Letters...
Aug 22, 2003
Subject: SAVE LIVES GET VOTES
What is the purpose of car, truck and SUV crash point standards,
if you can jump on a motorcycle without a helmet
and die anyway? It seems kinda silly to have all these safety
requirements in cars but not require motorcyclists to wear a
helmet. In a car you have all those bumpers, roll bars and
sheet metal to protect you plus seat belts and air bags. On a
motorcycle you only have a helmet if you choose to wear it. The
Illinois state law for mandatory helmets needs to be reinstated.
Jennifer Zimmerman
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----- Original
Message -----
From: "Keith & Jenn Z." <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, August 14, 2000 9:41 PM
Subject: mandatory helmet law?
Mr. Durbin,
Why did Illinois do away with a mandatory helmet law but make seatbelts mandatory? I
am for both. But to me it doesn't make sense that a motor vehicle that can easily
reach speeds in excess of 170 MPH, no safety helmet is required but a seat belt is
mandatory in a vehicle that can reach possibly 125 MPH that has a roll cage around
it. I am writing because I lost a friend last night whom chose to not wear a helmet
and he died of a severe head injury. If the penalty were 150.00 or higher fine, he
may have wore his helmet. No blame can be pointed at anyone for his death. But
maybe a another life can be saved by a mandatory helmet law. I hope this reaches the
powers that could make that happen.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith & Jenn
Z." <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, August 14, 2000 9:43 PM
Subject: mandatory helmet laws?
Senator: Why did Illinois do away with a mandatory helmet law but make seatbelts
mandatory? I am for both. But to me it doesn't make sense that a motor vehicle
that can easily reach speeds in excess of 170 MPH, no safety helmet is required but a seat
belt is mandatory in a vehicle that can reach possibly 125 MPH that has a roll cage around
it. I am writing because I lost a friend last night whom chose to not wear a helmet
and he died of a severe head injury. If the penalty were 150.00 or higher fine, he
may have wore his helmet. No blame can be pointed at anyone for his death. But
maybe a another life can be saved by a mandatory helmet law. I hope this reaches the
powers that could make that happen.
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