Given a sufficiently powerful laser, it would clear its own beam path of precipitation or fog

Rail-guided rocket sleds have gone way faster, though I think the fastest manned one was under 700 mph. Still, it would be much easier and safer to build a manned rocket powered rail car/sled and have it do 1000mph, because the rail guidance eliminates a lot of stability issues.

But how? Helmet cost? Individual freedom? Liken this to the seat belt law - didn’t really stop people from riding in cars.

There is no harm in wearing a helmet. There IS harm in mandating their usage, because it discourages people from cycling at all.

Yep.

Yes. Especially the part about extreme assumptions, and helmets doing little to make cycling safer in an already-unsafe jurisdiction.

Everybody gets sick, everybody gets injured, everybody dies. It’s just a matter of time for when insurance has to pay out on everyone. The lifestyle of a cyclist is not any more risky than that of a frequent pedestrian.

I did read it.

I’m going to need a citation for that argument.

Regular cyclists are healthier and generally require less health care than more sedentary people

The net effect of mandatory helmet laws is that fewer people cycle. This is worse for the overall health of an increasingly-sedentary public than the few injuries/fatalities that mandatory helmet usage would theoretically prevent.

Liability insurance covers damage and injuries you cause to other parties, not injuries to yourself.

I said driven instead of ridden to eliminate ambiguity over operating or simply being a pillion (passenger) on one.

I wonder if either of those two professional models posing in the press photo, have ever actually driven a motorcycle.

The Mercedes CLK Race Car is a fully driveable car in the game’s code, but it was dummied out at the last minute and not legitimately obtainable in the final game. You could still get it with a Gameshark though.

Neutral:

Takes one to know one LOL

Obviously sarcasm is lost upon lesser life forms

If you think either case is a good idea, you’re a moron.

Your explanation is a compelling reason to pursue tort reform.