I'll just leave this here
Printed From: Tippmann Paintball
Category: News And Views
Forum Name: Thoughts and Opinions
Forum Description: Got something you need to say?
URL: http://www.tippmannsports.com/forum/wwf77a/forum_posts.asp?TID=188658
Printed Date: 25 February 2026 at 9:55pm
Software Version: Web Wiz Forums 12.04 - http://www.webwizforums.com
Topic: I'll just leave this here
Posted By: DaveEllis
Subject: I'll just leave this here
Date Posted: 02 July 2011 at 10:30pm
|
Town of Onondaga, NY A Parish man who was participating in a motorcycle helmet protest ride was killed this afternoon when he went over the handlebars of his motorcycle and injured his head on the pavement, state police said. http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2011/07/parish_man_protesting_motorcyc.html - http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2011/07/parish_man_protesting_motorcyc.html
|
Replies:
Posted By: ammolord
Date Posted: 02 July 2011 at 10:33pm
|
Hmmm, I dont like the thought of being cleaned up with a squeegie. I'll leave it at that. ------------- PSN Tag: AmmoLord XBL: xXAmmoLordXx ~Minister of Tinkering With Things That Go "BOOM!"(AKA Minister of Munitions)~ |
Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 02 July 2011 at 11:49pm
|
As an everyday rider (bikes are my daily-drivers), I agree with the late Mr. Contos. Ironic? Most definitely. However, helmets should NOT be a mandatory law. It's personal protection that has no bearing on the safety of others, and the government has no place to make helmets legally required. Should you wear them? Yes. Should you have to? No. ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell" 
|
Posted By: Skillet42565
Date Posted: 03 July 2011 at 12:02am
|
What about the mental anguish of the paramedic who has to scrape your brains back into your dome?
------------- 
|
Posted By: ammolord
Date Posted: 03 July 2011 at 12:09am
Fixed that for ya. ------------- PSN Tag: AmmoLord XBL: xXAmmoLordXx ~Minister of Tinkering With Things That Go "BOOM!"(AKA Minister of Munitions)~ |
Skillet42565 wrote:Posted By: deadeye007
Date Posted: 03 July 2011 at 1:19am
|
It is a personal choice, but after seeing a couple low speed wrecks that were survival turn into fatalities I wouldn't want to drive without one on. Granted, I'm not getting on one in the first place. I like having the sheet metal (and lots of plastic) around me. ------------- Face it guys, common sense is a form of wealth and we're surrounded by poverty.-Strato |
Posted By: StormyKnight
Date Posted: 03 July 2011 at 3:16am
|
After dumping my bike 3 years ago all desire to go sans helmet vanished. This was hit with an exclamation mark last week when I was t-boned by a deer on my way to work on my bike. ------------- 
|
Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 03 July 2011 at 10:20am
|
Iron knee. -------------  irc.esper.net #paintball |
Posted By: DaveEllis
Date Posted: 03 July 2011 at 10:23am
The general populous is too stupid to do the right thing, hence nanny laws like seat belts. How about the increased insurance premiums these guys are costing all of us?
|
Posted By: StormyKnight
Date Posted: 03 July 2011 at 10:28am
-------------
|
Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 03 July 2011 at 10:47am
Doesn't matter, family will still sue the insurance company. Company will have to pay lawyers to protect their interest. Rates go up. |
Posted By: SSOK
Date Posted: 03 July 2011 at 11:15am
I am happy I live in a helmet state. 'Cause I want to wear a helmet anyway, and I might get picked on in a no-helmet state 
Seriously... in addition to the cool factor of keeping my brain in my skull, Nazi helmets are cool
Although a lot of people ride with 'novelty' helmets that are not DOT approved anyway.. ------------- 
|
Posted By: mbro
Date Posted: 03 July 2011 at 11:17am
------------- 
Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos. |
Posted By: StormyKnight
Date Posted: 03 July 2011 at 8:22pm
-------------
|
Posted By: StormyKnight
Date Posted: 03 July 2011 at 8:24pm
-------------
|
Posted By: Darur
Date Posted: 04 July 2011 at 12:35am
But if you only need to transport 1 or 2 people, why use as much gas as you would be with 5? ------------- Real Men play Tuba [IMG]http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/1859/newsmall6xz.jpg"> PH33R TEH 1337 Dwarf! http://www.tippmann.com/forum/wwf77a/log_off_user.asp" rel="nofollow - DONT CLICK ME!!1 |
Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 04 July 2011 at 10:55am
Waivers do nothing. Seriously. If you think signing a waver protects people from indemnity, then you're in for a shock. Waivers don't stand up in court, especially when a jury gets involved. |
Posted By: oreomann33
Date Posted: 04 July 2011 at 1:30pm
|
lol
------------- 
|
Posted By: Snipa69
Date Posted: 04 July 2011 at 1:42pm
|
It has always been a funny social experiment to me to watch people's attitudes change when they are told to do something vs. when they have the free will to do it on their own. -Wanna wear this helmet? --Yeah sure! Thanks! -Wear this helmet! ---Screw you, I'm an 'Merican and I'll do what I want! No helmet for me simply because you said so. I'm pretty sure that is what we call the "terrible two's" when raising children, and it is sad when adults do the same thing. I wont even drive my car until everyone in it is buckled up and if there is a problem with that, they are more than welcome to get out and walk. ------------- http://imageshack.us - [IMG - http://img456.imageshack.us/img456/857/sig9ac6cs1mj.jpg - |
Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 04 July 2011 at 2:45pm
|
That's entirely how my brain worked in highschool in regards to schoolwork. "Ah man going to get this stuff done as soon as I get home, out of the way and I'm free." "hey, go do your homework" "Well...now...no"
|
Posted By: GroupB
Date Posted: 04 July 2011 at 2:54pm
Same here. I would actually stop doing something if I was already doing it when I got told to do it. ------------- 
|
Posted By: StormyKnight
Date Posted: 05 July 2011 at 7:33am
Alright. Screw the waiver then. Change the law in states where helmet use is optional that insurance companies are not liable to pay if the rider or passenger die as a result of injuries sustained by not wearing a helmet. -------------
|
Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 05 July 2011 at 12:09pm
Still wouldn't matter. They'd still get sued. Even if the law states they aren't "liable" that will be challenged in court. And even if they win, they're still paying court costs and attorney's fees. |
Posted By: StormyKnight
Date Posted: 05 July 2011 at 5:20pm
If the law protects the insurance company from lawsuit, any challenge to the law itself won't cost the insurance company anything. -------------
|
Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 05 July 2011 at 5:33pm
Wrong. Any law can be challenged in court, court costs in cases such as the ones that would come of your suggestion cost money for both sides of the case. Very rarely is full remuneration given to the defendant, let alone in a case that would challenge a law such as you've proposed (which, by the way would never, ever pass and is probably against all kinds of ethics codes within the insurance regulatory committee's rules). Those costs are passed on to you, dear consumer, and the insurance company has no qualms about it. |