TY - JOUR
T1 - More on Compulsory Helmets for Motorcyclists
AU - Baker, Susan P.
AU - Cady, Blake
AU - Fink, Lawrence H.
AU - Brecher, George
AU - Fisher, Jack C.
PY - 1979/5/24
Y1 - 1979/5/24
N2 - To the Editor: Motorcycle-helmet laws remain a hot issue in state legislatures. In some (e.g., Maryland and Massachusetts), efforts to repeal such laws are still under way. Elsewhere, the tide has turned in the wake of the carnage since repeal; for example, bills to reinstate the law have been introduced in Texas, where deaths jumped from 212 to 331 in the 12 months after repeal in August, 1977.1 A new report by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration2 contains data on injuries in certain states where such laws were repealed. When helmet use dropped after repeal, the number of fatal.
AB - To the Editor: Motorcycle-helmet laws remain a hot issue in state legislatures. In some (e.g., Maryland and Massachusetts), efforts to repeal such laws are still under way. Elsewhere, the tide has turned in the wake of the carnage since repeal; for example, bills to reinstate the law have been introduced in Texas, where deaths jumped from 212 to 331 in the 12 months after repeal in August, 1977.1 A new report by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration2 contains data on injuries in certain states where such laws were repealed. When helmet use dropped after repeal, the number of fatal.
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM197905243002126
DO - 10.1056/NEJM197905243002126
M3 - Letter
C2 - 431672
AN - SCOPUS:0018799744
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 300
SP - 1225
EP - 1226
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 21
ER -