Comments on: Surprise Message for Pennsylvania Lawmakers http://fredericiana.com/2008/07/08/surprise-message-for-pennsylvania-lawmakers/ Open Source, The Web, And German-American Oddities Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:43:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kai http://fredericiana.com/2008/07/08/surprise-message-for-pennsylvania-lawmakers/comment-page-1/#comment-168826 Kai Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:46:39 +0000 http://fredericiana.com/?p=1329#comment-168826 thanks Fred, did i ever mention that I'm driving a 750cc Kawasaki. ;) Anyways, I'm wearing a helmet and a lot of protective gears and I'm not driving like some totally insane maniac. To be honest I'm even wearing a helmet on my bicycle. Somehow you could point at Germany too. I mean it's not that save/reasonable to be allowed to drive 155+ mph on the Autobahn. (although we have the same fatal accident per mile ratio then the us) thanks Fred, did i ever mention that I’m driving a 750cc Kawasaki. ;)
Anyways, I’m wearing a helmet and a lot of protective gears and I’m not driving like some totally insane maniac. To be honest I’m even wearing a helmet on my bicycle.

Somehow you could point at Germany too. I mean it’s not that save/reasonable to be allowed to drive 155+ mph on the Autobahn. (although we have the same fatal accident per mile ratio then the us)

]]> By: Fred http://fredericiana.com/2008/07/08/surprise-message-for-pennsylvania-lawmakers/comment-page-1/#comment-168791 Fred Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:23:25 +0000 http://fredericiana.com/?p=1329#comment-168791 Yeah I guess you're right: Normally you shouldn't need a law to tell you to wear a helmet on a bike, common sense would suffice. But apparently in the case of seat belts lawmakers weren't *that* over-trustful in human rationality so they made a law to enforce it. Now, why they didn't realize that bikers are not the sharpest knives in the drawer either, I have no clue. Yeah I guess you’re right: Normally you shouldn’t need a law to tell you to wear a helmet on a bike, common sense would suffice. But apparently in the case of seat belts lawmakers weren’t *that* over-trustful in human rationality so they made a law to enforce it. Now, why they didn’t realize that bikers are not the sharpest knives in the drawer either, I have no clue.

]]> By: Freya http://fredericiana.com/2008/07/08/surprise-message-for-pennsylvania-lawmakers/comment-page-1/#comment-168786 Freya Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:12:55 +0000 http://fredericiana.com/?p=1329#comment-168786 Helmet laws or not, people are just plain stupid to get on a bike without one. I'm always annoyed when I see people without helmets. I'm not crazy about a lot of safety laws, but c'mon - seat belts and helmets OBVIOUSLY save lives! Helmet laws or not, people are just plain stupid to get on a bike without one. I’m always annoyed when I see people without helmets.
I’m not crazy about a lot of safety laws, but c’mon – seat belts and helmets OBVIOUSLY save lives!

]]> By: Fred http://fredericiana.com/2008/07/08/surprise-message-for-pennsylvania-lawmakers/comment-page-1/#comment-168779 Fred Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:27:47 +0000 http://fredericiana.com/?p=1329#comment-168779 Ah, maybe that was the rationale behind dropping that law. More fatal accidents, less hospitalizations. Ah, maybe that was the rationale behind dropping that law. More fatal accidents, less hospitalizations.

]]> By: Kai http://fredericiana.com/2008/07/08/surprise-message-for-pennsylvania-lawmakers/comment-page-1/#comment-168778 Kai Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:23:21 +0000 http://fredericiana.com/?p=1329#comment-168778 I would have guessed there would only be a drop in the medical care costs. Assuming that the consequence of such a law would be an explosion in numbers of fatal accidents, this is the only possible conclusion. I would have guessed there would only be a drop in the medical care costs.
Assuming that the consequence of such a law would be an explosion in numbers of fatal accidents, this is the only possible conclusion.

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