DUDE! I did!
http://www.ksrevisor.org/statutes/chapters/ch21/021_052_0002.html
Exactly what part of those definitions apply here?
Well I hope that overreacting doesn’t kill things like this — only brings them under better vigilance. If there was a one in ten thousand chance I might die on a ride, I still might choose it. I don’t know if motorcycles are that good. Yet I rode one for many years and several spills and I am here to tell the tale.
“Exactly what part of those definitions apply here?”
Pick any ...
(b) Culpable mental states are classified according to relative degrees, from highest to lowest, as follows:
(1) Intentionally;
(2) knowingly;
(3) recklessly
I fear in the end that it’s political. I’m not convinced that Schooley wasn’t talking about chances envisioned in the millionths. That’s what a good designer would do even if the danger approached that of dying the day of the ride for some other reason.
A dummy also isn’t always a good model of a rider, as it is passive — it cannot “ride” in any active sense. I would not rate the safety of horse back riding by putting dummies on horses.