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The author hints at, but does not point to, data that correlates motorcycle helmets laws with higher accidents. That is counter to recent research which support
by scott_s 11y ago
The author hints at, but does not point to, data that correlates motorcycle helmets laws with higher accidents. That is counter to recent research which supports the standard view that helmet laws save lives: https://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-cost-of-repealing-mandatory-motorcycle-helmet-laws/ https://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-cost-of-repealing-m...
Short version: after repealing helmet laws in Michigan, they have seen higher injury severity and mortality.
- ricardobeat 11y agoThe research you are thinking of concerns bycicles, not motorcycles - the risks are an order of magnitude apart.
- scott_s 11y agoI think you are mistaken. This is the quote from the article I am responding to: "Adams has figures to prove that countries – indeed US states – that do not require motorbike helmets have fewer biking accidents than those that do." The research I linked to is also about motorcycles.
- spockz 11y agoThere is a difference between reducing the amount of incidents that happen and reducing the severity of the injuries suffered by an incident.