Reply With QuoteYou are riding a murdercycle you should use a DOT approved helmet...
Yet another example of the federal government trying to protect citizens from themselves, one more peice of freedom on its way to being taken from us. What's next, trying to mandate all boaters must wear life jackets in boats?
My guess is within 5 to 10 years this will be a reality......
By KEN THOMAS 2 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) States should require motorcycle riders to wear proper helmets, government investigators urged Tuesday as part of several recommendations that seek to stem a steady rise in motorcycle deaths.
Members of the National Transportation Safety Board unanimously approved the motorcycle safety recommendations, wading into a contentious issue that has pitted motorcycle rights' groups against safety organizations in many states.
"The simple act of donning that helmet can begin the process of preventing that type of fatality and serious injury," said NTSB chairman Mark V. Rosenker.
As motorcycle riding has become more popular, motorcycle deaths have more than doubled since 1997. In 2006, motorcycle deaths increased for the ninth straight year, to 4,810 motorcycle deaths, compared with 4,576 in 2005.
NTSB officials noted that non-helmeted riders were three times more likely to suffer a brain injury in a crash than those wearing a helmet.
Motorcycle groups questioned the ability of helmets to provide complete protection and prevent internal injuries in a crash. They said more rider education programs are needed.
"If a truck pulls out in front of you and runs a stop sign, how is that helmet going to prevent an accident?" asked Steve Rector, state coordinator for ABATE Iowa, a motorcycle rights' group. He also noted that motorcycle registrations and the number of miles traveled by motorcyclists have increased in recent years.
Judith Lee Stone, president of Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, said there was "no scientific evidence that motorcycle rider training reduces crash risk and is an adequate substitute for an all-rider helmet law."
Currently, 20 states and the District of Columbia require riders to wear protective helmets, a significant change since the late 1970s, when nearly every state required helmet use. Twenty-seven states only cover some riders, typically those under 21.
Three states Iowa, Illinois and New Hampshire have no helmet laws.
In six states that repealed their universal laws beginning in 1997 Arkansas, Texas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Florida and Pennsylvania helmet use plummeted following the repeal of the laws, NTSB officials said. Louisiana reinstated its mandatory requirement in 2004.
The agency also recommended that federal safety officials develop a plan for states and others to improve motorcycle safety and the government develop guidelines for states to gather accurate data on riders.
The NTSB only has the power to make recommendations, but its staff and board members personally lobby for changes the board considers most important.
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You are riding a murdercycle you should use a DOT approved helmet...
Oh crap, now it's really going to be hard to find good organ donors...
You are riding a murdercycle you should use a DOT approved helmet...
SHOULD and HAVE TO are 2 very different things!
RD
You are riding a murdercycle you should use a DOT approved helmet...
It should be the choice of the rider, just like wearing a seatbelt, you are only risking your own health by not wearing one, that is a choice an adult should be allowed to make. there is no feeling like riding with the wind in your hair, i've been to sturgis twice, first time i rode with a helmet, second time without, i had a much better time and enjoyed riding alot more without the helmet. Call it stupid, risky, whatever, little pleasures make the difference, i understood the risks in doing so. In a country founded on freedom we have very little of it left. This is turning into a socialist country
Kilr do you wear your lifejacket at all times while driving your boat???
what's the difference??
It should be the choice of the rider, just like wearing a seatbelt, you are only risking your own health by not wearing one, that is a choice an adult should be allowed to make. there is no feeling like riding with the wind in your hair, i've been to sturgis twice, first time i rode with a helmet, second time without, i had a much better time and enjoyed riding alot more without the helmet. Call it stupid, risky, whatever, little pleasures make the difference, i understood the risks in doing so. In a country founded on freedom we have very little of it left. This is turning into a socialist country
Kilr do you wear your lifejacket at all times while driving your boat???
what's the difference??
so when some one gets thier brain scrambled and is now a child in a adult body... who pays to take care of them...
The tax payer.
so when some one gets thier brain scrambled and is now a child in a adult body... who pays to take care of them...
The tax payer.
How do you figure the tax payer takes care of them?
Do YOU have health insurance? I do..
RD
It should be the choice of the rider, just like wearing a seatbelt, you are only risking your own health by not wearing one, that is a choice an adult should be allowed to make. there is no feeling like riding with the wind in your hair, i've been to sturgis twice, first time i rode with a helmet, second time without, i had a much better time and enjoyed riding alot more without the helmet. Call it stupid, risky, whatever, little pleasures make the difference, i understood the risks in doing so. In a country founded on freedom we have very little of it left. This is turning into a socialist country
Kilr do you wear your lifejacket at all times while driving your boat???
what's the difference??
SHOULD, Is what I will stick with...
Even in states wear it is not required by law, I still wear one... But i love my melon the way it is....
Compare apples to apples, not boating to motorcycle riding
How do you figure the tax payer takes care of them?
Do YOU have health insurance? I do..
RD
most health insurances do not cover long term care( might want to check your policy). Also ever hear of SSI and disablity?
Beleave me, when some one gets hurt, we all pay.
besides driving a motor cycle on the street is a privilege not a right.
I think they should just ban motorcycles!
There too dangerous and they don't have seatbelts
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