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    Re: [RC] Helmets (long response) - amber applegate


    Bravo, Bravo, Bravo!
    amber
     
     
     
     
     
    > Everyone seems to know someone in a comma.  God, this sport is too dangerous!
    >  :o)  Seriously, has there EVER been ANY safety precaution taken with regard
    > to ANYTHING that made insurance premiums go DOWN?  More simply put, have they
    > EVER gone down?  And speculation on how much higher they might have gone is
    > ludicrous.  Now, I have counted 34 people stated to be in commas or other
    > vegetative states just  in this past few days of discussion........which
    > leads me to believe all of this anecdotal evidence is rather sketchy.  I've
    > been around horses for quite a long time.  Never knew ANYONE who wore a
    > helmet until recently as I've gotten into the endurance world, and never knew
    > ANYONE with a serious head injury, let alone becoming comatose!  Could it be
    > that a previous post was right........better riders (and I am not necessarily
    > claiming to be one) have less need of a helmet?  But back to the insurance
    > issue - to claim that my riding without a helmet is increasing your premiums
    > with not a shred of evidence to back up the claim says to me that it is a
    > specious argument postulated because there is no other way you can try to
    > foist your opinions on me and persuade me to behave as you do!  :o)  Sorry,
    > that is just the way I see it.  Like your helmet?  Ride in it!  I won't make
    > up stories about famous movie stars who are now quadriplegic after a fall
    > with a helmet on and how, if it were me, I would've rather not had the helmet
    > on, crushed my skull, and been done with it............. 
    >
    > Scott
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