Riding a motorcycle in traffic is like diving in shark infested waters without a cage. Riding the bike in traffic in the first place is the big danger and helmets offer little protection.
I still believe that the reason the stats show fewer deaths/injuries when helmet laws are enacted is largely because of the reduced number of riders and miles ridden.
Forbes:
http://www2.owen.vanderbilt.edu/mike...9/Helmets.html
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In California, a onetime biker paradise, registrations dropped by 22 %(138,000 fewer bikes) in the first four years after its legislature passed a helmet law. Overall, states with no helmet laws had 2.6 motorcycle registrations per 100 population compared to 1.3 in helmet-law states. In other words, non-helmet states have twice as many bikers.
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I found the following rather amusing but it hasn't been all that long ago when most people would say that seatbelt laws were ridiculous.
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Which is not to say that Ball opposes helmets. He thinks anyone who rides in a car should wear one. After all, he points out, head injuries make up only 20% of serious injuries to motorcyclists, but they account for 90% of all car injuries. If Ball's idea catches hold, one day I suspect you'll see angry men stepping out of Volvos with odd T-shirts beneath their tweed jackets. The T-shirts will read: HELMET LAWS SUCK.
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