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Originally Posted by rd_aaron
One night during welcome week in University I decided to ride my bike home from the bar. I went to jump my bike up onto a curb at a pretty good pace and I didn't jump it high enough. My bike came to an abrupt stop, but I did not as I went right over the handlebars and scraped myself up a bit. Fortunately I don't recall it hurting too bad due to my inebriated state.
I haven't done it since I was a cheap student and even then it was only 2 or 3 times. I suppose it sort of relates to something like motorcyclists wearing helmets in that, why should something be illegal if it only hurts yourself (besides maybe the fact that everyone's tax dollars contribute to health care).
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I think a compelling argument can be made that the possibility exists to harm someone else, not physically but psychologically. Let's say a drunk on a bike darts into traffic and gets killed by a motorist. I would imagine that even though it was not their fault, the motorist would be pretty traumatised by the incident.