Don, you couldn't t have said it better nor more emphatically. I
am 60 y/o, I ride motorcycles, scooters, anything with 2 wheels
and a motor since I am 15... For the last 22 years or so I have
confined my riding to old Military Harleys, and I ride
conservatively due to their poor braking and stiff ride, plus I
don't want to look
at an engine rebuild every other outing... I confess I
occasionally ride "sans"
helmet or with a US WWII tankers helmet
for looks during "D-Day bashes" weeks (Zero Protection outside
of a Tank hull!), but whenever I do, I am VERY conscious of the
risk of putting my family and employees in that GREAT BIG
UNFILLABLE HOLE you are talking about... I use an open-face
helmet 99% of the time, and I see and hear on-coming traffic
fine. If I have to die in a biking accident, I bet it will be
the day I won't be wearing a lid...
Antoine
Sherman Oaks, California
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Carol Kenyon" <Da-Kenyons@webtv.net>
To: "Military Vehicles List" <mil-veh@skylee.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2000 10:51 PM
Subject: [MV] Right vs. Choice
> Let's say for a minute that motorcycles helmets
> MIGHT save a few lives. Where are you folks
> in YOUR lives? Right now I happen to be a
> loving son, husband, brother, father to six young children,
and a
> valuable employee. Do
> I have the RIGHT to needlessly endanger myself? I can make
that SELFISH
> choice, but
> do I have the RIGHT? The loss of any one of
> us leaves a GREAT BIG UNFILLABLE HOLE!
> We are not islands, any of us! Don
>
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