Helmet Law greatly reduced Maryland’s motorcyclists’ fatality

(PRLEAP.COM) Recent study of selected Maryland physicians revealed that the implementation of Motorcycle Helmet Law enacted on October 1, 1992, greatly reduced motorcyclists’ fatalities.

In Autopsy Study of Motorcyclist Fatalities: The Effect of the 1992 Maryland Motorcycle Helmet Use Law, a study aimed to determine the impact of Maryland’s all-rider motorcycle helmet law on preventing deaths and traumatic brain injuries among motorcyclists was conducted by Kimberly M. Auman, MS, Joseph A. Kufera, MA, Michael F. Ballesteros, MS, John E. Smialek, MD and Patricia C. Dischinger, PhD. It was found out that the motorcyclist fatality rate dropped from 10.3 per 10,000 registered motorcycles prelaw to 4.5 postlaw despite almost identical numbers of registered motorcycles. Another finding established was that the motorcyclists wearing helmets had a lower risk of traumatic brain injury than those not wearing helmets.

The aforementioned physicians have compared the 33-month periods immediately preceding the enactment of the Motorcycle Helmet Law to determine whether said Law’s intent is effective. To their satisfaction, the controversial law appears to be an effectual public health policy that saves many lives.

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