Interesting observation about non-helmet wearers.

[Jake '53]

Originally Posted by trikebubble

You don't carry a gun? I wish I would have known that earlier,..............or I wouldn't have agreed with everything you said back at Red Lodge last year.

Doh.

[Nate]

Originally Posted by fretbuzz

I wonder how many people that bash non-helmet wearers are smokers?

Or choose to ride home from the bar after an evening of imbibing?

[PainlessWolf]

I wonder how many people that bash smokers eat hamburgers...and love big Snakes?
Painless Black Wolf
...Here for the Dawn...

2005 Drifter 800

[trikebubble]

Originally Posted by PainlessWolf

I wonder how many people that bash smokers eat hamburgers...and love big Snakes?
Painless Black Wolf
...Here for the Dawn...

2005 Drifter 800

Mmmmmmmmmm..........hamburgers! (I hates snakes.......)

[CTRider]

Originally Posted by BikerBeagle

I've always found it funny (strange) to see and hear people claim to be against helmet laws, but turn around in the next half-second and claim to always wear their helmet all the time. Might just be me, but it seems like being against a law for something that you (general 'you', not specific 'you') already do by free choice is just a little schitzophrenic. *shrug*

Isn't that the point people who don't wear helmets are trying to make - that it should be choice? My choice is to wear a helmet because it gives me that added bit of safety if something bad happens. It's the same reason I wear riding gloves, boots and an armored jacket. There are no laws here stating I have to wear them, but I still do.

Likewise, there is no law saying I have to have my bike inspected in Connecticut. No emissions, no mechanical...nothing. However, I choose to maintain my bike properly for my own safety. However, I don't feel the need to pay someone else to tell me I've done it if they don't require it.

There are a lot of things I do because I feel it's the right thing for me to do that don't have laws requiring it.

[A2rider]

Originally Posted by CTRider

There are a lot of things I do because I feel it's the right thing for me to do that don't have laws requiring it.

For some unknown reason, birth control comes to mind.

[Skunkwurcx]

I get people telling me that I shouldn't wear a fullface whilst riding my Vulcan...their logic being it doesn't look cool on a cruiser ......I ask them if they have ever bounced their face of the pavement at 30 or more mph...they shut up at that point.

I bounced my head off the pavement, dirt, sand many times while riding my 10 speed when I was younger....would hate to think what the increased mph on a MC would do without a helmet......you never know, it may knock some sense into me though.

[azwiley1]

Though AZ does not require, by law, that I wear a helmet, I do all the time now. I didn't for awhile, but never again.

I wonder though, how many people that don't wear helemts, have little kinds that skateboard or ride bicycles and "require" them to wear the gear for protection?

[Mobilemover]

I drive a high performance muscle car, and I wear a helmet; because I've seen what concrete can do to a human head going through a widshield or bouncing off something hard at 65mph.
I'll be wearing a helmet when I get my 454LTD too.
although I can appreciate the sense of freedom that one gets while blowing in the wind, safety first is crucial.

[darkwalker]

Wow, didn't we just have a big bar fight about this already?

[CTRider]

Originally Posted by darkwalker

Wow, didn't we just have a big bar fight about this already?

Yes, but so far it's being civil. Let's hope it stays that way.

Edit: Hey this is my M*A*S*H post! 7077.

[darkwalker]

Originally Posted by CTRider

Yes, but so far it's being civil. Let's hope it stays that way.

Edit: Hey this is my M*A*S*H post! 7077.

Sweet! I'm aiming for "666"

[CTRider]

Actually, I just remembered that M*A*S*H is 4077, so it wasn't as cool as I originally thought. Oh well. The moment has passed, anyway.

[trugudguy]

Hey..it's called Darwinism. Survival of the fittest sometimes means survival of the smartest. As bad as I hate to see someone get hurt, if they can't see the good reasoning behind wearing a helmet/gear then there's one less moron in the gene pool. I know that's harsh but geez.....c'mon.

[Nate]

Originally Posted by CTRider

Actually, I just remembered that M*A*S*H is 4077, so it wasn't as cool as I originally thought. Oh well. The moment has passed, anyway.

You're not far from M*A*S*H 8063.

[98ninja98]

I'm required to wear one, but even if I wasn't I would still be wearing one. I wont even wear a half helmet just because if God forbid I bounce my face on the ground I'd feel like such a total moron because I could have prevented some serious injury.

I drove down the street to a gas station in shorts and a t shirt once and I felt naked.

[zedx11]

Originally Posted by trugudguy

Hey..it's called Darwinism. Survival of the fittest sometimes means survival of the smartest. As bad as I hate to see someone get hurt, if they can't see the good reasoning behind wearing a helmet/gear then there's one less moron in the gene pool. I know that's harsh but geez.....c'mon.

you have a big stick to stir with. lol

pretty much what I'm thinking now so +1

[mbigica]

CT never had a helmet law. My Dad and Bother never wore one - They taught me when I 1st started riding I never would even consider wearing one. That was 19 years ago, My Dad and Brother still won't wear one - but I do about 90% of the time - there are those times I just go rebel style - my choice.

[crazydave]

Originally Posted by alstensby

I don't know if this is common else where, but I've noticed something. Mind you, this doesn't happen all the time, but often enough for me to take notice. I live in MN which thankfully is not a helmet-law state (I get sick of government intrusions). Personally, I wear mine every where I go...even if I'm going to my friend's house 1 mile away on back roads. Kind of like seat belts, it's just something I'm in the habit of doing.

Anyhow, I've noticed that non-helmet wearers are always very quick to point out that they don't wear one whenever they're around someone who does. And it'll come up out of nowhere! No conversation leads to it...they just feel the need to point it out. It's kind of funny to me. Anyone else ever notice this?

yeah, when the funeral director is recommending a closed casket.

[alstensby]

Originally Posted by BikerBeagle

I've always found it funny (strange) to see and hear people claim to be against helmet laws, but turn around in the next half-second and claim to always wear their helmet all the time. Might just be me, but it seems like being against a law for something that you (general 'you', not specific 'you') already do by free choice is just a little schitzophrenic. *shrug*

None of the voices in my head can really disagree there. lol. It's less the specific of the helmet law and more I just don't like government over-regulating things. Protecting consumers is one thing...protecting people from themselves I think is a waste of time. Stupid people breed enough as it is!