motorcycle? (Fred) OT

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Fred writes:

<<  IOW, the non-insured route is an irresponsible one. It's like the person 
who rides the motorcycle without the helmet, saying "Hey, it's my neck that 
would get broken." But that paraplegic will be a public charge for the rest 
of his/her life: we all pay. >>

     Actually, it has been shown that riding without a helmet decreases the 
number of broken necks and increases the number of DOA's.  With a helmet, there 
is a greater risk of non-lethal paralysis, since the head is kept intact but 
the neck breaks.  Helmets do nothing to prevent neck injury.  
    All in all, it is cheaper on the public coffers to have a fatality than 
to support someone on lifetime quadraplegic care.  In states that instituted 
helmet laws,(California, for one),  the enforcement of the helmet laws created 
an instant shortage of donated organs...
    I always wore a helmet when I rode, but like the saying goes, "If you 
have a $10 brain, wear a $10 helmet,  and if you don't have a brain, no need for 
a helmet, at all".  
Regards, 

Ed Foote RPT 
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