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Helmets and Seatbelts do different functions.
Helmets are made to protect you from impact after an accident.
Of course, the type of helmet matters as well. One that satisfies
the states that have laws, might not protect as well as others.
Seatbelts are made to keep you in the seat. They will not protect
you from injury if it comes to you. For that, we have airbags, but
they only last for seconds, then deflate. For people who confuse
airbags and think seatbelts are not needed, after the airbags deflate
there will be nothing to keep you in the seat (or car), if it's still
in motion. Helmets can not keep you on a motorcycle.
Seatbelts can also keep a minor accident from becoming major.
If you do not have a seatbelt, and get hit, and are knocked
away from the steering wheel, say to the other side of the car,
you can no longer control the vehicle, you go from a driver to
becoming a passenger (with no driver).
The question here is why not force. Some states have given up.
and most times, Darwin takes it's course. Pennsylvania I believe
does not require the driver to have a helmet, but does for passengers
and children. There are far less motorcycle drivers than car drivers,
and of those cycle drivers, chances are the majority want to wear
the helmet. So the law affects those that pretty much wouldn't wear
a helmet even if the law made them.
Personally, I would think that most riders would WANT a helmet,
not to protect when you hit the ground and whatever else you
hit, but rather to protect themselves from getting free bug lunches,
or getting hit in the eye or face by a bug at 50-60mph.
To: nursebob@yahoogroups.com
From: rjarvis57@...
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2009 15:07:23 -0400
Subject: Seat Belt Laws
Helmets are made to protect you from impact after an accident.
Of course, the type of helmet matters as well. One that satisfies
the states that have laws, might not protect as well as others.
Seatbelts are made to keep you in the seat. They will not protect
you from injury if it comes to you. For that, we have airbags, but
they only last for seconds, then deflate. For people who confuse
airbags and think seatbelts are not needed, after the airbags deflate
there will be nothing to keep you in the seat (or car), if it's still
in motion. Helmets can not keep you on a motorcycle.
Seatbelts can also keep a minor accident from becoming major.
If you do not have a seatbelt, and get hit, and are knocked
away from the steering wheel, say to the other side of the car,
you can no longer control the vehicle, you go from a driver to
becoming a passenger (with no driver).
The question here is why not force. Some states have given up.
and most times, Darwin takes it's course. Pennsylvania I believe
does not require the driver to have a helmet, but does for passengers
and children. There are far less motorcycle drivers than car drivers,
and of those cycle drivers, chances are the majority want to wear
the helmet. So the law affects those that pretty much wouldn't wear
a helmet even if the law made them.
Personally, I would think that most riders would WANT a helmet,
not to protect when you hit the ground and whatever else you
hit, but rather to protect themselves from getting free bug lunches,
or getting hit in the eye or face by a bug at 50-60mph.
To: nursebob@yahoogroups.com
From: rjarvis57@...
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2009 15:07:23 -0400
Subject: Seat Belt Laws
In SC right now there is a big push on about seat belts, but motorcycle riders don't have to wear a helmet. Am I crazy, or is one just as dangerous as the other? If the states can tell us we have to have a seat belt with 4 wheels under us, why don't they make motorcyclists who only have 2 wheels under them, wear a helmet? My best friend died on a motorcycle many years ago. A helmet might not have made a difference, but we will never know. Please urge any one who rides a motorcycle and comes to the ED to wear a helmet.
Robin J.
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