I need to know because I searched online for about an hour and came up with nothing.Thanx!
2006-08-30 13:30:39 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Motorcycles
glennbarrington made a very good point, one all riders can use.
Sorry I can't give you an accurate estimate but I feel you will use that information as propaganda for helmet laws or keeping a family member from the joy of riding.
Good luck with that!
2006-09-01 12:53:53 · answer #1 · answered by exert-7 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's because motorcycle fatalities are not the massive scourge the safety Nazis would have you believe. Bike accidents are less than 1% of all motor vehicle accidents. Your chances of suffering a fatal head trauma in a car are roughly20X greater, do you suggest we make cars safer? Remember Dale Earnhardt was wearing a helmet. a six point safety harness, driving a car that was roughly 90% safer than anything currently available to the public & still ended up a fatality.
2006-09-01 05:13:51 · answer #2 · answered by preacher55 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The lucky ones die from head trauma. It's the ones who survive you got to feel sorry for.
2006-08-31 11:40:53 · answer #3 · answered by glenbarrington 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
bluffmike makes a good point. More people die in cars from head trauma, and they don't wear helmets.
We should pass a law for car drivers and all passengers (including infants and pets) to wear helmets.
2006-08-30 18:16:00 · answer #4 · answered by x 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In 2005, 4,553 motorcyclists died in the U.S., or about one every two hours, but I don't have information on the percentage of those who died from head trauma.
Math:
4,553 divided by 365 days = 12.47/day
approx. 1 every two hours
2006-08-30 13:53:17 · answer #5 · answered by Unknown 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
More die of trauma to the body than to their heads.
We don't need any helmet laws.
2006-08-30 14:30:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
In my opinion it really depends on what type of helmet is worn. If its not DOT and SNELL approved there is more of a risk. Full face is the way to go regardless. The people you see wearing the poser skull caps are taking a big risk of some pretty bad injuries.
2006-09-01 02:39:59 · answer #7 · answered by Motorpsycho 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Helmets markedly reduce the chance of head injury but the added weight on your head increases the chance of cervical spine injury. Would you rather be paralyzed or be a vegetable???
2006-08-30 14:42:12 · answer #8 · answered by lowrider 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It seems as if Chris is marrying a woman obsessed with the morbid.
2006-08-30 19:00:20 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not enough to be rated per hour.
I guess no one died during the hour you were looking, huh?
2006-08-30 14:48:01 · answer #10 · answered by Firecracker . 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋