Bill to end motorcycle helmet requirement spurs safety debate
The only additional condition the bill sets is that -- as it's drafted -- the driver and passenger must be licensed bikers for at least two years. Under consideration when the meeting ended was an amendment to apply that only to the driver.
Helmets may spare some form traumatic brain injury (TBI), he said, but the weight of them often causes whiplash.
Fatalities do rise in terms of raw numbers, he said, but it's a matter of proportion. For instance,
From 2005 through 2010,
About 53 percent of
Testifying for the helmet law,
She referred members to
NHTSA says helmets saved the lives of 1,859 motorcyclists in 2016. If all motorcyclists had worn helmets, an additional 802 lives could have been saved. Helmets are estimated to be 37 percent effective in preventing fatal injuries to motorcycle riders, and 41 percent for motorcycle passengers. "In other words, for every 100 motorcycle riders killed in crashes while not wearing helmets, 37 of them could have been saved had all 100 worn helmets."
NHTSA reports that in 2016, only 19 States (including
Delegate
When the committee resumes work on the bill later this week, it will take up an Hansen amendment to require no one may legally operate a bike helmet-free without completing a state-approved motorcycle safety course.
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