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    estimates that helmets saved 1‚784 motorcyclists from death in 2007. If all motorcyclists had worn helmets‚ an additional 800 lives could have been saved. As an avid motorcycle operator‚ I have been in a few close calls of my own. Luckily for me‚ if something would have occurred‚ I would have at least been safer due to my motorcycle helmet. It is safe to say that thousands of lives could be saved each year by national adoption of universal helmet laws. From 1984 through 1995‚ helmets saved the lives

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    Motorcycle Helmet Laws 1 Running Head: Motorcycle Helmet Laws Impact of Mandatory Motorcycle Helmet Use Laws CariAnne Kestrel July 15‚ 2012 Utica College SOC 376-Z1 Criminological Research Methods Professor Gregory Fulkerson Summer 2012 Motorcycle Helmet Laws 2 Over the past 30 years‚ many states have enacted mandatory helmet laws for motorcycle drivers. There have been many states that have rescinded these laws for reasons that may not be known by those most interested

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    of people all over the United States choose motorcycles over automobiles for the thrill‚ speed‚ and high performance capabilities. On the other hand‚ motorcycles are not at all the safest way of transportation. Motorcycles do not provide the passenger with the outer protection that cars provide‚ therefore‚ when one crashes‚ the results are usually much more serious. Injuries to the head are responsible for 76% of fatalities when dealing with motorcycle crashes many of which could have been prevented

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    Michigan Motorcycle helmet law Hello‚ I am here today to talk to you about the Michigan Motorcycle Helmet Law. -This law permits anyone that is 21 years of age or older that has at least 20‚000 dollars in heath insurance and has passed a safety course in the past 2 years to ride a motorcycle without a helmet. I am also here to persuade you that this law doesn’t have a person’s safety as the top priority. Just recently I have witnessed a motorcycle crash happen right before my eyes

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    Universal Motorcycle Helmet Laws Right or Wrong? Across the United States‚ every year millions of license drivers choose to ride motorcycles rather than drive automobiles for a variety of reasons; Reasons range from individual pleasure to a much more cost effective way to travel. The universal motorcycle helmet law debate over the past forty years has revolved around whether the federal government should adopt a universal helmet law that mandates all motorcyclists to wear helmets at all times

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    Introduction Motorcycle are not the safest means of transportation but millions of people all across America choose them over automobile for the trill‚ speed and high performance capabilities they offer in fraction of the price of a automobile. Motorcycle do not provide the protection like automobiles do with their outer body and safety features like air bags and seat belts‚ therefore in case of an accident the injury sustained by the rider is often very serious. When dealing with motorcycle accidents

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    Keicha Rater Mr. Hatke Dispatch/Law April 15‚ 2013 Helmet Law There is not a federal law in the United States requiring wearing helmets. Each state can make up their own helmet law. There are three states in the United States that doesn’t have a helmet law‚ Illinois‚ Iowa‚ and New Hampshire. There are nineteen states that has a mandatory helmet law‚ which is where you are supposed to wear your helmet at all times. These nineteen states are Alabama‚ California‚ Georgia‚ Louisiana‚ Massachusetts

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    Do you ride a motorcycle or motorized vehicle? If you do‚ do you wear a helmet? If not then how would you feel if you knew that you are three times more likely to die without your helmet? In the no helmet law states‚ only 58 people died in a motorcycle crash with a helmet. Guess how many died without a helmet? 148 people. That’s about two and a half times more than people with helmets. Are you willing to risk your life just because you won’t put a helmet on? Wearing a helmet can prevent so many health

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    think all people should be required to wear helmets no matter their age. It is very dangerous to not wear one‚ for many reasons. A helmet will protect your head from hard hits that you will encounter when you fall off your motorcycle‚ bike‚ scooter‚ etc. Wearing a helmet will save you from getting a mangled face. Having you come home is a better feeling then you going home to a grave. Since some people feel that they are too cool to wear a helmet‚ let me advise you that having an attitude

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    About Compulsory Bike Helmet Laws Reducing Injuries Tute Task 1 Scientific Thinking and Research Skills CORE 11-113 Sarah Anderson ID: 13137519 Tutorial class: Tuesday 1-3pm Word Count: 1099 The Truth About Compulsory Bike Helmet Laws Reducing Injuries WRITTEN REPORT As a child growing up in Australia one of the first birthday presents we may receive after we have learnt to walk‚ is a bicycle. Our parents would always guarantee that we would wear a helmet when we went out to play

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