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Actually no, its his god given right to CHOICE not to wear those death buckets.

While stats show that yes, your chances of surviving the accident a vegetable are increased, overall, you are more likely to get into the accident in the first place from wearing a death bucket due to lack of periphrial and reduced hearing and line of vision.They are horse blinders forced on us by the uber libs who feel they know whats good for us.Things happen and this guy is a small minority when it comes to the stats of riders in accidents.

I agree that it should be freedom of choice, but the ‘deathbucket’ saved my life several times. One time, nearly 14 yrs ago, I was coming around an asphalt curve, and with the overcast sky eliminating any shadows the scattered pea gravel would have given warning to. I was traveling about 60, and I went down hard, tumbling. My previously unmarred helmet was scarred up in several places.

I was SO glad I wore the ‘bucket’ that day. And REALLY glad no one was coming from the other direction as I tumbled across the road.

I was no newbie either, having riden pasture, dirt, sand, gravel, sealcoat, asphalt, and concrete for over 33 years up to that point. I’m glad I’m still around to enjoy my wife and family. The bike is just a piece of machinery. I can get along just fine without it.

I’m sure the insurance lobby is the driving force behind these laws.

I’ve laid my bike down in a sandy corner on the street at 45 MPH
and 90 MPH on a dirt flat track (not flat enough that time). The
helmet was helpful both times. In one afternoon of riding my DR650
in the mountains around. Pocatello, I slammed down hard on both left
and right sides. The helmet has scratches where sharp granite might have pierced my skull. I’ll always wear a helmet. Accidents happen. The bad ones are often due to another person’s bad choices.

If the government is insistent on paying for medical care, they are also going to tell you how to live.

Money talks. Motorcycle riders should have insurance or enough money to cover their own medical care in the event of a accident. Government not needed.

Actually no, its his god given right to CHOICE not to wear those death buckets. While stats show that yes, your chances of surviving the accident a vegetable are increased, overall, you are more likely to get into the accident in the first place from wearing a death bucket due to lack of periphrial and reduced hearing and line of vision.They are horse blinders forced on us by the uber libs who feel they know whats good for us.Things happen and this guy is a small minority when it comes to the stats of riders in accidents

You are going to get flamed by tons of liberals who have never ridden a real bike, but THINK they know everything.

As an ER nurse, I have encountered motorcyclists- both helmeted and unhelmeted- involved in MVCs. While wearing a helmet did not save many of the riders involved in high-velocity crashes (either when they hit an object or another vehicle struck them), it definitely improved the outcomes for those involved in crashes that occurred at highway (read: legal) speeds.

Of course, head injuries are only a small part of the overall trauma picture concerning motorcyclists. There's no crash protection on a motorcycle, so the constellation of injuries is much more vast, and more severe, than if a person involved in the same crash was in a car- any car.

Helmets do help. But they won't cure stupidity. I do recommend the use of helmets, but I also agree that it is a free country, and that government should not mandate helmet use over the age of 18.

What we really need is a law mandating limiters on all street motorcycles that would prevent them from exceeding 80mph. That way, you can still be stupid, but at a more reasonable speed. And while you may have the right to choose whether or not to wear a helmet, you do not have the right to break the law and put others at risk because you choose to be stupid.