Posted On: May 25, 2007, 2:25 pm CDT

Posted By: John

I'm very aware of your first point. 2 good friends of mine have collected big time. They were hit head on by an elderly gentleman who was passing someone, when he shouldn't have. As a result of the accident, both my frends lost part of the right legs below the knee. Needless to say, helmets could not save their legs.

If you are in CDT, what State are you in, neither Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin or Minnesota have helmet laws. Try to find statistics from any of those States that have higher deaths than Michigan. A fair measurement is deaths/1000 miles to give an accurate comparison. You will find that their death rates are lower. Ohio also has no helmet law, so we are surrounded by states that ride free. That's why many of us spend our vacation dollars in a free state.

I know this debate will go on and on, let's just respect each other's opinion and not keep going back and forth.

Thanks