Comments by "SmallSpoonBrigade" (@SmallSpoonBrigade) on "" video.

  1. I wear all my gear, why should I pay the price for other people who don't? The gear isn't just about the particular rider, it's about the family, the paramedics, the ER staff and the poor shlub that just killed or severely injured the rider when reasonable protective gear might have been enough to prevent or mitigate the damage. People who ride around without all their gear and adequate training are immature and self-centered and if they're lucky, it won't get them killed.
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  2. That's worse that the current system where paying for injuries due to a lack of gear is already mandatory?
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  3. Where do you think they got the idea from?
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  4. You're already paying for it, the ICU visit is a massive portion of the total bill and hospitals are legally required to provide service whether or not there's any insurance. Then afterwards if there isn't any insurance, they wind up on various welfare programs where taxpayer dollars are picking up the tab. It's a myth that these costs aren't passed onto other people. It's been that way since sometime in the '80s when Reagan tried to wallpaper over the lack of universal care by mandating hospitals engage in charity care.
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  5. What you and he don't seem to realize is that refusing reasonable regulations now just increases the likelihood of a more complete ban later on.Cars are getting safer, but at a much greater rate than motorcycles, and the numbers even now don't look good when compared.
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  6. Of course it should be required, the sort of people who ride without helmets are exactly the same people who should be wearing them all the time, because they're too immature to make wise decisions. This whole, I don't want to, I don't want to, I don't want to, foot stamp reaction is not something that reflects and individual who has the maturity to get away without wearing one. People who don't wear a helmet do not understand what it's like to go around with a head injury. Trust me, it's not fun to wake up in the ICU and have the doctors watching carefully to see if you're going to be able to feed yourself and not be allowed to get out of bed without somebody holding a harness while you walk so that they can verify that you can still walk without hurting yourself. It's one thing if that crash is fatal, but if it's not fatal, they're going to regret their decision to not wear a helmet. Similarly, those other bits of gear are what are going to reduce the likelihood of waking up in the ICU without an arm or a foot and collectively contribute to the likelihood of pulling through at all.
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