Just when you thought not wearing a helment was bad......

[DR Buck]

What about combining no helmet with doing your homework?

 

[Bob Denman]

:yikes: Some parents... shouldn't be! :gaah:

 

[Some Guy]

Sorry officer...the dog ate my helmet.

:roflblack:

 

[mwkess]

Slow Down!

What about combining no helmet with doing your homework?

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Slow down Dad, I haven't finished my homework yet!:gaah:

 

[cuznjohn]

helmet

even if i ride into a state that has no helmet laws i leave my helmet on, about 4 years ago someone cut me off and i was doing about 10 mph and i went down and totaled my new helmet so i believe they don't call them BRAIN BUCKETS for no reason

 

[BajaRon]

In Kathmandu, Nepal (where I have ridden a motorcycle quite a few times) the driver is required to wear a helmet. But none of the passengers are not required to wear anything. It is not uncommon to see dad driving with a child on the gas tank, 1 or even 2 behind him and then mom on the back. He is the only one wearing a helmet.

This is only within the city limits. Outside of the city no on is required to wear a helmet.

That is some crazy riding plus they drive on the left.

 

[boborgera]

Different country ,Different Culture, Why don't we send unmanned drones over there and teach them a lesson on,
Safety....

 

[BajaRon]

Different country ,Different Culture, Why don't we send unmanned drones over there and teach them a lesson on,
Safety....

Hitting your head on the ground without a helmet after coming off your motorcycle will have the same effect in any culture. No one here is saying they don't have the right to run their country any way they want. But the fact remains that choices have consequences. If you want good consequences it helps to make good choices.

Drones don't fit the need here.

 

[MrLooney]

Just When you thought.....

I have seen six people (2 adults and 4 kids) with a baby in a bucket hanging from Mom's hand, all no helmets.

 

[jerpinoy]

Tooo bad really, this one way to de-populate a country, or birth control.:roflblack::roflblack::roflblack:

 

[Bob Denman]

Hitting your head on the ground without a helmet after coming off your motorcycle will have the same effect in any culture... ...But the fact remains that choices have consequences. If you want good consequences it helps to make good choices.

:agree: :bowdown: :firstplace: :2thumbs:

 

[Chupaca]

Hard headed..!!

unfortunately people are hard headed till they find out their head is not that hard. Even though they all know someone who did not fare well in an accident without a helmet yet think it won't happen to me. Just like agents must be peppered and tazed these folks need to get knocked on the head...:roflblack:

 

[jwulf74]

Just remember that people needing transplants need to get the organs from somewhere.... I prefer not to be that donor though.

I have been explaining the concept of freedom of choice to our 8 year old. One example is that of helmets. Should we force everyone to wear them or let them make the choice and live with the consequences. If we force others to do something like wear a helmet, can we complain when they try to force us to do something we would rather not do?

For adults, I lean towards letting them make their own choices no matter how stupid or wrong I think they might be. However, for kids, some things to need to be regulated to protect them from their parents stupid decisions...

In my state, thankfully the laws jive with my views... those under 18 are required to wear a helmet, but those over are free to be organ donors.


Sorry for the tirade...just don't get me started on healthcare, smoking or the second amendment...

 

[MrLooney]

Just remember that people needing transplants need to get the organs from somewhere.... I prefer not to be that donor though.

I have been explaining the concept of freedom of choice to our 8 year old. One example is that of helmets. Should we force everyone to wear them or let them make the choice and live with the consequences. If we force others to do something like wear a helmet, can we complain when they try to force us to do something we would rather not do?

For adults, I lean towards letting them make their own choices no matter how stupid or wrong I think they might be. However, for kids, some things to need to be regulated to protect them from their parents stupid decisions...

In my state, thankfully the laws jive with my views... those under 18 are required to wear a helmet, but those over are free to be organ donors.


Sorry for the tirade...just don't get me started on healthcare, smoking or the second amendment...

I don't think I would want an organ transplant from a native chin-ese person given all the toxic pollution everywhere in that country. :lecturef_smilie:

 

[ARtraveler]

opcorn:opcorn:opcorn: I like to read these helmet threads. :thumbup:

 

[spyder3]

:agree:opcorn: Gets better right before it gets locked..:roflblack:

 

[wyliec]

No one here is saying they don't have the right to run their country any way they want. But the fact remains that choices have consequences. If you want good consequences it helps to make good choices.

I guess I misunderstood Bob D's comment about parenting. So, is that bad parenting or just the norm in that culture?

 

[wyliec]

let them make the choice and live with the consequences.

I agree with you; but, the problem is that others also have to live with their consequences, such as their family.

 

[BajaRon]

I guess I misunderstood Bob D's comment about parenting. So, is that bad parenting or just the norm in that culture?

It is the norm for that culture. It is also the norm for the family to abandon children (or family members in general) with severe medical issues in some cultures.... Like a head injury

 

[bluestratos]

Easy come
Easy go
So one less
No difference I guess.