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Old 06-11-14, 02:46 PM
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Originally Posted by rydabent
Would I be wrong saying that I suspect the general public would be more in favor of MHLs than cyclist. While they know nothing about cycling, they are swayed by nanny state agitators. These days so many people it seems want a nanny state and are for more gov control.
Yes, and those nanny state agitators get their info about the danger of riding w/o a helmet from folks like you.

Originally Posted by rydabent
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How are you going to guarantee that the rider you are talking about will NEVER hit his head on the ground?
The same way you'll guaranty that the person dissuaded from bicycling by all the fear mongering about head injuries won't die of a heart attack, or that a helmeted rider won't die anyway if/when he suffers that head strike you're so sure is coming.
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