Motorcycle Helmet Use

A risk-reducing activity which is mandatory in some parts of the US

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What then are the objections to universal laws requiring motorcycle helmet use?

Helmet reduces risk of spine injury during accidents

When laws regulating motorcycle helmet use are loosened, head injuries go up, according to new research.

Louisiana weakened its motorcycle helmet use law in 1999, but reenacted it in 2004.

Hitting the open road: the debate over requiring motorcyclists to wear helmets revs up once again

NHTSA found that motorcycle helmet use in Florida fell by about 50 percent after the state legislature repealed the requirement for riders 22 and older.

Freedom riders: how motorcyclists won the right to feel the wind in their hair--and why drivers still have to buckle up

Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Report, Motorcycle Helmet Use Laws Legislative Status (2001), at www.nhtsa.dot.gov/ people/outreach/stateleg/ mclegislative.html.