I seem to recall an argument a while back on an otherwise reasonable person's LJ where they were bitching about having to wear a seatbelt in the back of a car. It boggles the mind, it does.
I am equally puzzled by the number of cyclists who refuse to wear helmets, including the somewhat awkward argument that you're more likely to get a head injury walking.
I know of very few people who can walk at 20mph amongst heavy traffic.
To be fair, a helmet's effectiveness falls off above speeds around 20KPH. At highway speeds, the helmet is the difference between death and a life as a quadriplegic. If helmet-nonwearers were willing to sign a sort of living will ("I want to die outright and not be on life support"), I wouldn't have much problem with it.
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Date: 2011-07-03 10:25 pm (UTC)...no, wait.
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Date: 2011-07-03 11:47 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-07-04 07:40 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-07-05 06:56 am (UTC)I know of very few people who can walk at 20mph amongst heavy traffic.
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Date: 2011-07-05 10:59 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-07-09 03:08 am (UTC)