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I agree that in a libertarian society, the arguments for helmet laws and other laws against reckless behavior are no longer valid. However, we do not live in a libertarian society, and I, for one, would be hesitant to try to implement one, except by very gradual steps.

Not in a libertarian society, in a society that at least remotely resembles the one the Founding Fathers designed. Where is the part of the Constitution that says the government is allowed to keep us from being self destructive idiots? We went nearly 80 years in between the invention of motorcycles and helmet laws, how was America worse in the 1980s than it is now? Same with seatbelt laws. Most of this crap are recent inventions and have no place in a free society. Gradual steps is how this "state's interest" crap has made us all property of the government. Time to get rid of it ALL NOW. If I want to put my freaking head through my freaking windshield then by God I'm gonna put my freaking head through my freaking windshield and if the government doesn't want to pay for my rehab that's fine by me because socialized medicine sucks ass anyway. This isn't about libertarianism, this is about getting America back. The state doesn't own me and doesn't have the right to make me live to a ripe old age.