Biker dies in no helmet protest

[jonbuoy]

Riding without a helmet would be something you might do at 17/18 when you don´t know any better. If there was no law to force people into wearing one some of those might not make it to an age where they do know better.

[swbarnett]

So, they decided to ban just the most dangerous thing.

Too true, but even this is against the principle of ACC.

[swbarnett]

Leaving the scene of an accident without acertaining injury / assisting those injured is ...

Another law I'm not too keen on. While I would hope any reasonable person would render assistance, I don't think it's right to force them to under law.

Well ... the deceased rider would claim no fault ... if they were alive ...

It's not a matter of whether the rider is actually at fault or not (for the accident or for increased injury), just that under the principles of ACC we don't care when dishing out money for recovery and rehabilitation.

and you cant sue a deceased person for damages though ...

You can sue the deceased's estate.

[scumdog]

Another law I'm not too keen on. While I would hope any reasonable person would render assistance, I don't think it's right to force them to under law.
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So, it would be OK with you if somebody crashed into another vehicle and shot the gap without checking to see if they'd injured anybody etc it'd be alright for them to get off scot-free, no penalty?

[swbarnett]

So, it would be OK with you if somebody crashed into another vehicle and shot the gap without checking to see if they'd injured anybody etc it'd be alright for them to get off scot-free, no penalty?

It seems if I may have misunderstood. I thought this was talking about the law that compells an innocent bystander to assist. From your question it seems clear that it is actually about hit and run. In which case I totally agree with you.