# Florida lawyer who successfully fought Florida's motorcycle helmet law dies in a motorcycle accident while not wearing a helmet

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**Created:** [October 25, 2022, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-lawyer-who-successfully-fought-floridas-motorcycle-helmet-law-dies-in-a-motorcycle-accident-while-not-wearing-a-helmet/973779 "2022-10-25T20:59:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2022, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-lawyer-who-successfully-fought-floridas-motorcycle-helmet-law-dies-in-a-motorcycle-accident-while-not-wearing-a-helmet/973779/101 "2022-10-31T14:38:28Z")

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> [@Abcd1000](#):
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> To the person who said made the reference to “tHe UnVaxEd” when commenting on this helmet thread.

Who was that? I find no reference to “tHe UnVaxEd” anywhere in the thread before your post.

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2022, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-lawyer-who-successfully-fought-floridas-motorcycle-helmet-law-dies-in-a-motorcycle-accident-while-not-wearing-a-helmet/973779/102 "2022-10-31T19:25:09Z")

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> [@Gyrate](#):
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> Who was that?

Me, original post:

> [@ekedolphin](#):
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> Perhaps “the gummint can’t tell me what to do!” is not good enough reason for refusing to follow instructions that can save your life.
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> (Word to the antivaxxers.)

And no, vaccines are not toxic chemicals; that’s propaganda. Yes, refusing to take a vaccine causes a danger not just to yourself, but to others.

And no, I’m not going to turn this into a vaccine thread. We’ve got enough of those.

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