Comments on: Bicycling – Fashion Friend or Foe? http://taoofchange.com/2009/04/28/i-ride-a-bike-but-im-not-a-cyclist/ Fri, 21 Oct 2011 23:42:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: tao http://taoofchange.com/2009/04/28/i-ride-a-bike-but-im-not-a-cyclist/#comment-1752 tao Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:26:50 +0000 http://taoofchange.com/?p=490#comment-1752 You're right on all points, Roger. Thanks for your comments. Watch for the next couple posts - food for lively debate ! Tao You’re right on all points, Roger. Thanks for your comments. Watch for the next couple posts – food for lively debate !
Tao

]]> By: Roger Hartsell http://taoofchange.com/2009/04/28/i-ride-a-bike-but-im-not-a-cyclist/#comment-1751 Roger Hartsell Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:44:56 +0000 http://taoofchange.com/?p=490#comment-1751 I see 2 big sub-cultures at work here. The culture of safety, and the culture of insurance(medical & liability.) Every activity has iits degree of risk, and the threat of lawsuits. This has given the the insurance industry a great market. From Bike helmets, to baby strollers, to firearms, to food, every entity in the design, manufacture, and sale of consumer goods has to CYA, on the off chance of a lawsuit. To the labeling of coffee cups, "Contents may be HOT." I imagine you're being seen riding without protection is setting a bad example for the little kiddies, and letting them play in the dirt exposes them to all sorts of deadly bacteria, of course decreasing natural immunity. Eventually someone will try sue the dirt. No doubt some of these safety measures have saved lives, and decreased number and severity of injury. I just hope it doesn't come to getting sued for having too much fun. thanks, Jolly ROger I see 2 big sub-cultures at work here. The culture of safety, and the culture of insurance(medical & liability.) Every activity has iits degree of risk, and the threat of lawsuits. This has given the the insurance industry a great market. From Bike helmets, to baby strollers, to firearms, to food, every entity in the design, manufacture, and sale of consumer goods has to CYA, on the off chance of a lawsuit. To the labeling of coffee cups, “Contents may be HOT.”
I imagine you’re being seen riding without protection is setting a bad example for the little kiddies, and letting them play in the dirt exposes them to all sorts of deadly bacteria, of course decreasing natural immunity. Eventually someone will try sue the dirt.
No doubt some of these safety measures have saved lives, and decreased number and severity of injury. I just hope it doesn’t come to getting sued for having too much fun.

thanks, Jolly ROger

]]>