Mandatory helmet law for Motorcyclist in Indiana
Mandatory helmet law for Motorcyclist in Indiana
The Issue
IC 9-19-7-1
Be the Change.
In honor of Courtney loraine Short a life that a helmet law could of potentially saved.
The state of Indiana currently only requires that motorcyclist and their passengers under the age of 18 wear helmets. Partial helmet laws have not been shown to encourage riders to wear helmets, even among younger riders to whom the laws apply. How ever, it is proven that motorcycle helmets save lives and reduce critical head injuries. Laws requiring helmet use have a dramatic life saving effect.
In the year of 2020 there were 138 motorcycle fatalities in Indiana alone. Two of those fatalities directly affected my life and the lives of so many others around me forever. They were not wearing helmets, both in their legal rights of operating a motorcycle in the state of Indiana.
People will argue that this was their choice.
That is a true statement.
Let’s change that.
According to NHTSA you are 37 times more likely to die in a motorcycle accident than a car accident. There are laws set in place for the protection of those operating a motor vehicle. Safety belts are enforced because they are proven to save lives.
We even have laws that compel us to wear life vests while operating personal water crafts.
So my question is why are we failing to enforce preventive action proven to save motorcyclist lives?
We have worn facial coverings for an entire year. This was not by the choice of many. It was enforced and regulated as a preventive measure that could potentially save our life and the lives of others. While inconvenient at times people complied because it was made mandatory. We cover our faces for the safety of ourselves and others. We do so with out a 100 percent Guarantee that it will save our lives but in doing so we reduce the risk of those odds. If it wasn’t enforced many people wouldn’t follow those precautions and many more lives could of been lost by our own personal negligence.
Indiana law makers have a similar opportunity to save lives by amending the current motorcycle helmet law.
Make it mandatory for all riders in the state of Indiana to wear a helmet.
1,398
The Issue
IC 9-19-7-1
Be the Change.
In honor of Courtney loraine Short a life that a helmet law could of potentially saved.
The state of Indiana currently only requires that motorcyclist and their passengers under the age of 18 wear helmets. Partial helmet laws have not been shown to encourage riders to wear helmets, even among younger riders to whom the laws apply. How ever, it is proven that motorcycle helmets save lives and reduce critical head injuries. Laws requiring helmet use have a dramatic life saving effect.
In the year of 2020 there were 138 motorcycle fatalities in Indiana alone. Two of those fatalities directly affected my life and the lives of so many others around me forever. They were not wearing helmets, both in their legal rights of operating a motorcycle in the state of Indiana.
People will argue that this was their choice.
That is a true statement.
Let’s change that.
According to NHTSA you are 37 times more likely to die in a motorcycle accident than a car accident. There are laws set in place for the protection of those operating a motor vehicle. Safety belts are enforced because they are proven to save lives.
We even have laws that compel us to wear life vests while operating personal water crafts.
So my question is why are we failing to enforce preventive action proven to save motorcyclist lives?
We have worn facial coverings for an entire year. This was not by the choice of many. It was enforced and regulated as a preventive measure that could potentially save our life and the lives of others. While inconvenient at times people complied because it was made mandatory. We cover our faces for the safety of ourselves and others. We do so with out a 100 percent Guarantee that it will save our lives but in doing so we reduce the risk of those odds. If it wasn’t enforced many people wouldn’t follow those precautions and many more lives could of been lost by our own personal negligence.
Indiana law makers have a similar opportunity to save lives by amending the current motorcycle helmet law.
Make it mandatory for all riders in the state of Indiana to wear a helmet.
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Petition created on May 11, 2021