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Old 07-30-13 | 08:12 AM
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Originally Posted by rydabent
I see the anti helmet cult is still posting their tired old weak arguments against wearing a helmet.
Yup, and they just go on and on and on with the same tired weak arguments.

Personally, and I've said this before, I don't care if someone does or doesn't want to wear a helmet, if their 18 or over no law forces anyone to do so nor should there be a law to force people to do so, but I also believe no law should force someone 18 or over to wear a seat belt. I've said that before and gotten all sort of arguments against dropping the law on seatbelts, I disagree, it's a safety issue just as a helmet on a bike or motorcycle is a safety issue and you should have the right to chose unless you have a job that the employer requires you to wear a seat belt.

But just because I don't care if someone wears a helmet or not, just don't throw around two or three bogus studies to prove that helmets are useless when the overwhelming studies over a far longer period of time have PROVEN that helmets are effective. Even though I know that seat belts work due to the overwhelming evidence and I can find a couple of studies to prove they don't doesn't mean they don't work! See this: http://www.libertarianrepublican.net...ives-dont.html or: http://www.time.com/time/nation/arti...564465,00.html So based on those reports I now should push everyone not to wear seat belts because they can trap you or make you drive more aggressively, same argument as the the non helmet arguments, "I ride safer when not wearing a helmet" nonsense.
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