Helmet use, helmet use laws, and motorcyclist fatalities.
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Helmet laws and cycle use
Except for one study reporting decreased cycling by children aged 12–17 in Victoria, Australia, Macpherson et al stated: ‘‘no other study about the relationship between legislation and exposure to cycling has been published’’. Macpherson’s paper has already been cited several times as evidence that helmet laws do not discourage cycling, so it is important to examine the evidence. In fact, sever...
متن کاملHelmet laws and cycle use
Except for one study reporting decreased cycling by children aged 12–17 in Victoria, Australia, Macpherson et al stated: ‘‘no other study about the relationship between legislation and exposure to cycling has been published’’. Macpherson’s paper has already been cited several times as evidence that helmet laws do not discourage cycling, so it is important to examine the evidence. In fact, sever...
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BACKGROUND The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has found that motorcycle helmets are 37% effective in preventing death and 65% effective in preventing brain injuries in a crash. Unfortunately, in 1995 Congress lifted federal sanctions against states without helmet laws and since then there have been a number of primary motorcycle helmet laws repealed or weakened. More liv...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Public Health
سال: 1981
ISSN: 0090-0036,1541-0048
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.71.3.297