[neverdem]

health nazi - nanny state ping

[EricT.]

I'm surprised his NFL contract didn't stipulate that he not engage in dangerous off-the-field activities, such as riding motorcycles without appropriate protective equipment.

[MAD-AS-HELL]

[RobbyS]

Yes, you are free not to wear a helmut, but when you are riding on a public road, you are subject to all sorts of restrictions. Furthermore, you are less likely to die if you wear one. If you care nothing aboiut yourself, think of the motorist and what a pickle he/she faces if he/she kills you. You are dead and strangers have to pick up the mess.

[Jim Noble]

"Riders should wear helmets," the paper proclaimed, "and if they're not going to, perhaps the government should step in and make them."

The case for banning motorcycles is much stronger than the case for required helmets.

But they don't dare.

Yet.

[Jim Noble]

"Riders should wear helmets," the paper proclaimed, "and if they're not going to, perhaps the government should step in and make them."

The case for banning motorcycles is much stronger than the case for required helmets.

But they don't dare.

Yet.

[Sonny M]

"and if they're not going to, perhaps the government should step in and make them."

I can't tell you how many teachers I had in school who used to say this, then get enraged when I said "fine, and we are free to vote for people who won't step in".

[Investment Biker]

44% of accidents involving non-helmeted motorcyclists (in Ohio) are by the uninsured. Perhaps they can ride without helmets if they are insured. Also, doesn't every state in the union require seat belt use under the threat of losing federal highway funds. Why should motorcyclist be given a safety pass? If you are going to have tyranny from the feds requiring hospitals to take care of the uninsured and requiring all to wear seat belts then why do motorcyclists get a free ride?

[socal_parrot]

As long as Ben, his insurance company or his estate are willing to pay for any damage his gray matter or bone fragment do to my car, I have no problem with his personal choice to not wear a helmet.

Driving without a valid motorcycle operator's permit is another matter.

[SampleMan]

If God wanted motorcyclists to wear helmets, he would have given them brains. Wait, I guess the smart ones do wear helmets.

My trauma ER doc wife sees quite a few of the others who make wonderful organ donors. Young, strong bodies, with jello where their brain used to be. The "good" thing is that being so young, their brain stem keeps running their body for some time, keeping the organs in great shape. Too bad though that the eyes are so often unusable.

[MozarkDawg]

"Riders should wear helmets," the paper proclaimed, "and if they're not going to, perhaps the government should step in and make them."

As Ron White put it:

[MikefromOhio]

Don't worry about the Cincy Post, no one is reading it anyway :)

[Citizen Tom Paine]

It seems as if there are a certain percentage of persons in the world who want to control what I can do and cannot do. At my age, I tend to resent it. Anyone that has ever walked through a hospital ward with motorcycle injuries know that they can fix arms and legs, but they don't do very well with heads.

[xzins]

In our area, the Cincy Post was always the sorta lib paper, and the Cincy Enquirer was always the sorta conservative paper. They both are really full of themselves. Believe it or not, the Tafts are worse.

[Gabz]

The problem is that Bloomberg's idea of public health, like the CDC's, does not distinguish between deadly diseases people catch and risky things they choose to do. In his speech he equated smoking, overeating, and failing to wear a seat belt with polio, cholera, and tuberculosis, wishing away freedom by pretending it doesn't exist.

The Bloominidiot strikes AGAIN

Majorly major NANNY-STATE Ping........

[Republican Wildcat]

There is a tradeoff with requiring helmets: reduced visability...unless they want to require bike helmets.

[CORedneck]

The Federal Government should butt out, period when it comes to state traffic laws and driver's licensing. It is a state decision to decide what speed limits are, restraints/helmets, license points and whether states want to participate in interstate highway safety compacts such as the new Driver License Agreement, Vehicle Equipment Safety Compact.

The Federal Government should not concern itself with the day to day operations of a given state. Time to enforce the 10th amendment.

I do not favor seat belt & helmet laws but when I ride, I wear a helmet and in fact do padding such as back protection, limb joints and I do a seat belt when in a car/truck.

[Petronski]

As a Steeler fan and a Roethlisberger fan, I have to say how he's an ginormous idiot for splurging his future on the pointlessness of helmetless riding at this moment in his portentious young life.

Nonetheless, it's quite absurd to think that the state can force the stupid to behave wisely.