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Published July 02, 2009 09:25 pm - I have ridden a motorcycle for nearly 40 years and I’ve always worn a helmet for my own safety reasons, and I’ll continue to do so.
Voices: Right to choose
I have ridden a motorcycle for nearly 40 years and I’ve always worn a helmet for my own safety reasons, and I’ll continue to do so.
I do, however, consider it the right of all bikers to make their own choice as to whether to wear one. I find it so refreshing that our governor has decided that we the taxpayers should not fund a $33,000 poll launched by the Missouri Department of Transportation and lobbied by the helmet manufacturers to further encroach on our freedom.
A helmet law is not about our safety. They don’t really care. It’s about corporate America making a profit. I’ll just bet there’s a Republican behind this lobby somewhere.
Charles C. Smith
Webb City
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