Compromise on Helmets
Re “Bikers Push for Relaxed Helmet Law,” May 13: So, in supporting the helmet law, the California Assembly is concerned with reducing medical costs often footed by the public, eh? How is it that eaters of cheeseburgers and fries aren’t required to protect their arteries? I’ve ridden motorcycles for 35 years, I commute on two wheels over 66 miles of L.A. County every day and I wouldn’t ride a foot without my helmet--law or no law. But this nevertheless smacks of the tyranny of the majority to me.
Steve Stein
Long Beach
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The law should allow bikers to ride without helmets--as long as they carry organ donor cards.
Gary Lake
Bishop
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