LogFAQs > #948544515

Smarkil posted...
The government doesn't need a law to keep me from killing myself. That's fucking stupid.

If you fly off your motorcycle and end up in a coma rather than having a few scrapes and bruises, you're draining resources from society. Even if you have health insurance preventing you from being accountable for the cost of your hospital stay that doesn't mean the taxpayers aren't covering it. I would rather my tax dollars go towards something productive and not medical expenses for people who chose to not follow common sense safety measures. Not to mention the hospital staff who need to attend to you when they could be trying to save the life of someone who is dying through no fault of their own.

If you're willing to sign a waiver that says you incur 100% of the cost of any injury sustained when not following safety rules and that you volunteer to forfeit your hospital bed the moment another patient comes in, then by all means, ride without a helmet. But you don't live in a vacuum and the consequences of your poor choices don't only affect your health. Wear a god damn helmet because you're not cool or edgy or badass for being reckless.

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