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Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 9:40 am Post subject: Helmet Laws
Tiffany Latimer, MRF Public Relations Assistant
E-mail: pr@mrf.org
The Helmet Debate Rages On in the National Spotlight
In recent days, the USA Today has devoted themselves to covering a
major
hot button issue with motorcyclists: Helmets. The helmet law debate
was
catapulted back into the national spotlight with an article last week
that
highlighted the increase of motorcycling fatalities in the past ten
years.
Since that original article, Vice President of Government Relations,
Jeff
Hennie defended why helmet laws have not proven to be the best course
of
action to save motorcyclist lives.
The USA Today continued on with the subject of helmet laws and
motorcycle
fatalities today by featuring both sides of the story. "Our View on
Helmet
Laws: Motorcycle Madness," written by the USA Today highlighted the
increase of motorcycle fatalities since Congress repealed its helmet
policy in 1995.
Like most things do, motorcycling has significantly increased in the US
within that time frame used in the USA Today's view of helmet laws. MRF
lobbyist, Jeff Hennie weighed in on the situation with his rebuttal
"Opposing view: Helmet Laws don’t work." Not only does this article
discuss the proportionate increase in motorcycle deaths in the past ten
years but goes on to explain why state helmet laws have not proven to
be
the most effective way to prevent fatalities.
For more information on this subject, you can contact Jeff Hennie, V.P.
of
Government Relations at jeff@mrf.org or at 202-546-0983. To read these
articles for yourself, check them out on the USA Today website.
Today's articles:
"Our view on helmet laws: Motorcycle madness" by USA Today
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