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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (15990)3/26/2007 9:07:41 PM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum  Read Replies (1) of 218228
 
M in Toronto it is the law that folks wear a bicycle helmet. It is often ignored, more so than adhered to, especially among children, but I'm sure the politicians felt good about the time spent earning their pay... There is no enforcement, hence a big waste of time.

OTOH I understand gg's point about the health care angle, and I agree. If you want publicly funded health care as we have, then you need to be prepared to mitigate the cost.

I know I know we can get into a debate that we are penalising smokers or the obese etc if taken to far.. but benefits come with strings. Ya know we say car driving is a privilege but public health care is a right. Of course that is wrong. They are both privileges.

as an aside I used to be a rabid biker (the motorised type :O) I doubt if a helmet would have done much for foolish me going down the highway @ 100 mph (yes not kmph)... OTOH a bumble bee hurts a lot at that speed, as I know from experience. I wore a visored helmet after that.

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