...there is an equally or greater benefit for wearing a helmet in a motor vehicle.
I like facts. Have you any to back this statement, or is it just your opinion based upon perception?
...there is an equally or greater benefit for wearing a helmet in a motor vehicle.
I like facts. Have you any to back this statement, or is it just your opinion based upon perception?
Facemasks are great but not going to prevent everything. Situation about a month ago. My DD was up to bat and hit a line drive that made a weird thud under a second later. that thud was the throat of the pitcher who was wearing a mask, luckily this girl got her thumb in front of the ball to i guess slow it down. She was startled but only had a broken thumb. Following week DD hits a line drive off of the pitchers shin, girl is carried off the field. Next AB DD hits it off the pitchers thigh and she hasn't pitched in 3 weeks. I know these are rare occurances but advancement in bats/balls are far better than rules of the game. Maybe 40' or 43' are not the right distances. I really think the new bat technology is playing a big role in more pitchers getting hit. I've been on the field for 5 pitchers taking solid shots off the throat, hands and legs this year. That's 5 more than the last 3 years.
People still don't wear helmets on motorcyles, since they feel it is their choice. I'm paying taxes for a friend that had a brain injury that has lived in a nursing home for the past 30 years due to a brain injury. It was his right not to wear a helment but society pays the price ! My point is society always gets stuck with the bill of those that seem to think freedom of choice is free!
I am a strong believer in individual freedom but when your individual choice affects other people you are impinging upon their freedom and that's where it makes sense to limit "individual freedom".
a local pitcher in the last 2 weeks where the human reaction to turn the head away from the incoming ball acted in time to take the facemask worn out of the picture and clocked her square on the side of the head.
People still don't wear helmets on motorcyles, since they feel it is their choice. I'm paying taxes for a friend that had a brain injury that has lived in a nursing home for the past 30 years due to a brain injury. It was his right not to wear a helment but society pays the price ! My point is society always gets stuck with the bill of those that seem to think freedom of choice is free!
Society also pays the price when people stupid enough to ride a motorcycle without a helmet are forced to wear one and survive long enough to pass on their genes to the next generation, whereas in a world without laws protecting the stupid from themselves, the human genome would be in a far superior state.-W