{"id":50,"date":"2008-03-27T16:50:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-27T20:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=50"},"modified":"2019-03-08T06:26:51","modified_gmt":"2019-03-08T11:26:51","slug":"lets-be-safe-out-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=50","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s be safe out there!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_yytsDp42pSs\/R-wJ5WjrwJI\/AAAAAAAAAHI\/SA9EKicMc3Q\/s1600-h\/Helmet.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 301px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_yytsDp42pSs\/R-wJ5WjrwJI\/AAAAAAAAAHI\/SA9EKicMc3Q\/s320\/Helmet.jpg?w=584\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182528152109039762\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-family:verdana;\">There was an article in the March 27 edition of <i>USA Today<\/i> that clearly describes that the number of deaths from motorcycle- related crashes has increased significantly since states began to repeal or not enact mandatory motorcycle helmet safety laws.  The article supports my own research and that of other responsible parties.<\/p>\n<p>I always wear full protective gear, beginning with a full-face DOT\/Snell helmet, jacket, gloves, long pants, and tall boots when I ride.  Of course when it&#8217;s 1000 degrees in the summer, I might not be able to tolerate the jacket or gloves, but I always, always wear my full-face helmet.  It&#8217;s just a matter of common sense.  It&#8217;s unfortunate that states have to pass laws about common sense matters, but there are a lot of people who are in denial that &#8220;it won&#8217;t happen to me,&#8221; &#8220;I am a safe rider,&#8221; and whatnot.  It&#8217;s not <b>you<\/b>, it&#8217;s the other guy!  Be safe out there, wear your helmet!<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was an article in the March 27 edition of USA Today that clearly describes that the number of deaths from motorcycle- related crashes has increased significantly since states began to repeal or not enact mandatory motorcycle helmet safety laws. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=50\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-motorcycle-helmet-safety-laws"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}