BTW, a lot of biker/formerbikers on this thread assume that folks who believe in playing it safe on the public roads don't know anything about riding motorcycles.
Actually, a lot of us have more experience than anyone ought to have, and a lot of it the bad kind. I even was launched through the window of a 1949 Studebaker when it hit an abutment in a shopping center parking lot.
"I even was launched through the window of a 1949 Studebaker when it hit an abutment in a shopping center parking lot."
See, now there's the difference between you and I.
I don't need laws to prevent me from doing stupid things like that because I just don't do them. I also think that most other people with a functioning brain don't need those laws either.
You, on the other hand, apparently think your stupid actions are the norm.