“I don’t believe in seatbelt laws because when you choose not to wear a seatbelt the only person you’re endangering is yourself.”
Again, a matter of opinion, but I think that view is too short sighted. It assumes your death or maiming only affects you. The simple fact is, if you die a lot of people will suffer (spouse / SO, parents, children, siblings, close friends).
If you are maimed, you will suffer for the rest of your very long loooong life.
Even someone as unrelated to you as the person who hits your car will suffer. Most people don’t deal well with learning they’ve just killed another human being, even if they can rationalize it as “it was his own fault for not wearing his seatbelt”.
With freedom comes responsibility. I consider wearing a seatbelt and preventing my unnecissary death and injury a responsibility to my family and friends.
As for stuff hitting your helmet, I’ve had rocks and june bugs hit my helmet so hard it snapped my neck back… I have no idea how people can ride without a face shield… I like my teeth!
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“The two seconds between ‘Oh S**!’ and the crash isn’t a lot of practice time.”