Governor Perdue is expected to sign HB22 into law today, which would require adults in pick-up trucks to wear seat belts starting July 1st. Bah. If people want to ride around seat belt-less, be it in a car or truck, they should be free to do so.
In other driving law news, Perdue apparently said he might not sign the ban on texting while driving. But, I don’t see any direct quotes to that effect, so take it with a grain of salt.
UPDATE: He signed it.
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Along the same lines, you cannot have no trauma network and no seatbelt laws. You have to choose.
The ‘voluntary organ donors’ as ‘lidless’ bikers are known to the EMT’s & Trauma Docs really can’t pay enough on average to recoup the medical care likely to be expended, even for the short time to keep them alive for transport, stabilization & and/or transplant ready tests & procedures. It just never really adds up. And all this for want of a simple C-note or less for a helmet? Silly. Idiocy.
Thanks to the tireless efforts of retiring Ga.Leg. Sen. Dr. Don Thomas (R, Dalton) on this law too. And his yeoman’s anti-smoking efforts down through the years. Despite all the usual crazy seen & experienced though the years, he was right as rain on those issues. JMP
Jerry is right about insurance being a factor. We are all in the same insurance pool and if one person is riskier than other they can cost us all for their behavior or lack of judgement.
That’s not a bad idea. Although, the seat belt citation is $15 so it might be less than whatever the insurance company would charge you. And it’s easier to get away with as opposed to not wearing a helmet.
Maybe you should just pay extra insurance.
I’ve thought the same thing about no-helmet laws. Put a sticker on your bike showing that you pay 3x the insurance and leave the lid at home.
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