Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!caip!sri-spam!parcvax!hplabs!tektronix!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!shuksan!root From: root@shuksan.UUCP (Operator ) Newsgroups: net.cycle,net.politics,net.auto Subject: Re: Seat belts, Helmets and Freedom of Choice Message-ID: <196@shuksan.UUCP> Date: Tue, 5-Aug-86 09:50:38 EDT Article-I.D.: shuksan.196 Posted: Tue Aug 5 09:50:38 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 9-Aug-86 04:28:35 EDT References: <472@water.UUCP> <148@gouldsd.UUCP> Organization: Boeing Mountain Network, Seattle WA Lines: 48 Xref: watmath net.cycle:1914 net.politics:18081 net.auto:12152 > > I wish you guys could see my buddy Fred's helmet > after he slid face-first on the Washington beltway... > I particularly like the teeth-marks in the styrofoam > liner of the chin. The styrofoam is all that's left, > after all the fiberglass wore off the way his face would > have. > > Now, I hate the law, and laws in general (ask > anyone) and I spit on no spitting signs just 'cuz they're > there, but following the law of survival makes sense. If > nobody exercised thier freedom of choice, the number of > kidney donors would drop. if you think I'm kidding, ask > your friends who work near an emergency room... > > -- I second that .... several years ago, my wife was riding her little honda 350 with a helmet and a crash bar on the bike. A guy came out from a side street, looked right at her and pulled out (she thought she had eye contact - turns out he did not see her). She was doing the speed limit (35 mph on this street) , was merged with traffic (which was fairly heavy) and it was daylight and clear. Both she and the bike were thrown across 2 lanes of traffic, the bike was totaled (the crash bar took the whole blow - it was flattened against the engine saving her leg). The side of her helmet looked like I had used a power sander on it (she said it felt like someone used a hammer on her head). Total injuries were a skinned ankle and a bruised colar bone -- she did not even have a head ache! (the kirkland police cited the guy who hit her for "failure to yield" right on the spot). While we also do not like the manditory helmet law, we both feel that you are a fool if you do not wear one! (Our neighbors are both nurses - one of them works in an emergency room - they agree - helmets should be worn - They have told us about some of the cases that come in!) Mikey (yes "he likes it!") My job is so secret even I don't know what I'm doing =============================================================================== email: real person: Life: ssc-vax!fields (206) 251-4638 [work] Mike Fields ssc-vax!shuksan!mikey (206) 821-3492 [home] 12022 N.E. 138th Pl. Kirkland, Wa. 98034 ===============================================================================