baddog

Many states have mandated the use of helmets for motorcycle riding, and federal highway funds were held as blackmail over states to implement them, along with the use of seatbelts.

While most states have at one time or another had mandatory helmet laws, many have repealed said laws, mainly because it has been proven over and over again that helmets do not save lives, and in fact the percentage of fatalities to miles ridden have increased in states that do have mandatory helmet laws.

Tooting my own horn - a few years back I intentionally got a ticket for riding without a helmet (took 4 months to get it), took it to court and was convicted (as I hoped would happen), and then I took it to the Appellate Courts and had the conviction over-turned. I did this all representing myself.

Unfortunately, the Court of Appeals does not publish all decisions, and my case was one they did not publish, so my efforts were not utilized in the manner I had hoped, that being the repeal of the law here in California. At least I get away without wearing one around my town as a result.

As far as whether or not there are chicks out there using abortion as a form of birth control, granted, there are not many, but there are some, and that is disturbing.