If they had survived, they might have had injuries that cost the taxpayers a lot.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/26/florida-attorney-motorcycle-helmet-laws-dies-crash
Gloria Oladipo
@gaoladipo
Wed 26 Oct 2022 12.58 EDT
For almost a decade, Ron Smith, an attorney and avid motorcycle rider from Pinellas county, Florida, advocated against laws which said motorcyclists had to wear helmets to ride. Eventually, the state law changed.
This August, Smith, 66, and his girlfriend, Brenda Jeanan Volpe, 62, died in a fatal motorcycle crash. Neither was wearing a helmet, the Tampa Bay Times reported.
Smith and Volpe were on their way to a funeral when Smith reportedly lost control of their bike while slowing down for traffic. The motorcycle crashed into a trailer attached to a truck.
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Smith was a member of American Bikers Aimed Toward Education (Abate), an advocacy group that has lobbied against helmet laws.
As an attorney, he represented clients caught violating Florida’s motorcycle safety laws in cases experts say may have helped overturn the state’s mandatory helmet law.
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In 2000, Florida changed its laws to state that anyone over 21 was no longer required to wear a helmet while riding a motorcycle, if they had more than $10,000 of insurance to cover accidents.
Smith was remembered by friends and associates as someone who valued his independence and that of others.
“He thought everybody should have their own choice,” said Dave Newman, who with Smith was a member of the American Legion Riders.
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