WASHINGTON–The National Transportation Safety Board has offered a series of recommendations to state lawmakers across the country, calling for more of them to enact laws requiring motorcyclists and their passengers to wear helmets.
“The facts are very clear–head injuries are a leading cause of deaths in motorcycle crashes,” said NTSB Chairman Mark Rosenker. Wearing a helmet, he added, is “the most important step riders can take in terms of protecting themselves and staying alive.”
Presently, only 20 states, the District of Columbia and 4 territories have universal helmet laws requiring all riders to wear a helmet. An additional 27 states and one territory have partial laws that require minors and/or passengers to wear such helmets, while three states have no helmet laws.
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