This is what may be happening for bike riders in the Portland area. Senator Floyd Prozanski's has a plan for Portland to be the nation's first mandatory bicycle helmet law for all riders.
"All I'm saying is that I think it's time for the state, when we want to promote more use of bicycles, to ensure better safety for everyone."Currently Oregon law only requires riders younger than 17 years of age to wear a helmet.
bike riders in both Eugene and Portland have been making such a stink for so long, and trying to "convince us" to get out of our cars, that the "overkill, we are not smart enough to think for ourselves and government should do it for us," idiots are jumping on this bandwagon. Of course, these are the same people that would like to wrap our kids in bubble wrap and have them live in a sterilized world.
And why stop at bike helmets? how many injuries have occurred in last year from people simply going down a staircase? Should we start requiring them to wear helmets or safety harnesses to prevent injury?
In my opinion, wearing a helmet either on a bicycle or a motorcycle should be of one's choice.
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I believe in natural selection, as well.
The fine for someone under 17 not wearing a helmut, $25. Boy that is a deterent.
MAYBE just MAYBE if the cyclists in Eugene obeyed the traffic laws in the FIRST plave they wouldn't be in as many accidents to BEGIN WITH!!!!!!
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