Posted on May 2, 2018
For the motorcycle (and bicycle) community amongst us, what is your opinion on state helmet laws? Any personal experience to share?
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This will engender some debate, I’m sure. In the late 1970s, I was a traffic officer, which included being a motorcycle copper. I had to wear a helmet. But I was a motorcycle enthusiast long before, and I learned the invaluable worth of a helmet. Years later, as a traffic accident investigator and traffic statistician, I witnessed the obvious need for helmets. I have a album or two of Polaroids of MVAs I investigated. The helmetless did not survive in 98% of the accidents. Is ending up dead on a nice Sunday drive worth the idea of personal freedom? I’m just asking...what are your feelings on the matter?
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I always wear a helmet when riding my bike. A friend of mine bought a helmet at 4pm in the afternoon, at 5 pm that day they crashed and the helmet was broken instead of their head. A helmet is cheap insurance. The cost of treating head injuries is costly and we all bear the cost.
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SFC James Welch
I’m almost 80 years old. I had to stop riding because of a bad hip. However, every time I got on a bike I wore a helmet. I saw a Rider in front of me in Colorado get hit from the rear by a woman driving a station wagon. He bounced off the hood, the top and then into the curb. He was dead when I got to him. He had a brand new helmet attached to the back of his bike. Would it have saved his life? I don’t know. However his head hitting the curb is what killed him.
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On Guam no more helmet law for years now, as a motorcycle cop for years, to me it really doesn't matter if you have a helmet on or off. Just a matter of preference to the individual.
Some say and yell about it's safer with a helmet, but it really comes down to the driver's attitude and skill driving a bike.
So many have died with no helmet and with a helmet on, as well as in a car surrounded with metal, the same results.
The recent traffic death was just last week, a young man lost his life in a BMW, running away from the police and traveling at 100mph. So you see, being safe on the highways, it's just a simple matter of Driver Attitude.
Some say and yell about it's safer with a helmet, but it really comes down to the driver's attitude and skill driving a bike.
So many have died with no helmet and with a helmet on, as well as in a car surrounded with metal, the same results.
The recent traffic death was just last week, a young man lost his life in a BMW, running away from the police and traveling at 100mph. So you see, being safe on the highways, it's just a simple matter of Driver Attitude.
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LOL Personal story: Many Many moons ago I owned and road a GSGK 1100cc bike. I loved to just cruise., but I always wore a full helmet. Well one day I was out riding in rural ID which did not have a mandatory helmet law and I decided to see what the big deal was about. So I pulled over took my helmet off and stowed it on the back of the bike. As I pulled back on the road I thought, "This is nice the wind in my hair, the sun on my face" I picked up speed and was cruising at a good 40 mph when all of a sudden something hit me square between the eyes, I almost crashed I thought I must have been hit by a rock. I managed to pull off on the shoulder and get it all under control. I looked in my side mirror but didn't see any blood, just a giant red welt between my eyes. I then looked between my legs and on my seat was a huge fat bumble bee twitching. I'm sure the last thing that went through his mind (besides my forehead) was gee its a nice day! I never road with out a helmet again.
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