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From: elevav@ccvaxa.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.cycle
Subject: Re: Helmets restrict Vision !
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Date: Fri, 8-Aug-86 11:59:00 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug  8 11:59:00 1986
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> /* Written  4:17 pm  Aug  6, 1986 by mjranum@gouldsd.UUCP net.cycle */
> /* ---------- "Helmets restrict Vision !" ---------- */
> 
> 	2) all you libertines and anarchists out there are seldom heard
> to be bitchin' and wailin' the blues over the fact that most states require
> *BRAKES* and *REARVIEW MIRRORS* and *TIRES* (with or without treads) and
> maybe even *HANDLEBARS*. Be real. Nifty things like brakes and such have
> become so universally recognized as useful that people seldom argue with
> that law. Time to wise up and understand that helmets are a good enough 
> idea that everyone who has a brain worth keeping should wear one. Since
> you can't make a helmet part of a motorcycle's standard equipment, making
> it illegal to ride without one is the next best course. 
> 
> Live Free
> mjr

The law requires any vehicel to have the minimal equipment that make
it safe so *other* occupants of the road will not be endangerd.  In
this sense a helmet is a risk not help...  I wear my helmet on any
trip that is more then 1 mile long (and always on highways)

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