Goomba38 wrote:
>
> Pete C. wrote:
>
> > I think you've missed the point entirely. It is not motorcycles, nor
> > ATVs, nor riding mowers that are unsafe, it is *idiots* that are unsafe.
> > Your stoned, drunk or otherwise impaired "victims" would end up in your
> > emergency room regardless of motorcycles, ATVs or riding mowers.
> >
> > Pete C.
>
> Possibly.. but the pedestrians don't seem to have as impaired judgment
> as the others, lol. And we certainly get a lot fewer of them in.

Really? Every city I've ever visited certainly had it's share of
judgment impaired pedestrians. I think it's only their relatively slow
speed that makes it easier to swerve and avoid hitting them that keeps
them out of the emergency rooms.

> And being too stupid to wear a helmet tends to suggest too stupid to use
> good judgment in other ways also.

Helmets are not magic bubbles that protect you from all harm. They do
have negative aspects and rational adults have the right to assess those
aspects and make their own decisions.

Pete C.