I just don't agree with government trying to protect people from themselves... Every year people die because they run generators inside their houses, they die because they fall asleep smoking and go up in flames, they die because they fry turkeys inside and burn down their houses, they die because they don't pay attention driving, etc. That doesn't mean the government should make it illegal to own a generator, smoke, deep fry a turkey, drive a car, ride a motorcycle, etc. Stupid people die doing normal things every day. Does that mean we need to outlaw all the things that stupid people find a way to fuck up?

If you don't want to wear a helmet, so be it, but you are making the conscious choice that you may die because of your decision. Making it a law to wear a helmet doesn't make sense because you are not protecting anyone other than the rider who made the decision in the first place. Same thing with seat belts. I understand the comment above about making passengers in your car wear seatbelts because you don't want them flying around hitting you in an accident, but again, that is your responsibility to set that rule in your car, not the governments responsibility to make it a law.

In my opinion, government only exists for three reasons:

1) Defend America from foreign threats.
2) Protect American citizens from criminal intent, so enforce laws like theft, robbery, rape, murder, etc.
3) Provide minimal public works such as roads, police, fire protection, emergency services, etc.

As soon as they pass a law or approve a budget for a project that does not fit into those categories they are over-stepping their authority and infringing on our Freedom.