Re: [RC] Helmet ? - New Florida law - Barbara McCrary
At one time, sustaining an accident was purely a
private matter, and if a person wanted to risk an accident, that was his
choice. Nowadays, there are lawsuits, insurance premiums, health and
hospital costs (which are astronomical), etc. and no one is willing to risk
anything, anymore, because of the horrendous costs.
I keep picturing in my mind a scene of our pioneer
forefathers, who could take off on a whim, come westward, risk desert, mountain,
and river crossings without having to apply for a permit, an EIR, and ESA, or
anything else. The problem is: too many people wanting a piece of the
same pie and none of them willing to take risks without finding someone to blame
for an accident. I am saddened at the state of affairs, yet grateful that
I didn't have 15 kids because there was no birth control, and then lose 1/3 of
those kids to some childhood disease that we don't even think about
nowadays. And life expectancy was about 40 for men and 45 for women...an
age when nowadays some of us are just getting started to ride
endurance. It's all a trade-off I suppose...
Ah yes - the periodic helmet fist fight. While I let others
comment from "the idiocy of not wearing a helmet", "it my damn head - I
scramble it if I want you can't tell me what to do" to the by golly I make my
kids do it but you can't make me do it."
I would, however, like to
remind or inform everyone in Florida of Nicole?s
Law which goes into effect 1 Oct on
all state lands in Florida. Nicole's requires the use of a certified helmet
for equestrians 15 years old and under riding on State
lands.
I have been told that initially the rangers
will be enforcing it with education. However, it comes with a fairly stiff
fine and eventually those in violation will be ticketed.
Truman
--
?Many people consider the things
government does for them to be social progress but they regard the things
government does for others as socialism.? Earl Warren, former Chief Justice of
the US Supreme Court
