The Insurance Industry doesn't want helmets on our heads, they want our butts on a bus!
Mandatory helmet laws result in tens of thousands of motorcycles being taken off the road and many less miles being driven on those still registered, a fact that the Insurance Companies love! In Oregon, motorcycle registrations went from over 90,000 before the mandatory helmet law to 60,000 shortly after the law went into effect. In California, registrations went from 700,000 to 400,000! It is certainly true that there will be less motorcycle accidents if there are half as many motorcycles on the road, but it is not the helmet's questionable safety benefits that are responsible for this fatality decline.
Motorcycle use saves gasoline, reduces smog and reduces traffic congestion. Government should not be working to add more cars to the highway, yet this is exactly what happens when mandatory helmet laws are created.
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