[chicagrl72]

just wondering
we witnessed a bad wreck during the toys for tots ride in november
it was horrifying
we live in a state where helmets are not mandatory

needless to say ...the guy died and he was not wearing a helmet
he was hit by a car

[z's playa]

I'm sorry you had to witness that. It truly is horrific isn't it?

Maybe you could start a petiiton and send it to your member of Congress (or whoever it is you write to in the US ) to get helmet wearing mandatory?

Z

[pickledpepperRN]

Caring for head injured patients in the ICU compelled me to get active working for a helmet law. The Emergency Nurses Association and the California Nurses association worked together to lobby for the law. Three of us from my hospital educated our local state officials. First their staffs, then them. We got our colleagues to write letters. We had a phone call party to press the governor to sign it.

Stats show improved survival and less permanent disability after accidents in the years since it went into effect.

[chicagrl72]

Originally Posted by spacenurse

Caring for head injured patients in the ICU compelled me to get active working for a helmet law. The Emergency Nurses Association and the California Nurses association worked together to lobby for the law. Three of us from my hospital educated our local state officials. First their staffs, then them. We got our colleagues to write letters. We had a phone call party to press the governor to sign it.

Stats show improved survival and less permanent disability after accidents in the years since it went into effect.

SWEET that is great info!

[mommatrauma]

Common sense makes me want to have a mandatory helmet law...but working in a level 1 trauma center certainly enforces my feelings on it...although, most of the accidents we see are not isolated head injuries, they are multi system trauma, so the helmet wouldn't have saved their lives...

[pickledpepperRN]

Since the mandatory helmet law went into effect in 1992 repeal legislation has been sponsored by the Motorcycle Dealers Association several times.

[sirI]

Originally Posted by chicagrl72

just wondering
we witnessed a bad wreck during the toys for tots ride in november
it was horrifying
we live in a state where helmets are not mandatory

needless to say ...the guy died and he was not wearing a helmet
he was hit by a car

Helmets are the law in my state, but,.....

Yes, I so wish they would wear them. So many lives gone. So much pain and suffering. I just do not understand why they will not wear them.

I love my bike and would NEVER think to mount it without a helmet.

SIRI CRNP, CLNC, RLNC

[suzanne4]

Actually do quite a few transplants in Arizona because of their helmut law.
Great to see someone wearing shorts, sleeveless top, and flip flops on a bike.
And of course no helmut and no protection at all.

[chicagrl72]

Originally Posted by mommatrauma

Common sense makes me want to have a mandatory helmet law...but working in a level 1 trauma center certainly enforces my feelings on it...although, most of the accidents we see are not isolated head injuries, they are multi system trauma, so the helmet wouldn't have saved their lives...

good point that life threatening /ending injuries were not necessarily head related

[FrumDoula]

I am very caught between knowing that helmets can save lives on one hand, and the personal liberties issue on the other. Not every personal decision needs to be legislated. Now, for KIDS riding 4-wheelers, that is another issue. If their parents are idiots, they shouldn't have to suffer. So I believe in mandatory laws then.

It's kinda the Darwin Theory to me - if you're dumb enough not to wear a helmet on a motorcycle, then perhaps you're dumb enough to be taken out of our little gene pool.

Just a thought.