Re: Wear A Helmet Not Because You Have To But Because You Want To Keep Thinking Clear
Lot's of crashes in that video!!
Lot's of crashes in that video!!
Wear A Helmet Not Because You Have To But Because You Want To Keep Thinking Clearly
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Re: Wear A Helmet Not Because You Have To But Because You Want To Keep Thinking Clear
Yes I thought they brought the old and the new together very well
Yes I thought they brought the old and the new together very well
I wear a helmet but I wear it because I decided to wear it. I use my seat belt because I want to, I was using it before it became a law. With that said, I AM AGAINST HAVING A LAW THAT STATES I MUST COMPLY WITH THESE NANNY STATE LAWS!!! Sorry for the rant.
Texas requires all riders to wear a helmet. They then allowed some exemptions to the law. You must have medical insurance to ride helmet less and you must be a licensed rider or passenger can be licensed to meet the requirement. I have heard rumors as to other requirements but I have not seen them in actual State documents.
Back in about 1983, give or take a year or so, the medical facilities were not up to the current level and Dr. Red Duke had just recently invented Life Flight which would then spread across the nation and world. If a biker went down with sever head injuries, well to put it mildly, he was dead. Helmets at that time were heavy (weighed more than they do now) and there was a report that came out from a medical center stated the helmet had caused a broken neck or two which led to the riders being left in a vegetated state. The biking community picked up on this and a certain anti-establishment group ran with it. They stated they would rather be dead from head injury than be a burden on their families and the medical system from wearing a helmet. They had a pretty good argument and helmet laws were being reversed.
Now fast forward a few years, Dr. Red Duke's Life Flight program is in place all around the world, emergency medicine is now a specialty (instead of a doctor having to work ever so often in an emergency room) , ambulance attendants are now trained First Responders or EMT's or Paramedics and an injured riders gets first aid on the scene that is better than what he would have gotten 30 years ago in the emergency room. The broken neck is not always leading to a vegetated state, many return to complete recovery. The head injury is no longer a guaranteed body bag ride, instead more are now living. . . in a vegetated state.
Now the baby boomers that used to spit on us are living out the secret dream they have harbored all these years, they want to be like we were 30 years ago. To meet this dream it is to ride free, i.e. helmet less to prove they are big bad ass bikers.
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Texas requires all riders to wear a helmet. They then allowed some exemptions to the law. You must have medical insurance to ride helmet less and you must be a licensed rider or passenger can be licensed to meet the requirement. I have heard rumors as to other requirements but I have not seen them in actual State documents.
Back in about 1983, give or take a year or so, the medical facilities were not up to the current level and Dr. Red Duke had just recently invented Life Flight which would then spread across the nation and world. If a biker went down with sever head injuries, well to put it mildly, he was dead. Helmets at that time were heavy (weighed more than they do now) and there was a report that came out from a medical center stated the helmet had caused a broken neck or two which led to the riders being left in a vegetated state. The biking community picked up on this and a certain anti-establishment group ran with it. They stated they would rather be dead from head injury than be a burden on their families and the medical system from wearing a helmet. They had a pretty good argument and helmet laws were being reversed.
Now fast forward a few years, Dr. Red Duke's Life Flight program is in place all around the world, emergency medicine is now a specialty (instead of a doctor having to work ever so often in an emergency room) , ambulance attendants are now trained First Responders or EMT's or Paramedics and an injured riders gets first aid on the scene that is better than what he would have gotten 30 years ago in the emergency room. The broken neck is not always leading to a vegetated state, many return to complete recovery. The head injury is no longer a guaranteed body bag ride, instead more are now living. . . in a vegetated state.
Now the baby boomers that used to spit on us are living out the secret dream they have harbored all these years, they want to be like we were 30 years ago. To meet this dream it is to ride free, i.e. helmet less to prove they are big bad ass bikers.
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Re: Wear A Helmet Not Because You Have To But Because You Want To Keep Thinking Clear
Excellent post. I concur 100%.
Excellent post. I concur 100%.
