End Of Helmet Law Leads To Rise In Head Injuries For Motorcyclists: Patch PM

METRO DETROIT, MI — In the three years after Michigan lawmakers told most motorcycle riders they could take off their helmets, the number of skull fractures and other head and facial injuries doubled, according to a new study examining the effect weakened helmet laws have on trauma rates. The researchers said the findings should be a wakeup call to lawmakers in states that have left the choice of protective headgear to riders.

Regardless of whether they’re wearing helmets, motorcyclists involved in accidents already are more than 30 times more likely to die and five times more likely to be injured than their counterparts in closed vehicles, according to study published in the June issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the official medical journal of the American Association of Plastic Surgeons. Read the rest of the story here.

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