Cuse9 131 Posted November 9, 2007 "Any kid under the age of 18 caught riding a bicycle without a helmet would subject their parents to a $25 fine?!" I can see having a youngin that is just learning how to ride a bike wear a helmet, but if your kid is 13...14...15....they aren't going to wear a helmet!! Do they yank his bicycle license after three strikes? Is it just me or is this a completely rediculous law proposal! Link to proposed bill This is in Kansas. The law was proposed after Senator Roberts got in a bicycle accident and his helmet saved him from serious injury. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
patweisers44 871 Posted November 9, 2007 Wont this end up like motorcycle helmet laws.....i know in michigan they are almost unenforcable. Something to do with the wording of "approved" helmets...no law agency is willing to "approve" any helmets for fear of liability. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mephisto 15 Posted November 9, 2007 It's been the law in many states for some time now. Put a helmet on the child and leave it be. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cuse9 131 Posted November 9, 2007 It's been the law in many states for some time now. Put a helmet on the child and leave it be. I have no problem with "children" wearing a helmet, but older kids.....c'mon?! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dick Hertz 1 Posted November 9, 2007 I have no problem with "children" wearing a helmet, but older kids.....c'mon?! The next law is helmets during sex. Damn headboard. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NorthernVike 2,100 Posted November 9, 2007 The Pussyification of America continues. That along with Americans loosing their FREEDOMS. Not our rights but our freedoms are being removed every day. This country is in a sad state. The Gov't thinks they can run our lives better than we can. Helll, they cant even run the Gov't. right, what makes them think they can run my life better than me. So now you cant: Drive without a seatbelt Smoke in public places Ride a bike without a helmet Drink at age 18, but you can die for them at that age! Whats next? Guns, Fast Food, Liquor? Wait they tried the Liquor before, that did not turn out so well Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dick Hertz 1 Posted November 9, 2007 The Pussyification of America continues.That along with Americans loosing their FREEDOMS. Not our rights but our freedoms are being removed every day. This country is in a sad state. The Gov't thinks they can run our lives better than we can. Helll, they cant even run the Gov't. right, what makes them think they can run my life better than me. So now you cant: Drive without a seatbelt Smoke in public places Ride a bike without a helmet Drink at age 18, but you can die for them at that age! Whats next? Guns, Fast Food, Liquor? Wait they tried the Liquor before, that did not turn out so well Next they will take our smilies. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,797 Posted November 9, 2007 I honestly don't know when the helmets for bicycles thing came to be. We rode around all the time without helmets. Then, I went to college and at some point I sobered up enough to see all these little faags with helmets on. I can't place a specific date on it, but I'm pretty sure the pussification of America started with that particular phenomenon. And, I've worked at Craig Hospital (best spinal /brain injury hospital in the world). I am a strong proponent of motorcycle helmet laws. 90% of the patients there were males 20-35 who were on a motorcycle at the time of their injury. All you have to do is put a cantelope in a helmet - and one without a helmet - and drop them from 10 feet to tell you everything you need to know about that. But, unless you're at the velodrome, kids just rarely need that kind of overprotection. They're not working up the kind of velocity to necessitate it. If they or their parents want to wear it, fantastic. But it shouldn't be a fricking law. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phillybear 366 Posted November 9, 2007 The law was proposed after Senator Roberts got in a bicycle accident and his helmet saved him from serious injury. It's a shame that he lived. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GettnHuge 2 Posted November 9, 2007 Once upon a time kids didn't wear helmets and the real fockups died young. Now those same fockups wear helmets, survive childhood and grow up to be fockup adults who instead of crashing on their bike, drive drunk and smash into a family on the highway. helmet laws suk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shake_a_leg 0 Posted November 9, 2007 I read an article in the newspaper not too long ago that talked about a study that showed people who wore helmets while on bicycles were actually MORE LIKELY to be hit by a car or in an accident because motorists tend to think that a guy with a helmet is a safer rider, therefore leaving him less room on the road and clipping the handlebars... causing death by run-on sentence. HELMET LAWS SUCK. THE BAND, however....fockin ROCKS!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FranksTanks 0 Posted November 9, 2007 I agree, what the hell is a law going to do and how do you enforce it? Better yet, why waste our law enforcement's time trying to enforce it. Don't enough places do enough to educate and encourage kids to wear helmets? Keep it in school. have a cop come in and show a slide show of kids that got worked over because they didn't wear a helmet. On a side note, I wear a helmet snowboarding. But I had to learn the hard way. I've hit my head twice very hard. Once without a helmet, so I bought a helmet, then a year later I hit my head and broke that helmet. Thank god I never landed on concrete. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kutulu 1,720 Posted November 9, 2007 I make my entire family wear red helmets when we drive around town in our sponge bob yellow mini van. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Isotopes 1 Posted November 9, 2007 Once upon a time kids didn't wear helmets and the real fockups died young. Now those same fockups wear helmets,survive childhood and grow up to be fockup adults who instead of crashing on their bike, drive drunk and smash into a family on the highway. helmet laws suk and sometimes they become President Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NorthernVike 2,100 Posted November 9, 2007 and sometimes they become President But more often than not they just post on FF messageboreds Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Voltaire 5,506 Posted November 10, 2007 Dumb dumb dumb. Unbelievable. I can imagine the cops being asked to chase down 12 y/os. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
