Tigerlil, that was a very informative read, especially the part about medical bills. I would say that is the only thing that has ever given any credibility to helmet laws, and it looks like it's been debunked there. I :am: curious though, are the trauma bills lower with no helmet because most/more non helmet trauma patients (almost said victims, can't be a victim of suicide) arrive DOA? I'm not saying that to start a fight, I am really curious. As far as I am concerned, suicide by pavement should be legal, as long as it is not on my tab.
And what is your (or your movement's) position on minors?
In the anti-helmet-law community, are helmets still generally considered safer, legal wrangling and special cases aside?
I am anti-helmet-law, but pro helmet, just wondering what the consensus of your community is.
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Glad you asked. Reminds me to write an article EXPOSING one, John Johansen, NV DPS agent, who flat out LIED to our senators during Nevada's last legislative session. He said that UMC expenses were about $15,000 more per person that doesn't wear a helmet. And when I contacted him to get his source, he mistakenly sent me "too much." In that data was a conversation between him and one Bob Brown (if I recall the name) - a UNLV medical statistician. Imo, the two conspired to lie to the senators and spin the data to keep Nevada's helmet law. I have proof and am waiting for the perfect timing to expose this chump and report him to the AG (and his boss, Tracy Pearl) for misleading, conspiring, and violating Nevada's lobby laws. In essence, John's data showed that in AZ, a comparably geographic state, the cost of TBI (traumatic Brain injuries) was FAR LESS than that of Nevada's, despite Nevada's helmet law (Arizona has helmet choice.) For John to get his bogus numbers, he used a number of states - including one state called 'OTHER' to sway the stats to the advantage keeping Nevada's helmet law.
The UMC stats guy, Brown, made this statement:
"John, the two graphs are showing the same information. I just reversed the axis information in case one is better to use over the other. Now, the average cost for helmeted over unhelmeted may not be as great as one would think, but that is due to the helmet saving a life and incurring a huge amount of expenses whereas an unhelmeted person in a similar crash would have died on the scene and not occur any medical expense. Also, I do not have data from northern Nevada (Renown trauma center), so this information is for southern Nevada only. Please contact me if you need any clarification or additional information."
As you can see, Brown is SPECULATING. If he had real data to support his thesis, where is it? I asked and he never responded. My guess is that there is no REAL data to support an UNBIASED study. As long as the government controls the stats, We the People are screwed, almost defenseless to counter their agenda-driven numbers.
This data is the tip-of-the-iceberg related to the overreaching corrupt claws inherent in our State to keep We the Nevada People in shackles. (The Sheriffs And Chiefs comes to mind as a perverse entity to keep Nevada's guns "controlled.")
In my view - all helmet laws in every state should be 100% repealed, and if parents want to put a helmet on their kid, it should be their choice.
I rode my 25 year old daughter on the back of my bike in AZ. I was helmetless, she chose to wear a helmet. We rode into a GIGANTIC bee swarm. Bees bounced off my head, so I just had a few dings on my head, but my daughter had bees got caught inside her visor and she was bitten and said she tasted honey. LOL Had that happened to me, I might have lost control of my bike and been another "sad helmet-less" stat.