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I don't really have trouble with mandatory helmet laws so long as they only apply to minors. Motorcycle Mandatory helmet laws I'm sorta on the hedge about. In t
by Aloha 13y ago
I don't really have trouble with mandatory helmet laws so long as they only apply to minors. Motorcycle Mandatory helmet laws I'm sorta on the hedge about. In the end, people should allow to do activities that are risky only to themselves.
- saalweachter 13y agoWe don't live in a disconnected society; if someone falls on the side of the road and cracks their head open, we don't leave them in the ditch to die, rot, and disappear. We pick them up, take them to a hospital, provide acute medical care, and potentially provide life-long care in the case of a disability. So society has a strong interest in preventing injuries. (Two asides: this doesn't address the efficacy issue, but if helmets prevent injuries, then it is reasonable by the above argument to mandate their use. Secondly, it is arguable that motorcycle riders who don't wear helmets provide more to society through organ donation than they take in life-long medical treatment.)
- porges 13y agoAlso NZ has universal no-fault accident insurance (ACC). If not wearing helmets leads to higher costs then... Motorcycle riders already pay higher registration fees due to the higher likelihood of injury.
- pjbrunet 13y agoI wouldn't pick up somebody that has a head injury, that might make things worse.
- resu 13y agoA crack in the helmet is much cheaper to fix than a crack in the cranium for tax-payers that live in a country with a first-world healthcare system.
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