Big Ben Takes a Big Spill
Now that Ben Roethlisberger is apparently going to survive his motorcycle crash, the obvious question is, WHAT WAS HE THINKING?
I understand individual rights. I'm not a big fan of big government. But a helmet law just makes common sense.
If I heard a network report correctly, just 20 states have motorcycle helmet laws including Tennessee.
Ben is one lucky guy. The only part of one's body that can't regenerate is one's brain. His face is pretty beat up but he should be fine. Imagine if he had a traumatic brain injury. My former mother-in-law passed away too soon due to a traumatic brain injury. It was two years of hell for my former wife and family. Visit a traumatic injury ward on a regular basis and you wouldn't think of riding a motorcycle without a helmet. (By the way, her accident involved falling down some stairs).
As for those that want to wave the flag for individual rights and feel it's a choice that doesn't affect anyone else, I read this morning that a relatively high percentage of motorcycle riders don't carry insurance. Who pays when he/she suffers a traumatic brain injury? Yep, you guessed it. So the choice really does affect others.
What's your take on helmet laws? Too intrusive? Should it be left up to the states or be a federal law?
Comments
I grew up in a state with helmet laws - and I have absolutely no problem with them. You can be the best rider in the world, but there are other people on the road!
Posted by: CJ | June 13, 2006 08:07 AM
If TN is typical then 1 in 4 people overall have no insurance. If you take out the population on medicare the rate goes higher and those are the people more likely to be on motorcycles.
Also the ambulance/police costs involed in more serious crashes impacts everyone regardless of coverage. I have no problems with helment/seat belt laws.
Posted by: Roger | June 13, 2006 08:20 AM
John you are absolutely right. The same people who are claiming "individual rights" are the same ones who get into a car and don't put a seatbelt on! Ben should talk to his family about how they would feel about "individual rights" if they had to pick out the casket for his body when he died. It is just so sad when people are so selfish to care more about themselves then all the others that will be affected when something bad happens to them.
Posted by: Lora | June 13, 2006 08:22 AM
For a person to make as much money as he does and to be told to wear a helmet by his agents and coaches or better yet ditch the bike all together he was extremely careless and inconsiderate to family and teammates. His indiviual right to not wear his helmet may have cost him his career and only luckly that it did not cost him his life.
Posted by: Michele | June 13, 2006 11:53 AM
I agree with all of the above!! Well said John. My 2 cents worth, for those without insurance, - when tax payers have to pay for your stupidity, then you have lost your right!
Posted by: CAK | June 13, 2006 01:12 PM
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Posted by: Titantodd | June 13, 2006 06:59 PM
Indeed...what was he thinking?
I cannot believe that people would ever ride without a helmet. My husband had a very serious motorcycle accident over 30 years ago. If he hadn't been wearing a helmet he would have never survived the blow to his head when he hit the pavement some 60 feet down the road. The helmet cracked, but his head was protected.
He was hospitalized for over two months, had numerous surgeries and lost 16 pints of blood. His broken body eventually healed but now it is arthritic and there is strong pain everyday.
I hope that Ben heals and has a healthy career and life.
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