MotoNews Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 Image: Certain motorcycle riders in Missouri are now able to ditch their helmet and feel the wind in their freedom! View the full article Link to comment
Bud Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 Darwin at work? Dunno As riders, we all take risks. Some are more risk adverse that others. Link to comment
fourteenfour Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 Going to require NHTSA to link law requiring helmets to road funding to get back to being smart. how the same politicians can stand behind seat belt requirements and let people ride without helmet is beyond me Link to comment
Hosstage Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 Choice is a beautiful thing. It's time the residents of Missouri have it. Link to comment
dba Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 “It’s funny until someone gets hurt. Then it’s hysterical.” Author Unknown. I’m all in favor of freedom of choice, except in this matter. Many motorcycle crash victims that suffer catastrophic, unrecoverable, head/brain injuries, end up being wards of whatever particular state in which they reside. That means taxpayers and the insurance companies are on the hook for these people until they’re unplugged. The new law says as long as the rider has the “appropriate level of medical insurance.” Define appropriate. I have $100k/$300k coverage for injuries. Lingering around in an ICU bed could blow through that in a couple of weeks. Very simply this, insurance companies in states with no helmet laws need to state in their policies that they’ll cover the insured as usual if they’re wearing a helmet. If it can be shown via a collision report that the rider was not wearing a helmet, no payments are to be made. 1 Link to comment
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