more likely to die, if you wear a lid

[anthonyk]

Originally Posted by RACER X

huh, who woulda ever thunk

look at the last chart

http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/811389.pdf

I take it you didn't actually read the article.

From the page right before that:

Helmets are estimated to be 37-percent effective in preventing fatal injuries to motorcycle riders and 41 percent for motorcycle passengers. In other words, for every 100 motorcycle riders killed in crashes while not wearing a helmet, 37 of them could have been saved had all 100 worn helmets.

That was even highlighted in the sidebar.

Numbers of fatalities (helmeted or not) in a state are meaningless without knowing the total population of riders. I don't understand why NHTSA never seems to put the important numbers in their charts...