I don’t like government regulations. But mandatory helmets for motorcycles is a no brainer. And State without a helmet law needs to have it’s head examined.
… A report released today by the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) finds that no progress was made in reducing motorcyclist deaths in 2011.
Based upon preliminary data from 50 states and the District of Columbia, GHSA projects that motorcycle fatalities remained at about 4,500 in 2011, the same level as 2010. Meanwhile, earlier this month, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration projected that overall motor vehicle fatalities declined 1.7 percent in 2011, reaching their lowest level since 1949. Motorcycle deaths remain one of the few areas in highway safety where progress is not being made. …
Between 1994 and 2007, six states repealed laws that required all motorcyclists to wear helmets. Here’s a look at per-capita organ donations from male victims of motor-vehicle crashes in those states versus all other states.
Rick McCharles 
Got to be careful when using graphs with misleading scales… Adjust this graph to start at zero, and the differences are actually not that impressive, not at all what a first glance seems to indicate.
I would rather they concentrated on getting rid of the illegally loud motorbikes. I just don’t understand why people are allowed to remove the mufflers. If I did that on my car, I would be pulled over and fined within a month.
Thanks Warren.