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Re: [RC] Helmet ? - New Florida law - Truman Prevatt

Like many of these cases Nicole's law is named after a little girl that is no longer with us. Here is the story.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/sfl-horse-helmet-law-p060809,0,533724.story

I used to ride my horse and bicycle all over Hell's half acre all the time wearing a baseball cap. Never gave it a thought. Today in some places kids are required by law to wear helmets while on their bikes. On state lands (and most of the riding is on state lands in Florida) kids are required to wear a helmet.

I must say that I am happy I was a kid when I was a kid. Those were simpler times and the risk were less. The problem I think is simply too many people.

Truman

Barbara McCrary wrote:
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...
 
Barbara
 
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Re: [RC] Helmet ?, marshall Bates
Re: [RC] Helmet ?, Barbara McCrary
[RC] Helmet ? - New Florida law, Truman Prevatt
Re: [RC] Helmet ? - New Florida law, Barbara McCrary