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Aug 31st, 2003 at 9:12pm

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So the state of Illinois has just passed a seat-belt law.  If you are caught without it, it's a $55.00 fine.  So where if the logic of passing a law requiring seat-belts and repealling the law requiring motorcycle helmets?  I've gone down on a bike before, and if not for a helmet, I would be a vegetable right now.  People make no sense... Angry
 
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Reply #1 - Aug 31st, 2003 at 9:27pm

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What I like is that Illinois JUST passed the seat belt law.  It's been law here in NY for probably close to 20 years!


Here's the logic, since you asked:


If you go down on a bike, you're down.  Chances are, you're only going to injure yourself.

If you lose control of your car, however, the seatbelt is the only thing keeping you behind the wheel, which is the only place you can be to regain control of your car.

Therefore, you (sans seatbelt) could potentially endanger the lives of others...

The defense rests.
 
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Reply #2 - Aug 31st, 2003 at 9:44pm

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I thought there was a federal seatbelt law passed like six months ago.
 
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Reply #3 - Aug 31st, 2003 at 11:32pm

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Quote:
If you go down on a bike, you're down.  Chances are, you're only going to injure yourself.

If you lose control of your car, however, the seatbelt is the only thing keeping you behind the wheel, which is the only place you can be to regain control of your car.

Therefore, you (sans seatbelt) could potentially endanger the lives of others...

The defense rests.


I think it's that you now have to wear a seat belt, but if your riding a cycle, you don't have to wear a helmet.  In a car you're protect, by law I guess, and not a motorcycle.  It just doesn't make sense to have one and not the other.  Am I right, or off by miles?   ???

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Reply #4 - Aug 31st, 2003 at 11:42pm

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Hyperion, what you wrote makes absolutely no sense at all.

If you go down on a bike and you're not wearing a helmet, chances are you are going to come out of it eating through a small plastic tube.  You will most likely be a vegetable.  My wife says at the hospital where she works, they have a nickname for morons who don't wear helmets.  "Organ Donors."  Plain and simple, if you ride and don't wear a helmet, you are far more likely to be injured worse than if you're in a car with no seat belt.

Anyone who gets on a bike with no helmet is an idiot.
 
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Reply #5 - Sep 1st, 2003 at 12:01am

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It makes perfect sense.  I agree that you'd have to be a moron to ride without one.  But the question was, what's the logic in not requiring helmets but requiring seat belts.

If you're knocked off your bike, you're toast.

If you lose control of your car, you could harm others. 


THAT is the logic behind the Illinois law.
 
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Reply #6 - Sep 1st, 2003 at 12:49am
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Well when a couple of States started calling for seatbelts on motorcycles I quit paying attention.

Yes, It has actually been considered.
 
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Reply #7 - Sep 1st, 2003 at 12:55am

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I remember that!  Roll Eyes  The Rep. that suggested it almost got laughed out of the House! Smiley
 
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Reply #8 - Sep 1st, 2003 at 1:24am

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I thought there was a federal seatbelt law passed like six months ago.


That's what I thought???

But I thought the law has been in effect for as long as I could remember, then there's that relatively 'new' "clickit or ticket" law which everyone think's is a new idea Roll Eyes
 
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Reply #9 - Sep 1st, 2003 at 2:40am

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Well in Britain we've had the seatbelt law for over 2 decades and its sound countless lives.
Anyone that rides a bike without a lid deserves everything they get, 'cos anyone that stupid shouldn't have been allowed in the gene pool! I always wear a lid and full leathers, gloves, and boots. No matter how hot. I can always take a shower, I can't grow a new limb!

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Reply #10 - Sep 1st, 2003 at 3:01am

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Yes, its federal law - $77 click-it-or-ticket here.
 
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Reply #11 - Sep 1st, 2003 at 3:15am

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There's a poster at the local grocery store which says:

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New Law! Everyone must be buckled up!

Click-it or ticket!

Effective July 31st


Why is this supposedly new? Seat belt laws have been in effect for decades
 
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Reply #12 - Sep 1st, 2003 at 3:58am

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Let's forget Politician's logic for a moment.

Without going into great detail I have been quite glad to have ALL the protection available to me on a couple of occasions. Didn't stop me from being hurt but it stopped me from being dead.

Besides,those of you that fly,do you prefer the auto style seat belts or the harness type? I know what I prefer! Smiley
 
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Reply #13 - Sep 1st, 2003 at 4:08am

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I've always have buckled up, but when I got my escort, it has one of those automatic seat belts, so when I'm in other vehicles I tend to forget to buckle up Roll Eyes
 
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Reply #14 - Sep 1st, 2003 at 7:05am

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its simple in my state in Australia, u must wear a helmet and a seatbelt. . . . . .
 
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