ACC - Should wearing safety gear be a legal requirement?

[MarkH]

Yes, I did read the thread title. You might like to check who the author was.

I am well aware of who the thread starter is and would therefore have thought you should have been less likely to confuse the ACC costs with the much wider social costs.

Maybe others here picked up on the irony I was alluding to? The fact that you as the thread starter have been repeatedly arguing something other than what your thread is about!

How's this for an idea if you want government regulation:
Mandate what safety gear every participant of each sport must wear. (mouth guard, neck brace, pads, etc.) If this goes over well then move on to motorcyclists after that. That way we wont be bothered by legislation in my lifetime!

[The Stranger:Me]

You are right. The $500m "social cost" they quote obviously had some kind of fudge factor built into it, which doesn't stack up.

I have been mislead by the reported figure.

Well there's a fucken surprise. The govt fudging figures for their own ends, who'd have thought eh. Small wonder we are unable to get our hands on the data used to produce the motorcycle crash stats and ACC stats.
The govt have refused to release it to BRONZ.

Check out the social cost of second hand smoke . Apparently it's a third of GDP each year. Thank christ they banned smoking in the work place cause now we are all reaping the vast financial benefits - well either that, the govt is keeping it from us or it was bullshit.
I know which one I'd bet on.

[James Deuce]

Do you think that $218 million includes off road motorcycle accidents?

No. They are included directly in the motorcycle stats.

[swbarnett]

Check out the social cost of second hand smoke . Apparently it's a third of GDP each year.

A book I'm about to start that my wife has just finished has a chapter on passive smoking among other "scares"

Apparently the affect of second hand smoke is roughly eqivalent to smoking one cigarette a year.


For those interested the book is "Scared to Death - From BSE to Global Warming: Why Scares Are Costing Us the Earth

[James Deuce]

It's one book dude. Make sure you read more than one before you make your mind up.

Pop Science is root cause of the modern phenomenon of scientific scaremongering.