Well it seems that lately I've been getting more and more compliments for my helmet postings. This leads me to believe one of two things; there are more people that agree with me than I originally thought, or those who disagree with me are to stupid or cowardly to try to fight with me (or maybe both!) Here is another complimentary e-mail I just recieved:

I just read though your helmet section and I must say that there are few things I enjoy more than a wholely truthfly, intelligently put, utter condemnation of some idiot's useless, uninformed babble. Just for the record, I'd like to say that I don't believe in helmet laws. Like you, I don't believe we should waste resources protecting people from their own stupitity. I, personally, will always wear my helmet. The question people have to ask themselves is "Is this helmet harder than my skull?" The answer seems obvious to me. I guess it's not so clear to the hard-skulled riders out there more concerned with image than the effects of going asphault-surfing for twenty yards on your face. Personal story: A friend of mine is dead because he hit a hole in the road pulling up to a stop sign at 15 miles per hour. The bike fell over and he splattered his brains all over the curb. Sure, a helmet won't save everybody, but it would have saved him. I'm writing this in an email because it seems a bit lenghty to put in the guestbook, but I hope you can share it with the visitors to your site. Here are my words of wisdom to all riders out there. If you don't want to wear a helmet, fine. That's your choice. Just consider the following: a moderate-speed motorcycle crash creates a force on your body roughly equivilant to that of taking a major league batter's swing to the face. Would you like a helmet with that?

-Karl

Thanks Karl, it's nice to know that my opinions are appreciated.

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