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This 5 page paper examines the change in frequency of motorcycle accidents in Florida since the state loosed its requirement for motorcyclists to wear helmets. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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they ride. Of course, this also means they have no protection whatever if they get into trouble. Recognizing that riders are especially vulnerable, many states have passed laws requiring that
motorcyclists wear helmets, a move that has sparked sharp criticism both from bikers and from those who see any law regulating personal behavior as an infringement on civil liberties. However,
it cannot be denied that when people wear helmets, fatalities go down. This paper considers the situation in Florida with regard to helmet laws: how have changes in the laws
affected the injury and fatality rate? Discussion After passing a universal helmet law in 1967 (universal meaning that all riders regardless of age and experience were required to wear helmets),
Florida weakened that law in 2000 (Motorcycle helmet use laws, 2007). The new law required that only riders under 21 had to wear helmets; those over 21 could go without,
provided they had at least $10,000 in medical coverage (Motorcycle helmet use laws, 2007). The results of the loosening of the law shouldnt surprise anyone: "the motorcyclist death rate in
Florida increased by about 25 percent ... [it] rose from 31 fatalities per 1,000 crash involvements before the law change (1998-99) to 39 fatalities per 1,000 crash involvements after (2001-2002)"
(Motorcycle helmet use laws, 2007). This is an estimated 117 lives that were lost needlessly because the law was changed (Motorcycle helmet use laws, 2007). When the NTHSA evaluated the
change in Florida law, it found a "similar effect," in that "motorcyclist deaths per 10,000 motorcycle registrations increased 21 percent during the two years after the law was changed compared
with the two years before" (Motorcycle helmet use laws, 2007). An in-depth analysis of the effects of the repeal appeared in the American Journal of Public Health; it was revealed
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