In article , PeterN
wrote:

* People are so desperate for attention today, they'll do anything.* I
wish they'd all just get hit by trains trying to take selfies.

Trains don't take selfies! Darwin's laws still hold, but are slower due
to the nanny state we're moving towards.

Where do you draw a line?

when it affects others.

There are some who call regulating DWI a
nanny state. The problem is that innocents have a high probability of
being hurt by the impaired, or distracted driver. A biker may complain
about being forced to ride with a helmet: but when he gets hurt, you ad
I pay the cost of recovery.

a biker who doesn't wear a helmet only injures himself, and is
responsible for his own medical bills.

if you want to force people to wear helmets in the hopes that it will
reduce your insurance premiums, you would also need to require helmets
in all motor vehicles, require speed governors and 5-point harnesses,
forbid bicycles from sharing the same roads, ban alcohol (which was
tried), ban smoking, unhealthy food, sports and much more, because
you're indirectly paying for *all* of the problems resulting from them.

that's not a world that most people would want to live in.