Ben Roethlisberger was recently released from the hospital after his much publicized motorcycle crash. In a statement he made soon after, he said that he would wear a motorcycle helmet from now on and that he was lucky to be alive. This was taken from an article published on Foxsports.com: "Roethlisberger said in the statement that if he ever rides a motorcycle again 'it certainly will be with a helmet.'"That's great. However, I find it a little disheartening that Pennsylvania doesn't have a mandatory helmet law. They used to have one, but it was repealed in 2003. Why would they do that? It's clear that helmet's save lives and reduce injuries. Was it repealed because people like to look cool? I just don't get it. I know that only some states have mandatory helmet laws and Ben wasn't doing anything illegal by riding without one. However, it just seems silly to me to ride without one. Maybe we need national helmet laws. I know there are a lot of people out there who would get very upset over something like that. But sometimes we have to save the stupid people from themselves.
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New Hampshire's another state that doesn't have a helmet law. I see people without helmets here take stupid risks while driving a motorcycle. But even more annoying are the ones who soup up their rides, to be EVEN LOUDER than a normal motorcycle. Living in NH, it should be quiet here, not super motorcycle noise land!
Shouldn't it?
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