I wear a helmet whenever I jump on my pushie. Partly because I value my life as I know it and do not want to live it as a vegetable, additionally I have two boys and wish to set a good axample for them too. I cannot imagine if either one of them got knocked off and got an injury or worse that could have been prevented. It is common sense........there are a few whinging about becoming a nanny-state etc. Possibly because there is a diminished ability amongst society to practice common sense.
As it has been pointed out, the financial and social cost to keep someone who has been paralysed or whatever is immense.
Maybe this something to do with becoming a nanny state.........we fail to excercise common sense with most decisions we make for ourselves, impacting on most other areas of society. Over burdening health care and systems, draining finances and resources trying to fix someones decision to feel the breeze in their hair.
my 2 bobs.
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