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Matt Whiting wrote:
I personally doubt it. Government rarely cedes control that it has taken. Although it does happen occasionally. I was amazed when PA repealed its helmet law a few years ago*. I still can't believe that happened, but it does show that if enough people lobby long enough they can occasionally make a difference. Maybe the same cam be true with National. I'm just glad I made one flight in prior to 9/11. I had to fly in at night as I couldn't get an IFR reservation until after 7 PM in the winter, but it was a neat flight. I got to hold over the city for a few minutes waiting for a break in the airline conga line. I could see several of the monuments and buildings and it was very cool. * Just for the record, I'm a big believer in wearing a helmet while motorcycling and bicycling and never ride without one, but I'm not a fan of helmet laws for adults. I think adults should make that decision for themselves. I am in favor of insurance companies charging higher premiums for people who ride without a helmet, or smoke, etc., but I much prefer to let the market deal with such things rather than government. If someone is willing to pay the cost of taking a higher level of risk, I say more power to them. Matt Arkansas got rid of the adult helmet law a few years back and in the very same session of the legislature passed a much more stringent seat belt law. The thing that was interesting was that they didn't really talk about personal freedom with the helmet law. They just talked about tourism. Seems Arkansas had lost a number of biker events because we had a helmet law. |
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