more likely to die, if you wear a lid
 

huh, who woulda ever thunk

look at the last chart

http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/811389.pdf

It doesn't really mean anything.
Its like showing a chart showing only seatbelt usage and fatalities.
You would have to make the assumption that usage would have made a difference in outcome.

"Helmeted rider traveling at high rate of speed collided with dump truck and died"

Well if he wasn't wearing a helmet then he would have lived!!!

I take it you didn't actually read the article.

From the page right before that:

That was even highlighted in the sidebar.

Numbers of fatalities (helmeted or not) in a state are meaningless without knowing the total population of riders. I don't understand why NHTSA never seems to put the important numbers in their charts...

They're on the ABATE payroll...:lol:

JC

read..........pffft........i'm the poster............. SQUIRREL.................. child for A.D.D.

:rofl::lmao:

Don't they have at least a fatallity at every one of their rallies?

Last one was here. Helmet law protester splattered his mellon cuz he wasn't wearing a lid.

The real take away is page 4, 42% of deaths were drunk

And on their way back from an ABATE rally...:lol:

JC

:lol

I wear a lid so my pretty face doesnt get fugly.

Table 6 shows 6 total deaths in Alaska, of which 3% were over 0.8% BAC. That equates to 0.18 riders. How does 0.18 of a rider maintain control of a bike? You would think someone would proof read this shit.

Facts get in the way of a story.

ND only state where 100% of the fatalities were non helmeted!
Wearing a lid in ND will save your life!

If they were on their way back from an ABATE rally, they probably wouldn't have a lid and would have survived.

Looking at that chart I noticed the numbers were all over the place. I'd guess that states that had such a high number of deaths of motorcyclists wearing helmets, are probably states that require helmets. The numbers at the bottom are totals of all states combined. With some states requiring the use of helmets, that chart does't prove squat about whether or not the helmet saved or cost the rider his life.

More likely to be an idiot, if you draw that conclusion from the article.

I hope you aren't teaching those kids anything. At least give them a fighting chance.

That's why they are dead.

It is tough enough to maintain control as only 1/5 of a rider but it's nearly impossible when you're drunk too!