helmet laws was : 4th of July Hypocricy (was: OT Celebration)

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Tue Jul 10 23:58:52 2001

On Tue, 10 Jul 2001, Master of all that Sucks wrote:

>
> Leave his brains on the road.

Brains? What brains? If he had any he'd have been wearing a helmet!

                                                 - don

> Peace... Sridhar
>
> On Tue, 10 Jul 2001, Richard Erlacher wrote:
>
> > Sadly, not all libertarians have estates large enough to cover the cost of
> > cleaning up a messed up helmetless head.
> >
> > Does that mean the "STATE" should bear the cost? I think not! Not even a
> > libertarian would agree with that, would they?
> >
> > Dick
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Stan Sieler" <sieler_at_allegro.com>
> > To: "joe" <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>; <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 1:14 PM
> > Subject: Re: helmet laws was : 4th of July Hypocricy (was: OT Celebration)
> >
> >
> > > Re:
> > > > >If there's an outcry against helmet laws, here's a simple solution.
> > > > >Require riders who don't wear helmets to either get additional "no helmet
> > > > >inurance,"
> > > >
> > > > That appears to be exactly what the state of Florida has done. So
> > > > far it seems to be working. The motorcycle riders are now happy since they
> > > > don't have to wear hwelmets, the insurance companies are very happy $$$$$$
> > > > and the state isn't caught in the middle any more. FWIW it's rare to see a
> > > > rider wearing a helmet around here now and I haven't heard of any cases of
> > > > peole being busted for not having insurance.
> > >
> > > My wife tells me that the availability of organs for transplant declined
> > > when helmet laws were implemented here in California. Maybe that means
> > > people who need transplants should move to Florida? :)
> > >
> > > Re: Eric's dumb anti-Libertarian argument. No, Libertarians don't want
> > > other people to pay the costs. Ideally, if a Libertarian doesn't wear
> > > a helmet, and crashes, and incurs costs, he/she would have agreed that
> > > their estate should bear the cost: i.e., personal responsibility!
> > >
> > > Stan Sieler sieler_at_allegro.com
> > > www.allegro.com/sieler/wanted/index.html www.allegro.com/sieler
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>
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