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Chris’s “This I Believe” podcast

I believe in freedom of choice. Bikers should have the freedom and decision to wear a helmet or not. Every biker should be able to feel the wind blowing through their hair going 45 mph. down the back roads or going 70 mph. on the freeway. A lot of bikers think that it should be their choice to wear a helmet or not. But the government thinks otherwise.
Bikers think that if you don’t want to wear a helmet you shouldn’t have to. All bikers know that if you choose to ride a motorcycle there is a fifty-fifty chance you’re going to live or going to die. Also all bikers know that during the course of a biker’s life you will be in at least accident on a motorcycle. And if you’re old enough to smoke, drink, and die for your country in war, you should be able to have a little freedom. Besides, that is what riding a motorcycle is all about, the feeling of being free. A lot of bikers don’t want the restriction of wearing helmets, but some do. The way I see it is that if you want to wear a helmet, fine go ahead, but let others that don’t want to wear a helmet, not wear helmets. And I feel that the government is interfering with bikers freedoms.
The government thinks that they have the right to take away that freedom because they are protecting peoples lives. But the bikers say it is unconstitutional because we the people have the freedom of choice. And the government of the state gets more tax money if there is a helmet law. But do helmets save lives?
The statistics in the Motorcycle Rider Education and Safety poll showed when a state removes its helmet law fatalities increase. But in that same poll it listed the categories of the accidents in accordance of the speed that the motorcycle was moving, The categories were “0-35,36-50,51-70 and 70+ mph.” And in that poll the number of accidents in the “36-50 and 51-70 mph.” categories went up. Therefore increasing the chance of more fatalities. In another poll that was done on speed of motorcycle crashes and the percentage of fatalities. In the “0-35 mph.” category, the operator could live through it. But in the “36-50, 51-70, and 70+ mph.” categories, the operator could not live through the accident, even when the operator was wearing a helmet. After hearing this information take it into consideration if you still feel the same way about the helmet law, Even though this shows that helmets don’t save lives. I believe that bikers should have the freedom of choice to wear a helmet or not.

All polls came from the website http://www.michigan.gov/documents/FinalMotorcycleActionPlan
Michigan State Government. “Final Motorcycle Action Plan.” Michigan Motorcycle Helmet Law April 2006: 1-15. Michigan Government. 3-21-07 .

-Chris-

This I Believe Podcast

I understand that podcasting is a speech without a visual representation, sent over the internet. I noticed that the technology is advanced, to be able to record a speech and then put it on the internet for others people to view. The sound quality of the speeches, are very good. The speeches were clear and easy to understand.
I listened to two speeches, one was about motorcycles, and the other one was about freedom of choice. I selected these two speeches because I am doing my speech on freedom of choice and the helmet law, and both of these topics are related to the speeches I listened to. The speech about motorcycles didn’t make any sense and never mentioned motorcycles. But the freedom of choice speech was good. The detail in the speech stood out to me. The whole thing was kind of memorable, but not to many specific things. The most effective thing in the speech was the speaker’s voice. The way he emphasized his actions through his voice when he was talking.
The introduction to the speech was good. It grabbed your attention right away. What grabbed my attention was the amount of detail. There was a lot of detail.
-Chris-

This I Believe Podcast

I understand that podcasting is a speech without a visual representation, sent over the internet. I noticed that the technology is advanced, to be able to record a speech and then put it on the internet for others people to view. The sound quality of the speeches, are very good. The speeches were clear and easy to understand.
I listened to two speeches, one was about motorcycles, and the other one was about freedom of choice. I selected these two speeches because I am doing my speech on freedom of choice and the helmet law, and both of these topics are related to the speeches I listened to. The speech about motorcycles didn’t make any sense and never mentioned motorcycles. But the freedom of choice speech was good. The detail in the speech stood out to me. The whole thing was kind of memorable, but not to many specific things. The most effective thing in the speech was the speaker’s voice. The way he emphasized his actions through his voice when he was talking.
The introduction to the speech was good. It grabbed your attention right away. What grabbed my attention was the amount of detail. There was a lot of detail.

-Chris-

Just hangin my sign. Whats up in this heezy. This thing is workin. I’m bloggin and sayin my stuff on the fast world of the net. This stuff is so fly. It’s off the chain. Fo-shizzle.
Peace out. A-Town Down 4 Life. –Chris-