Why The Prototypes Have To Wait On The Engine

[JEBar]

What's your position on riders who choose to ride without helmets and sustain serious head injuries, who, when their usual medical coverages ( if they have any) expire, turn to medicare to sustain them for the rest of their lives ( residential care)?
Perhaps a helmet sign-off waiver- that should you "F" yourself up it won't be the rest of us to pick the tab ?
"Pack us in cotton" (read helmet laws) is, at times to protect you from yourself.
(Nice Healy BTW)

not directed at poster above, rather an attempt to answer the question ..... WHAT IF in an accident where the rider/passenger wore a helmet but severed their spine and were paralyzed .... WHAT IF ? WHAT IF ? WHAT IF ? WHAT IF ? .... laws should be made to protect people being hurt by others, not so much to protect them from themselves .... there is no end to the laws that well meaning bureaucrats can justify in their attempt to have the nanny state protect us from everything that can happen .... I believe in helmets, I only buy highly rated helmets but that's my choice .... as noted by another poster, the argument between personal freedom and governmental limitations to personal freedom is difficult to have without losing friends .... I choose to keep friends where that is possible

 

[CompTrex]

hopefully, some day, I'll be able to express my (limited) thoughts, in your style of clarity. After I look at my posts, then read your insights, I'm humbled. Maybe there is something to be said for home schooling!

I'm the product of good-old public education!
OK, I'm not proud of that, but there it is...

 

[RUCRAYZE]

I had thought you're kids were being homeschooled, perhaps it was another E owner-

 

[CompTrex]

I had thought you're kids were being homeschooled, perhaps it was another E owner-

Nope. I like my kids too much to put our relationship through that stress! We'd end up killing each other!
In a post a while back, we discussed homeschooling and private schooling. Maybe that's what you're remembering.
Good memory!

 

[RUCRAYZE]

not directed at poster above, rather an attempt to answer the question ..... WHAT IF in an accident where the rider/passenger wore a helmet but severed their spine and were paralyzed .... WHAT IF ? WHAT IF ? WHAT IF ? WHAT IF ? .... laws should be made to protect people being hurt by others, not so much to protect them from themselves .... there is no end to the laws that well meaning bureaucrats can justify in their attempt to have the nanny state protect us from everything that can happen .... I believe in helmets, I only buy highly rated helmets but that's my choice .... as noted by another poster, the argument between personal freedom and governmental limitations to personal freedom is difficult to have without losing friends .... I choose to keep friends where that is possible

We are the the government, we are the bureaucrats, we write the laws. Our form of representative government is unique in that we elect those folks to represent us. or as the possum said "we are them". Think big brother/sister is the problem, work towards electing people that represent your needs (lol) these days they only say what they can to get re-elected!! But change is always a possibility- EM is changing the way bureaucrats see this three hell vehicle as neither a car nor motorcycle- but a "new" category

 

[CompTrex]

We are the the government, we are the bureaucrats, we write the laws. Our form of representative government is unique in that we elect those folks to represent us. or as the possum said "we are them". Think big brother/sister is the problem, work towards electing people that represent your needs (lol) these days they only say what they can to get re-elected!! But change is always a possibility- EM is changing the way bureaucrats see this three hell vehicle as neither a car nor motorcycle- but a "new" category

Agreed. And this is a great system. The disheartening thing comes when you wake up in the morning and realize that the majority of the country does not think like you and that the people that they elect are not the people that have the best for the country at heart. I woke up on November 6th a few years ago and was confronted with this realization. I am in the minority. In addition, this system lends itself to basically bribing the masses with entitlements in order to secure your place at the head of the table as opposed to fighting for what is right and best.

 

[NSTG8R]

Agreed. And this is a great system. The disheartening thing comes when you wake up in the morning and realize that the majority of the country does not think like you and that the people that they elect are not the people that have the best for the country at heart. I woke up on November 6th a few years ago and was confronted with this realization. I am in the minority. In addition, this system lends itself to basically bribing the masses with entitlements in order to secure your place at the head of the table as opposed to fighting for what is right and best.

By "I am the minority", you mean tax paying productive citizen, I assume.

 

[RUCRAYZE]

or "The silent majority"

 

[CompTrex]

By "I am the minority", you mean tax paying productive citizen, I assume.

Yes, but it's even more than that. It's a desire to not be hand fed everything. It's a pride that I can support my family without help from the government. Sure, I may need help from time to time, I've borrowed money from my parents, I've asked friends if I can stay with them while going through a move, we're not THAT independent. I don't mind relying on others, but I also like to think that I contribute as much or more as I get out and that people can rely on me.

Can I get an AMEN!?

 

[CompTrex]

or "The silent majority"

Ah yes... I think you are probably correct here.