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Except if you do get hurt, and even if it is just you, the rest of us are, via social contract, obligated to spend common resources to come rescue you and pay f
by bigmattystyles 6y ago
Except if you do get hurt, and even if it is just you, the rest of us are, via social contract, obligated to spend common resources to come rescue you and pay for your medical bills. I know you could make this argument against any activity like rock climbing, but then lobby your government.
Even if I grant the response I’m expecting, I dont want to be saved or helped if I injure myself, one, bullshit. Two, even if that’s true, we still have to pay someone to come hose blood off the pavement and dispose of the wreck.
- nitrogen 6y agoIn the US, you are responsible for your own medical bills and ambulance costs if you are in an accident that wasn't someone else's fault.
- bigmattystyles 6y agoAnd I’m sure all the people I see racing are insured or have the $100k+ a serious accident, injury or property damage entails.
- nitrogen 6y agoGenerally, yes, you have to be insured to register a car.
- freddie_mercury 6y agoNo you aren't. EMTALA, the Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act of 1986 specifically says everyone will be treated regardless of any ability to pay. If someone doesn't have the ability to pay, guess who ends up paying? Everyone else.
- nitrogen 6y agoNot having the ability to pay doesn't mean you aren't responsible. If you do have the ability to pay, and you are required to have insurance that gives you that ability to pay, then you are responsible.