helmet wearing is not federal law, so stats are harder to find, they mostly go by states, by age, be vehicle [motor & non-motor] - let alone the partial helmet stats
of course if your state has a helmet law, thankfully, you have no choice, for:
a typical motorcyclist is a 38-year-old man with a wife, kids, college degree and $44,250 annual income [per the Motorcycle Industry Council]
"I'll only wear one when I have to" - that philosophy is shared by many motorcyclists, whose preference for going bare-headed has become a key part of a growing debate about motorcycle safety, prompted by a rising number of motorcyclist deaths across the country. A recent federal study concluded helmets save lives and states repealing helmet requirements pay a deadly price: Fatalities rose 100 percent in Louisiana, 50 percent in Kentucky, 37 percent in Texas and 29 percent in Arkansas after those states made helmet use optional in recent years, the U.S. Department of Transportation said.
they can exercise their rights and freedoms right out of the lives of their loved one and families
but they were free, right up until the moment the died |
