The Wisdom of Chris

[ciroccoj]

We were stopped by a RIDE program today, and the cops asked Chris if he'd been drinking and asked if we were all buckled in safely. As we were sent on our way, the boys wanted to know why they did that. Long discussion ensued, covering road safety, drinking and driving, and legislating safety for those not wise enough to be safe just because it's the smart thing to do. This eventually ended with Chris telling us that there is one state where bikers do not legally have to wear helmets. In all the rest of North America, it's the law, but this one state doesn't make anybody wear a helmet, despite the fact that motorcycle mortality due to helmetlessness is staggering.

"And you know what? The bikers there don't wear their helmets. Proving once more, that people in general are too stupid to even protect their own brains."

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[daf9.livejournal.com]

on the other hand ... i used to live in a state with no motorcycle helmet law and yet the community in which I lived required ALL bicycle riders (adult and children) to wear helmets. go figure.

[ciroccoj.livejournal.com]

People are idiots.

I remember a cartoon in Time Magazine a few years back, where they had a picture of a guy holding something that looked like an Uzi, next to a kid with a Super-Soaker. The caption was, "Guess which one is now banned in New York City?"

[snarkhunter.livejournal.com]

Most of the states I've lived in don't require helmets, which is total crap. Washington did, but Ohio doesn't (or doesn't enforce it) and PA recently repealed that law.

[ciroccoj.livejournal.com]

PA recently repealed that law.

::blink blink:: You're joking.

OTOH, maybe they were concerned about people waiting for years for organ donations. When Chris worked the Emerg in London, they used to refer to bike accident victims as "donorcyclists." Because in general, bikers are young and otherwise reasonably healthy, and they die almost instantly. Their organs don't have time to degrade from old age, lingering illness, or treatments for same.

Because we're very sick individuals, Chris and I once came up with the conclusion that safety-gear-less bikers are double Darwin Award winners: they take their dumb genes out of the gene pool, and allow 4-6 (presumably smarter) people a second shot at living long enough to reproduce.

[officerjudy.livejournal.com]

Overheard in first grade, during a presentation by the OPP:

OPP OFFICER: What should you do when you see a police officer?
CHILD: (raises hand) Put on your seatbelt?

[ciroccoj.livejournal.com]

LOL!!

[woffproff.livejournal.com]

SC must not have a helmet law, based on the Hell's Rednecks I see riding around with them....

[woffproff.livejournal.com]

WITHOUT them, I meant...

I so suck at proofreading....