Quote Originally Posted by djdgh1934
So, as taxpayers, we pay out every year hundreds of thousands of dollars in medical, disability, early retirement pay (and it is, and probably should be, very generous) as a consequence of accidents (which DO happen) where injuries of a serious nature are sustained by officers who, if properly attired, would be back to duty in a week....

doug hill
Don't forget, I know what you do for a living (should say "did", you lucky dog!) ....so I won't argue with you. I *will* say your position sounds like the dogma of those those helmet proponents of yesteryear.

I think the "public burden" arguement was roundly and quantifiably quashed for recreational riders. I suspect those results would more than hold up in the ranks of the professional riders.

Maybe we need to mount a call for "coats of armor" to be worn by the boys in blue on horseback.