As Missouri becomes the latest state to consider relaxing mandatory helmet laws for motorcyclists, some critics — or cynics — have suggested that repeal has at least one health benefit: more organ donors.
There is at least one oft-cited study that suggests that they’re right. The research even suggests — in the cool, precise language of probabilities and percentages — that every motorcyclist who dies in a crash without a helmet is in some ways sacrificing one life for another.
[Safety advocates say Missouri would be brainless to repeal helmet law for motorcycles]
In 2011, economists at Michigan State University published research in the Journal of Law and Economics saying that organ donors from. . .
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Source: The Washington Post
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We don’t normally share stories, our focus is the publication, distribution and archiving of motorsports corporate communication. However, in this case as we approach peak riding season I though it was something worth pondering.
Jon Simms
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