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Many In Seattle are calling for a repeal of the helmet laws for bicycles because they are racist!
University students at the University of Washington found that there was a racial disparity in the number of citations given for bicycle helmet violations.
From The Seattle Times:
“Folks aren’t riding around without helmets because it’s fun. They’re doing it because helmets aren’t cheap,” said Lindo, who wears a helmet when he rides and started the biking group NorthStar Cycling Club to support riders who are Black, Indigenous and people of color. “Buy them a helmet and you won’t have to penalize them.”
The biking organizations Cascade Bicycle Club and Washington Bikes encourage riders to wear helmets but oppose the mandatory laws. The street newspaper Real Change also opposes the requirement. Other cities, including Tacoma, have already repealed mandatory helmet laws.
Medical experts, however, say studies show helmets help prevent head injuries and they worry about loosening such laws.
“The data are very clear: helmets prevent brain injury. All should be protected,” Dr. Frederick Rivara, professor of pediatrics at the University of Washington School of Medicine, said in an email.
The move comes after a summer of rioting over perceived racial injustice and many in this movement to change helmet laws over perceived racial injustice are using the same language and looking to compare the two things.
What is the penalty in the King County area for not wearing a helmet? A $30 fine. While this figure can grow with added court fees the minimum you have to pay is still less than the cost of an adult helmet, one on Amazon is $19.
If they sell their iPhones then they can buy a different helmet for every day of the week.
Buy them a helmet and they’ll sell it for drugs.
No Common Sense!. Break you head you die or veggie for rest of your life at taxpayer expense. Like Humpty Dumpty, All the King’s men couldn’t put him back together again. “WOKE “People don’t have anything in their skull to hurt anyway. Is toilet paper “Raciest” yet? We spend tons of money to educate these people and get this BS.
We the taxpayer are getting ROBBED / short changed. These clowns will never be able to compete in the real world. But will make good salve labor for China’s American Farm Colony. Never Fear as Commie Joe Obiden Panty Sniffer and Toes Up Harris are on the job of destroying America for his Chinese pay masters. GOOD GRIEF!
I meant my comment for Tony Winters
I love your comment. It made my day. LOL
Helmets laws are good for safety an economic reasons. constrution jobs. oil jobs. sports like football,baseball. and hundreds of other jobs and field activities they all require safety protection.what about miltary helmets.only idiots thinks otherwise.
If all of man’s laws are ILLEGITIMATE there are a lot of people who should be in hiding right now. If everything goes there are some dead folks out there.
I’m not even near rich. I rent a room, not a house or apartment, a room. I bought a bike helmet. If you can afford a TV, you can afford a bike helmet. Bike helmets are not signs of racism. Saying they are racist is a sure sign of stupidity. Whats next? You going call my cat racist because he hasn’t any black fur? Is the beach racist because the sand is white? Are white clouds racist? Are only brown eyes politically correct? No more vanilla ice cream? And now Dr. Seuss? Get real. And to think this is going on in America!
What the hell is the matter with these people? How are you suppose to Vandalize, Burgulrize and Arsonize while wearing a stupid bike helmet? Besides, you cannot look cool on national TV wearing a bike helmet.
ALL of ‘mans laws’ (government) are ILLEGITIMATE! The ABSURDITY of thinking that GOVERNMENT can FORCE an ADULT to do ANYTHING, is mind-boggling!