Which of the following would justification for a law requiring motorcyclists to wear helmets most likely be based upon?

Answer 1

In my experience the best argument for a helmet law is that a motorcyclist involved in a collision without a helmet will sustain larger injuries. Therefore their medical care will be more expensive. Those expenses will be covered largely by raising insurance premiums or by taxes by way of medicare/medicaid.

Answer 2

In my experience the best argument for a helmet law is that a motorcyclist involved in a collision without a helmet will sustain larger injuries. Therefore their medical care will be more expensive. Those expenses will be covered largely by raising insurance premiums or by taxes by way of medicare/medicaid.

Answer 3

A law requiring motorcyclists to wear helmets most likely is based on the fact that severe damage to the brain frequently causes paralysis, loss of mental ability, both, or death. If you have ever seen Muhammad Ali on TV, you have seen an old boxer who suffered many blows to his head. He is a shell of his former self. Ambulance drivers do not like having to shovel pieces of a dead man's brains off the pavement.

Answer 4

"Pennsylvania motorcyclists suffered large increases in head injury deaths and hospitalizations in the two years following the repeal of its motorcycle helmet law, according to a University of Pittsburgh study to be published in the August issue of the American Journal of Public Health, available online June 12. Even after accounting for increases in motorcycle registrations that occurred during this period, study authors noted a 32 percent increase in head injury deaths and a 42 percent increase in head injury-related hospitalizations"

"Helmets reduce risk of death by about 37 percent, so they're not perfect," she said. "They don't prevent the non-head injuries, and they don't prevent all head injuries, but one out of every three people who die could be saved if they have a helmet on."

I think it's a dumb & selfish decision not to wear a helmet. 1 out of 3 people who DIE could have lived, had they been wearing a helmet. What about your family? Your Husband/Wife/Children/Parents? Do you think about the grieving and suffering they will have to go through because of your selfish decision?

I'd rather wear a helmet, increase my odds of surviving in a crash and know I did what I could rather then play Russian roulette with my life. What about you?

Answer 5

I don't know exactly what "the following" refers to, but a good answer would be one which provides a statistic involving less deaths from helmet wear cyclists.