The prevention of injury from motorcycle use: epidemiologic success, legislative failure |
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| Authors: | J B Weisbuch |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore, Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi, India;2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Malnad College of Engineering, Hassan, Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi, India;3. Department of Biocomposite Technology, Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products, Universiti Putra Malaysia, UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia;4. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kamaraj College of Engineering and Technology, Virudhunagar, Tamilnadu, India;1. Masters and Doctoral Programs in Physical Therapy, Universidade Cidade de São Paulo (UNICID), São Paulo, SP, Brazil;2. Department of Public and Occupational Health (DPOH), Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute (APH), VU University Medical Center (VUmc), Amsterdam, The Netherlands;3. Amsterdam Collaboration on Health and Safety in Sports (ACHSS), Academic Medical Center/VU University Medical Center IOC Research Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;1. Mechanical Engineering Department, GCET Jammu, Jammu 181122, India;2. Mechanical Engineering Department, MNIT, Jaipur 302017, India;3. Mechanical Engineering Department, CT University, Ludhiana, Punjab 142024, India;1. Research and Development Centre, Department of Mechanical Engineering, ACS College of Engineering, Bengaluru, India;2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, AMC College of Engineering, Bengaluru, India |
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| Abstract: | Following the repeal of the North Dakota mandatory motorcycle helmet law in 1977, the State Highway and Health Departments initiated a study to examine the impact of the change on driver safety. Motorcycle crash data gathered by the State Highway Patrol and other law enforcement agencies was augmented by death and injury reports submitted to the State Health Department by medical care providers. The combined data set produced 2934 crashes, 2162 traumatized victims, 3718 injuries and 53 deaths between January 1977 and December 1980. Reporting from medical providers increased the volume of crash reports, improved the reliability of the highway data and added an unrecognized population of victims to the data base. In spite of the clear indication that injuries and deaths had increased among motorcycle users who rode without helmet protection, legislative passage of a mandatory helmet law in either the 1979 or the 1981 North Dakota legislative session failed. The reasons behind the legislative rejection of efforts to improve highway safety are examined. The forces that affect politics are reviewed. |
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