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Article #31Re: Alberta Rejects MHL
From: Avery Burdett
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 00:00
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 00:00
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George Wright writes: >Any adult too stupid to wear a helmet while biking should not be forced >to wear one by law. You include virtually all those stupid (road racing) pros? >However, don't force the rest of us to pay for >their medical coverage when they injure their heads in bike accidents!!! Why limit it to bike accidents? >Please note that I am somewhat biassed towards this subject because both >of my children are alive and healthy today thanks to their helmets >protecting them during serious head-first crashes during MTB >races/training. What's that got to do with MHL for cyclists riding to the corner store? >Finally, I feel that if you question the merits of helmets, you >obviously don't need one. ..... or if you don't have a brain, why pretend you are protecting one. -- Avery Burdett Ottawa, Ontario
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fe616,a4d665648453c70 X-Google-Attributes: gidfe616,public X-Google-Thread: 10e08b,a4d665648453c70 X-Google-Attributes: gid10e08b,public X-Google-Thread: f9fae,a4d665648453c70 X-Google-Attributes: gidf9fae,public From: ab833@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Avery Burdett) Subject: Re: Alberta Rejects MHL Date: 1998/02/25 Message-ID: <6d15me$eam@freenet-news.carleton.ca> X-Deja-AN: 328500150 References: <6bfa39$smu@freenet-news.carleton.ca> <Pine.GSO.3.95.iB1.0.980220131919.11500C-100000@vtn1> <34F30780.7790@interlynx.net> X-Given-Sender: ab833@freenet5.carleton.ca (Avery Burdett) Reply-To: ab833@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Avery Burdett) Organization: The National Capital FreeNet Newsgroups: ont.bicycle,bc.cycling,rec.bicycles.soc