Seatbelts and Helmets

This post is probably the result of boredom, but here goes. Yesterday, the quarterback for the world champion Pittsburgh Steelers, Ben Roethlisberger, ran his motorcycle into an on-coming car. This accident was serious enough as it was, but it was made more dangerous by the fact that Ben was not wearing a helmet. In Pennsylvania, the governing body repealed the law enforcing motorcyclists to wear helmets two years ago. This got me to thinking about the constitutionality of seatbelt and helmet laws. The question is not whether it is foolish to drive without a seatbelt or ride a bike without a helmet. What I am more interested in is whether or not it is fair for the government to actually force us to do something like this. Or, the way one person explained it today, is it fair for the government to protect us from ourselves? What do you think and why? I know this is a little outside the realm of our normal discussions, but I think it is more pertinent than we might initially realize.