[Vision2020] new bike helmet law proposal

[Donovan Arnold]

Robert,

I suggested that we just charge people more money for the "M" endorsement without a helmet. And allow the insurance companies to charge a different rate for people with and without an endorsement. This would make motorcycle riders without helmets recoup the dollars we lose.

Best Regards,

Donovan

--- On Sat, 2/28/09, Robert Dickow <dickow at turbonet.com> wrote:
From: Robert Dickow <dickow at turbonet.com>
Subject: [Vision2020] new bike helmet law proposal
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
Date: Saturday, February 28, 2009, 8:22 AM

Idaho loses tons of federal highway funding because we refuse to institute a
helmet requirement for motor cyclists, etc.
  
I have an idea for the helmet thing-- a sort of compromise package:  Create
a law that basically says that any cyclist who is injured when not wearing a
helmet will not be able to make any insurance claims against any other
parties involved in the accident. (With some restrictions, such as when the
other party is DUI or driving illegally, etc.)

Would that work? I'll bet we'd see a lot more helmets out there.

Bob Dickow, troublemaker

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