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Re:Mandatory Helmet Laws Make Cyclists Less Safe by mughinn on Monday December 05, 2022 @10:04AM (#33866517)
Seat belts laws also shouldn't exist

You also shouldn't be paying for everyone elses' healthcare

Re:Mandatory Helmet Laws Make Cyclists Less Safe by lukas099 on Monday December 05, 2022 @10:23AM (#33866770)
Interesting take, so we should allow people to ride without helmets and then when they're bleeding out on the street we should just leave them there if they can't pay.
Re:Mandatory Helmet Laws Make Cyclists Less Safe by mughinn on Monday December 05, 2022 @10:35AM (#33866951)
Yes, we should allow people to ride without helmets.

No, I'm not saying we should just leave them there to die.

Re:Mandatory Helmet Laws Make Cyclists Less Safe by lukas099 on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @06:59PM (#33902168)
But if they can't pay, society will have to. Granted, I guess this isn't technically paying for everyone else's healthcare.
Re:Mandatory Helmet Laws Make Cyclists Less Safe by mughinn on Monday December 12, 2022 @10:10AM (#33955424)
You can contribute voluntarily to charities to help people pay medical debt, to charities that provide free medical assistance or there could be free/less expensive medical treatment given by universities as training to medical students

A priori, you don't know if someone won't be able to pay for treatment, so there's no reason someone should be left to die

The important part is that things should be voluntary and not forced

Re:Mandatory Helmet Laws Make Cyclists Less Safe by lukas099 on Thursday December 15, 2022 @12:15PM (#34002619)
And if charities/universities are unwilling or unable to give all of the emergency medicine needed?
Re:Mandatory Helmet Laws Make Cyclists Less Safe by mughinn on Monday December 19, 2022 @12:38PM (#34054926)
The same thing that happens when hospitals are unable to give care today in any country
Re:Mandatory Helmet Laws Make Cyclists Less Safe by cies on Monday December 05, 2022 @11:31AM (#33867754)
In same vain we could ban ice hockey then :)
Re:Mandatory Helmet Laws Make Cyclists Less Safe by alkonaut on Monday December 05, 2022 @11:34AM (#33867787)
Even in the US you would be paying for the risktaking of others because their premiums depend on whether everyone in their insurance pool wears a seatbelt or not.
Re:Mandatory Helmet Laws Make Cyclists Less Safe by mughinn on Monday December 05, 2022 @03:17PM (#33871260)
I don't know if this is legal now in the US, but insurance should be allowed to charge more for people with higher risk-taking, either because of past offenses, or other behaviors