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Michigan Motorcycle Deaths Decline Since Helmet Mandate Repeal
Michigan Capitol Confidential ^
| 4/12/2016
| Tom Gantert
Posted on 04/15/2016 9:33:33 AM PDT by MichCapCon
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To: MichCapCon
If I rode I’d wear a helmet, but it’s not the government’s place to protect me from myself. I want the liberty to decide for myself.
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posted on
04/15/2016 10:29:01 AM PDT
by
libertylover
(The problem with Obama is not that his skin is too black, it's that his ideas are too RED.)
To: rbg81
Even with a helmet and at slow (think walking) speed, you can easily get a concussion when your noggin is floggin' the concrete. Without a helmet, the same minor accident would be a lot worse, if not fatal. When it's really hot outside, I wear a half helmet like this:
To: MichCapCon
Here in WTX, I ride “naked” on commutes and secondary streets. Helmet on every time I hit the “open” road due to the large insects and “stoopid” drivers.
A WTX grasshopper at 70MPH can really be a distraction. Oh, and we will soon have tarantulas that are quite greasy on the road when you squish them.
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posted on
04/15/2016 10:44:27 AM PDT
by
Cletus.D.Yokel
(Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym defines the science.)
To: TheTimeOfMan
Damn! You’ve got morphine? Can I get me some?
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posted on
04/15/2016 10:46:03 AM PDT
by
Cletus.D.Yokel
(Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym defines the science.)
To: MichCapCon
I had a motorcycle accident when I was in the Army. After looking at the beating the helmet took, I shutter to think what my head and face would have looked like...........
To: Mich Patriot
It’s not just bugs. I have the occasional rock hit my helmet (kicked up by other vehicles). At a minimum, it would hurt a lot w/o a helmet. No doubt a well placed rock to the head can take a motorcyclist out.
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posted on
04/15/2016 10:58:40 AM PDT
by
rbg81
(Truth is stranger than fiction)
To: Mich Patriot
On the flip side, having a bug crawl inside your helmet is no fun either.
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posted on
04/15/2016 10:59:37 AM PDT
by
rbg81
(Truth is stranger than fiction)
To: Mich Patriot
AND I don’t like the taste of bugs. :)You're obviously eating the wrong kind of bugs.
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posted on
04/15/2016 11:16:56 AM PDT
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
I thought Mark Twain said that? /S LOL
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posted on
04/15/2016 11:33:29 AM PDT
by
Xenodamus
(The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. -TJ)
To: DIRTYSECRET
“Brain buckets save lives.”
They do and I always wear mine. I think all motorcyclists should. However, I do not think all motorcyclist should HAVE to. The choice should be yours. You know better than “Nannie” what your life is worth.
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posted on
04/15/2016 11:37:07 AM PDT
by
beelzepug
(2 Timothy 2:23 Don't have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments...")
To: TheTimeOfMan
Great. Hope you get the same courtesy you are so willing to force on others.
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posted on
04/15/2016 11:40:34 AM PDT
by
Seruzawa
(If you agree with the French raise your hand. If you are French raise both hands)
To: Hot Tabasco
I have had helmets save me a couple of times. I don’t even ride by bicycle with out one.
To: rbg81
One of my weaknesses though...on really nice sunny days I strip my jacket off and soak up the sun. Feels so nice. Getting hit by a bug at 70 MPH - feels like a damn baseball.
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posted on
04/15/2016 11:52:05 AM PDT
by
Mich Patriot
("The problem with quotes found on the Internet is they are often not true." - Abraham Lincoln)
To: Xenodamus
Funny...when I hit 'post' I thought to myself, "Surely all the smart folks will know who Clemens is."
Samuel Clemens is credited with the quote because it did not appear in print in any Mark Twain writings.
To: beelzepug
The choice should be yours. Amen, brother. I wear my helmet every time, but I defend the rights of others to decide for themselves.
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posted on
04/15/2016 11:55:44 AM PDT
by
Mich Patriot
("The problem with quotes found on the Internet is they are often not true." - Abraham Lincoln)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
I was glad to see someone credit Samuel Clemens. I love that quote and use it often.
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posted on
04/15/2016 11:56:31 AM PDT
by
Xenodamus
(The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. -TJ)
To: Arthur McGowan
exactly....they can see much more clearly and most importantly they can hear better....
they'll also tell you that maybe the helmets protect their heads but they do not protect your neck....even with a helmet, if you neck snaps you're either dead or a quad...
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posted on
04/15/2016 11:57:32 AM PDT
by
cherry
To: Jeff Vader
my husband wears his helmet always....I wish he wouldn’t drive his cycle anymore (he’s 63) but I can’t force him not too....I do ask him not to drive at night...
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posted on
04/15/2016 11:59:17 AM PDT
by
cherry
To: wrench
The article doesn’t seem to distiguish between injuries with people wearing helmets, and injuries without helmets.
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
Samuel Clemens is credited with the quote
But he's most famous for his baseball career and ultimate Hall of Fame induction:
Win–loss record 354–184
Earned run average 3.12
Strikeouts 4,672
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