interesting sstats in support of wearing a helmet:
-- Helmet usage made a significant difference in the survivability of motorcycle accidents. The NHTSA report estimated that helmets were 37 percent effective in preventing fatalities, and that helmets saved the lives of 1,316 motorcyclists in 2004, but that the lives of 671 motorcyclists who died could have been saved if they had been wearing helmets. Nationwide, 44 percent of motorcyclists involved in fatal accidents were not wearing helmets. Even higher percentages of fatal motorcycle accidents in many states involved motorcyclists who were not wearing helmets: 81.8% in South Carolina, 79.6% in Illinois, 78.2% in Oklahoma, 76.3% in Colorado, 76.3% in Wisconsin, 74.3% in Indiana, 74.2% in Utah, 73.1% in Ohio, 72.2% in Iowa, 71.8% in New Mexico, 71.4% in Kansas, 71.2% in Minnesota, and 70.0% in Rhode Island.
And it is good info. Not slamming you at all, and hopefully this won't spawn a 12 page thread that goes nowhere and makes everyone kick their dog.
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