Posted on 07/05/2011 7:06:05 AM PDT by Red Badger
Edited on 07/05/2011 7:07:30 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
A bareheaded motorcyclist participating in a ride to protest mandatory helmet laws was killed when he was thrown over the handlebars in Onondaga, New York.
Philip A. Contos, 55, of Parish, New York, was on a ride organized by the Onondaga chapter of American Bikers Aimed Towards Education (ABATE), state police said Sunday.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
I DID SEARCH. IT DID NOT COME UP!.............
Whether or not someone wears a helmet or wears a seat belt is no one's business except the individual involved, certainly not the governments business or place to pass such laws. If you think seat belt laws and helmet laws are good things then you need to switch to being a Democrat because there is nothing constitutional about such laws. They are an attack on individual freedom.
You give up many personal freedoms when you choose to drive on the road, motorcycle or not.
If you're advocating government control over individuals, your argument is a non-sequitur.
IIRC, we've had that here in MN for years. (and not just on holidays) Here they call it "implied consent" . Nice Orwellian ring to it.
The correct answer is more freedom and less regulation. :)
no different than the nanny statists who argue for banning trans fats,guns,tobacco.... (Mayor Bloomturd ,Moochelle, et al.)
they argue we need more food regulations/fat bans/ menu edicts,etc -— in our ‘best interest’ for health and it will save ‘the government’ money !
who could be against that!?
This is different from what servantboy777 was referring to. Implied consent has been around for a while but does not force you to give your blood - it just imposes mandatory penalties if you refuse to submit to the officer's demands.
This new no refusal tactic is where there are judges present at the checkpoints to issue a warrant to collect your blood. No refusal allowed. Tampa does this.
Ironic bump!
You give up many personal freedoms when you choose to live in a cave too. We have given up most of our personal freedoms in the past 50 years.
whoa. that’s hardcore.
do they have trained nurses doing this or some schmuck with a needle and a badge?
(I hate it when they miss my veins 3 times in a row)
in our ‘best interest’ for health and it will save ‘the government’ money ! who could be against that!?
Badger is correct. I just did a search and his is the only thread that comes up.
I think these new outlets must change their headlines from time to time.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/search?m=all;o=time;q=quick;s=helmet%20protest
search = helmet + protest
Took only 5 seconds...
=8-)
Another candidate for the Darwin Award.
I do not believe that it is a State’s place to mandate Motorcycle helmets. I do, however, believe that only an idiot would ride without one. Preservation of idiots is just not something any State should do.
That’s a ‘key word’ search.
I do title searches.
That’s why MODS don’t want you changing titles.
Posting the same story with a different title is okay..........
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