"Ed Huntress" wrote in message
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"jim rozen" wrote in message
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Jim, just as one example, here's just one report from the American Journal
of Public Health, Vol 86, Issue 1 41-45, 1996:

"Although unhelmeted motorcyclists were only slightly more likely to be
hospitalized overall, they were more severely injured, nearly three times
more likely to have been head injured, and nearly four times more likely to
have been severely or critically head injured than helmeted riders.
Unhelmeted riders were also more likely to be readmitted to a hospital for
follow-up treatment and to die from their injuries. The average hospital
stay for unhelmeted motorcyclists was longer, and cost more per case; the
cost of hospitalization for unhelmeted motorcyclists was 60% more overall
($3.5 vs $2.2 million). CONCLUSIONS. Helmet use is strongly associated with
reduced probability and severity of injury, reduced economic impact, and a
reduction in motorcyclist deaths."

If you check the LEGITIMATE literature, you'll find that story repeated over
and over again, in peer-reviewed journals.

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Ed Huntress