There are many rules and regulations that need to be kept when driving a motor vehicle. Some examples would be wearing your seat belt, getting your car inspected, and making sure your vehicle functions properly. These rules and regulations are there to keep motorists safe and to reduce the likelihood of motor vehicle deaths. There could still be improvement for the safety of motorcycles in Ohio, because Ohio doesn’t require the use of helmets when operating a motorcycle unless you are under 18 years of age or a novice rider. Since helmets do increase the likelihood of surviving a motorcycle accident, the state of Ohio should revise the law and mandate the use of helmets for all motorcyclists.
If motorcycle helmets were to be mandated to all riders it would help reduce the mortality rate among motorcycle riders. In 2011, the majority (59%) of motorcycle fatalities were due to non-helmet users (Motorcycle Helmets). That is an overwhelming percentage of deaths so it’s pertinent that something needs to be done to reduce it. Also in 2011, the mortality rate of individuals who did wear helmets had a (9%) mortality rate which is a world’s difference compared to the non-helmet users (Motorcycle Helmets). With a difference of 40% that’s why the requirement of helmets would dramatically help the reduction of head trauma related motorcycle deaths (Motorcycle Helmets). If there were less motorcycle death this would also help the motorcycles safety in general increase.
If wearing helmets can make motorcycle use safer it would make riding one much more appealing to people and they would be much more likely to buy one. In turn, that would help the state economy, because there would be more people spending their money and cyclists would have...
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...s. That is why the state of Ohio should seriously consider mandating the use of helmets for all motorcyclists.
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