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Originally Posted by dcb
The only slightly valid argument I have seen is that it increases health care costs, a very tiny amount. Far less than cars and drivers who are less able to avoid collisions in the first place and drive everywhere.
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Don't forget about any increase in delays, time out of work, and probably the largest, lost GDP due to deaths that could have been avoided. That's the biggest reason (IMO) why most first world countries and even some second/few third world ones have some form of healthcare available to people who couldn't get it otherwise at little to no cost. Outside of sympathy cards and funerals, dead people don't contribute much to an economy, and dead helmetless motorcyclists are certainly part of that group.
