Myrtle Beach (S.C.) (motorcycle) helmet law quashed

The Sun News ^ | Wednesday, Jun. 09, 2010 | Lorena Anderson

[martin_fierro]

Allow me to predict the flaming on this thread, so you won't have to flame each other:

• b1k3rfr33k: W00T! Victory over the Commies!
• Law'n'Order: You can ride without a helmet if you like -- just don't expect the rest of us to foot your medical bills after a riding injury turns you into a vegetable.
• b1k3rfr33k: STATIST!
• Law'n'Order: JERK!
• Admin Moderator: Knock it off.

[martin_fierro]

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[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

b1k3rfr33k: W00T! Victory over the Commies!

Law'n'Order: You can ride without a helmet if you like -- just don't expect the rest of us to foot your medical bills after a riding injury turns you into a vegetable.

Ironically, both are right.

[WayneS]

The S.C. Supreme Court today unanimously ruled Myrtle Beach's motorcycle helmet law is invalid because it is superseded by state law.

A fact that was already known by virtually every person who had read the state law EXCEPT, apparently, the Myrtle Beach City Council.

[dblshot]

I shudder to think what the Obama Health Care Barackracy is going to rule on head injuries caused by not wearing a helmet.

[oh8eleven]

the city impliedly repealed the law itself when it repealed its own administrative court ordinance after the court's chief justices opined that was unconstitutional.
Don't 'ya hate it when that happens.

[refermech]

You forgot you only need to wear a helmet if you have some brains to protect.

[Tijeras_Slim]

IBTDCM

[martin_fierro]

What I forgot was to mention the annoying posts beginning with, “You forgot...”

[refermech]

Ya, you did forget that didn’t you...

[bonnieblue4me]

Now, if we could only get the seat belt laws invalidated across the country, that would be hugh!

[Niteranger68]

The law was one in a series of ordinances designed to push the May motorcycle rallies outside city limits after years of complaints from residents about traffic, noise and lewd behavior.

It takes a real special kind of @sshole to live at Myrtle Beach and expect peace and quiet.

[Bigh4u2]

“The law was one in a series of ordinances designed to push the May motorcycle rallies outside city limits after years of complaints from residents about traffic, noise and lewd behavior. “

Hmmmm... didn’t read anything in that sentence about bikers ‘breaking the law’ during the rallies...

Wonder why? /s

[Seruzawa]

What’s with these city idiots? There’s already a simple solution to the annoyances. Simply ticket and impound every bike with open drag pipes or open race cans. That would eliminate 90% of ‘em.

[blackie]

Excellent!

[bravo whiskey]

another solution. insurance companies don’t give polocies to non helmet riders and don’t pay for injuries incurred when injured without a helmet.
now the choice is fiscal responsibility vs individual freedom.
this would be a private company decision. I WOULD NOT SUPPORT the government, any government, doing this.

[spunkets]

Ditto.

[4woodenboats]

"It's not going to change much," Mayor John Rhodes said. "We've already made it clear we don't support rallies and won't support rallies. We're very pleased that we had very few accidents and no deaths within the city this year during the rallies, and our residents were able to sleep and teachers were able to teach.

If Mayor Quigly insists on treating the bikers like lawless hooligans, I say give 'em hooligans.

Playing nice and flooding the town with cash sure didn't work.

[zeugma]

another solution. insurance companies don’t give polocies to non helmet riders and don’t pay for injuries incurred when injured without a helmet. now the choice is fiscal responsibility vs individual freedom. this would be a private company decision. I WOULD NOT SUPPORT the government, any government, doing this.

Absolutely, but why stop with motorcycles? Requiring helmets in automobiles would protect far more people. I

[Riley]

That sounds like the basic framework of a pretty sensible solution. Question though- what’s the hospital supposed to do with a no-helmet, still-alive smashed head that comes into the ER? They’ll treat him, because that’s what they do. Who’s on the hook for the tab?

I’d be surprised if many of the no-helmets crew are independently wealthy.