D16RR on the dragon

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Originally Posted by amullo

The Swedish goverment foots the bill for medical/hospitals and all other costs when it comes to rehab, sick pay and possibly work re-education. The insurance companys foot the bill when it comes to the bike, and that´s it.

I´d want MY taxmoney to be spent on schools and other municipal stuff, not on some guy who figured it was "His right" to go blasting around without proper protection.

Dont get me wrong.. Do whatever you like, just don´t expect me to pay for it with my taxes when you get hurt. Which is what i do here in Sweden.. Which is the reason that helmets are obligatory...

Besides.. a funeral costs less then rehab.



//amullo

Ehh, gobernment health care...we're from the gobernment and we're here to help ya.

[aus_rc45]

As far as I'm concerned, he can wear what ever he wants, that's his decision.

I personally NEVER get on a bike unless I have all my gear on, both my brothers are them same.

I once had a lad that rode in our group(he was new to group) asked why we wore so much gear(he was t-shirt, jeans, no gloves(!!!!!),sneakers type) I said "have you ever been down the road?". a few months later I bumped into him at a shopping mall, he was walking quite funny, he had come off his bike and made a real mess of himself

I said "now you know why we wear so much gear!"

next time I saw him on a bike, guess what, had all the right gear on!

If you see the way they get gravel out of your skin, you too would wear all the gear!