I spent 8 years doing tissue crossmatching for organ transplant at UCLA, so
I don't agree with the helmet law. As long as motorcyclists carry enough
insurance to keep their brain-damaged noggins off the public nickle, they
should be allowed their freedom. There are thousands of kidney patients out
there waiting for helmetless riders. Several times I stood in a hallway
with a styrofoam box full of ice waiting for the parents of a young male
motorcyclist to say their final goodbyes before the "harvest". The helmet
law in California has lengthened the stay on the list for potential organ
recipients and cheated Darwin out of his due. But if they don't have
sufficient insurance to maintain them on the tubes for their expected
survival time, its not fair to make the rest of us pay. Motorcyclists that
dismiss this as an unlikely scenario have not stood in that hallway holding
that box.
Glen Byrns
sorry for the rant, the memories don't fade.
writes:
>
> Texas does give motorcyclists a choice. It requires those going without
> helmets to carry additional medical insurance to offset the brain injury
> costs.
>
> David
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