Keep you helmet laws off of my body!
Actually, I don’t ride and do think that it should be up to the rider.”
I feel the same way about my horses and riding. It is my choice. Since I wear bi-focals, the helmet straps cause my glasses to jostle, and I get nauseous in a matter of seconds. Riding and barfing needs to be an Olympic sport before I will willing do it.
I wonder even more what other factor is part of the higher use of motorcycles?
The price of gas being double of what it was 3 years ago?
Seems to me this analysis is missing a number of contributing factors.
How many of these accidents involved illegal intruders who did not belong here or have proper drivers licenses?????
I do see a lot more of the little scooters around. Perhaps that's leading to more full size motorcycle sales as well. I'm sure they're popularity is due somewhat to the great mileage that they offer. A lady down the street, (I'm guessing in her 40's), just bought a chopper.
I had a scooter many years ago. It was a blast to ride. I never wore a helmet and luckily never had an incident where I wished I'd had one.
If I rode one today, I'd probably wear a helmet. The scooters are smaller so keep your eyes open folks.