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EACH YEAR.
BIKERS MAY SOON
GET TO FEEL THE
BREEZE RUNNING
THROUGH THEIR HAIR
AGAIN.
GLORIA GALLARDO
HAS MORE ON HOW ONE
STATE LAWMAKERS IS
PUSHING TO ALLOW
THOSE 21 AND OLDER TO
RIDE WITHOUT A HELMET
CARE-FREE ROCK TUNES
FILL THE AIR AT
SCOOTER PETE'S CYCLE
SHOP IN TYLER.
BUT CAREFUL OWNER
DENISE MCKINNEY HAS
LEARNED WITH SCARS
AND BRUISES ---SAFETY
COMES FIRST .
"if it wasn't for the helmt and
protective gea it could've
veen a lot worse."
DOCTORS PUT TWO PINS
IN HER ARM AFTER SHE
RAN INTO AN S-U-V THAT
ROLLED HER AND HER
BIKE MORE THAN SIX
WEEKS AGO.
"it doesn't look so bad but
my head' still sore from it."
MCKINNEY TELLS
EVERYONE TO WHERE A
HELMET BUT LIKE OTHER
BIKERS SAYS IT'S NOT
THE STATES BUSINESS
TO DICTATE IT.
"i also believe in freedom of
choice." A FELLOW BIKER
FROM JACKSONVILLE IS
IN THE STATE HOUSE ---
PROPOSING A LAW
GIVING THAT GIVES THE
CHOICE TO ALL
MOTORCYCLISTS 21 AND
OLDER.
"i wear a helmet and
sometimes i don't but i want
to have that choice." STATE
REPRESENTATIVE
CHUCH HOPSON NOTES
BIKER'S INJURIES AREN'T
A BURDAN ON
TAXPAYERS DOLLARS
WHEN IT COMES TO
MEDICAL EXPENSES AS
WE ONCE THOUGHT.
HE SAYS BIKERS MORE
LIKELY TO HAVE MEDICAL
INSURANCE THAN CAR
DRIVERS ....
BUT MCKINNEY SAYS
MOST TIMES IT'S NOT
ENOUGH.
"my policy had ten thousand.
this right here is over 55
thousand just four a broken
arm and 3 days in the
hospital." SHE IS THE AGE
GROUP MOST LIKELY DIE
IN A BIKE WRECK ...
BUT SAYS WITH THE BIG
MACHINES GETTING
FASTER ....
HELMET LAW OR NOT
SHE HAS TO USE EXTRA
PROTECTION.
"out on the street i look out
tfor me.
i stay away from all the
problems." GLORIA
GALLARDO KETK 56
NEWS.