Comments on: Why Wisconsin Needs A Mandatory Motorcycle Helmet Law http://wis-injury.com/blog/2010/07/why-wisconsin-needs-a-mandatory-motorcycle-helmet-law.html Mon, 08 Aug 2011 20:01:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Kelly O'Connor http://wis-injury.com/blog/2010/07/why-wisconsin-needs-a-mandatory-motorcycle-helmet-law.html/comment-page-1#comment-166 Kelly O'Connor Wed, 08 Dec 2010 15:16:27 +0000 http://wis-injury.com/blog/?p=503#comment-166 I am one of the few who survive/recover to tell first hand about the effects of riding without a helmet and suffering a sever traumatic brain injury. On 7-4-07 I nearly died. I crashed head on into a brick parking garage and wasn't wearing my helmet. My life has not been the same since and never will be. The effects of this accident on me & my family are so widespread that I can't even begin to express how necessary it is for there to be a mandatory helmet law implemented in WI. I almost feel part of the reason I survived/recovered (against the odds) was to help get the law passed, I just dont know where to begin. I am one of the few who survive/recover to tell first hand about the effects of riding without a helmet and suffering a sever traumatic brain injury.

On 7-4-07 I nearly died. I crashed head on into a brick parking garage and wasn’t wearing my helmet. My life has not been the same since and never will be. The effects of this accident on me & my family are so widespread that I can’t even begin to express how necessary it is for there to be a mandatory helmet law implemented in WI.

I almost feel part of the reason I survived/recovered (against the odds) was to help get the law passed, I just dont know where to begin.

]]> By: Pete Kendall http://wis-injury.com/blog/2010/07/why-wisconsin-needs-a-mandatory-motorcycle-helmet-law.html/comment-page-1#comment-101 Pete Kendall Fri, 24 Sep 2010 03:00:10 +0000 http://wis-injury.com/blog/?p=503#comment-101 Who is going to be the more conscientious driver: the person in his suv, sipping coffee while checking a text message, or the motorcyclist, who has no choice but to watch every move to the best of his ability and check every intersection and possible accident location and constantly adapt? The suv driver has been given this aura of safety - air bags in every direction, enough steel to destroy anything in its path... Do you thing the suv driver is therefor going to be cautious? What for?! When I am driving my motorcycle I am aware of these situations and I take caution against careless people in their "safe" vehicles who pass through intersections without fear, caution or care. These silly case arguments about motorcycle crashes - these stories would probably have had worse outcomes if the people were in an automobile, and probably not as much press due to its commonality! The issue of safety can be a frightening concept. And fear sells! If it did not, articles about people who do not ride motorcycles yet mandate helmets on others, like this blog, would not exist. Fear is like a fire, and anyone who wants to play with it can do so, even if it is other people who get burned. Who is going to be the more conscientious driver: the person in his suv, sipping coffee while checking a text message, or the motorcyclist, who has no choice but to watch every move to the best of his ability and check every intersection and possible accident location and constantly adapt? The suv driver has been given this aura of safety – air bags in every direction, enough steel to destroy anything in its path… Do you thing the suv driver is therefor going to be cautious? What for?! When I am driving my motorcycle I am aware of these situations and I take caution against careless people in their “safe” vehicles who pass through intersections without fear, caution or care. These silly case arguments about motorcycle crashes – these stories would probably have had worse outcomes if the people were in an automobile, and probably not as much press due to its commonality!
The issue of safety can be a frightening concept. And fear sells! If it did not, articles about people who do not ride motorcycles yet mandate helmets on others, like this blog, would not exist. Fear is like a fire, and anyone who wants to play with it can do so, even if it is other people who get burned.

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