Comments on: New Law: Under 16 Must Wear Helmet Riding A Horse

By: EMD

EMD — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:24:35 +0000

LOL. Is this fun, or what.? Let’s compile the replies and send them to Tallahassee.

Here’s a true one: When I was a kid, I had a horse stand on my foot. It hurt really bad. Everyone who gets close to a horse should be required to wear steel toed boots. I also had lightening strike a bridge in front of a horse I was riding. He reared up, turned, ran and jumped up a small embankment. The girth broke, and the saddle and I fell, with my foot still stuck in the stirrup. Thank God he stopped running. There was no storm when we set out. Perhaps riding should be forbidden on cloudy days.

Governor, if you are reading this, I am not making fun of you, but I am making fun of the spirit of error that has taken over our country. HELP US! We do not need more government control. Help us get our country back.

By: concerned

concerned — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:20:57 +0000

They forgot to pass a law requiring body amor, you never know after the horse throws them, he just might kick them. We better get helmets for the schools, I hear those monkey bars can throw you too! Or worse yet, a book could fall from the top shelf in the library, that could be real dangerous!!

By: interested reader

interested reader — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:38:12 +0000

Let me see if I have it right, you can drive 60 miles per hour on a highway on a motorcycle WITHOUT A helmet but must have one to ride a horse on public areas. I think it is very important for parents to be sure where their children are riding. A highway is not safe for horses no matter what age. How many people have died on public roads riding a motorcycle since the NO helmet law was signed? Crist is so self absorbed in himself that he really has no time to do anything of real value for the state. ON to Washington to do great things for Florida.

By: windy

windy — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:35:31 +0000

I agree with Sylvia

By: 15 year old who rides horses

15 year old who rides horses — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:42:34 +0000

ok i had a bad fall when i was in 5th grade practicing for a compeition and fractured my wrist bad. but even after that neither one of my parents statred makein me wear a stupid hemet even after i got thrown off and hit my head and had a MINOR concusion. i think it should be up to the parents wither or not you have to wear a helmet not no person from tha goverment seriously it is kinda stupid. now i could understand mabye a little kid wearin a helmet but a teenager who has probably been ridin for ever and knows how their horse is shouldnt have to.

By: Beegee

Beegee — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:36:03 +0000

It’s all about control…..the government is conditioning the people’s minds….so that it will be very easy to slip in with total control of everyone and their belongings……we have fallen into their trap of ,”it’s in your best interest” ….that’s how so much has already taken place….people believing that the government
has our best interests in mind…….oh puke!!!

By: EMD

EMD — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:22:32 +0000

It seems to me that if anyone wore a helmet outside to do anything today, they might be have been in serious danger of having a heat stroke. (Let’s tax sunshine and humidity).

I too, am sick of the government controlling more, and more and more. I am a senior citizen with aging thinning skin, and on blood thinners. Today, I accidently scraped my arm on a rest room stall door, and got a blood blister the size of a dime or bigger. What if it had broken the skin? I could have bled to death. Perhaps all seniors should be required to wear arm guards when out and about. It is getting more and more ridiculous. I know this is far-fetched, but so are many things that are happening in this country. I want my country back!!!

Government laws and regulations are ruining many companies. The nursing profession is difficult enough by itself, but government is ruining it altogether. It ruined the best job I ever had. Red tape put two agencies out of business, and drove one owner nuts.

I feel better now. Thanks for a place to vent.

By: ['08 rodeo queen]

['08 rodeo queen] — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:11:05 +0000

I use to ride all the time with a helmet. They do serve a great purpose and I would recommend wearing one, but most of all accidents that I have seen with a horse that end up with the rider falling off do not effect the head. I ride around molino all the time. While my horses aren’t perfect angels, I do know whether or not they are capable of riding on the road safely. To me, if your not capable of controlling the horse on a roadway then you don’t need to have that horse on the road. An equestrian knows the limits to push their horse to, and if the road is an area subject to “spooks” then that horse needs to be left at home.

By: sylvia godwin

sylvia godwin — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:29:30 +0000

I agree with concerned. You have to hve a helmet to ride a horse, but not a motorcycle. I would also like to say we have to buckle our children in an auto, but we can let them ride on the back of pickup trucks. Does not make a lot of sense to me.

By: techno

techno — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:20:38 +0000

Very nice…..state government legally mandating common sense. Whats next, a law that says inhale ( but not to deeply) exhale . Anybody that thinks that the government is not too deeply involved in our day to day activities is in a coma. Vote Marco Rubero for governor.