3 of the time.

As stated, without knowing the size of the sample the stats are irrelevant.


--Steve