SB 291 waiting for comprehensive No-Fault “reform”
First off, you know I’ve written quite a bit about how dangerous SB 291 is, a senseless proposal to repeal Michigan’s motorcycle helmet law. SB 291 would enable motorcyclists 21 and up to ride without a helmet. It would also require them to purchase a completely inadequate amount of additional Michigan No-Fault insurance coverage. That is, completely inadequate to actually pay the medical bills and protect any motorcycle rider in the event of a serious motorcycle accident injury.
Why the helmet law repeal will cause more motorcycle accident injuries and deaths in Michigan, other states
I was recently interviewed, as a motorcycle accident lawyer for nearly 20 years, on an Internet radio show about Michigan’s motorcycle helmet repeal. The helmet repeal law is awaiting Governor Snyder’s pen, and it will end our nearly 40-year-old motorcycle helmet law requirement. This is all a very bad idea.
The new law allows Michigan motorcyclists who are at least 21 years old to ride without a helmet. As I’ve been saying all along, this law will cause more motorcycle accident injuries, more deaths and will leave the taxpayers holding the bill.
As motorcycle accident attorneys, I would like to share some recent statistics on Michigan motorcycle accidents that involved injury and death from crashes.
These 2010 statistics highlight the dire need to keep our state motorcycle helmet law requirement.
Motorcycle accident attorney and safety advocate discuss increase in motorcycle deaths and taxpayer costs if helmet law is repealed
I’d like to share some important information from SMARTER, a Michigan-based motorcycle safety organization.
This is from an editorial SMARTER President Dan Petterson wrote to the Lansing State Journal, in which he discusses the deadly — and financial — consequences of the proposed state motorcycle law helmet repeal, SB 291.
“The National Center for Injury Prevention and Control tells us that our current helmet law saves 25 lives and $43 million per year per 100,000 registered motorcycles.
Michigan motorcycle accident lawyer and president of SMARTER explain that helmet laws protect motorcyclists - not put them at further risk
This is the last blog in my series of posts on reasons every state should have a motorcycle helmet law requirement. In Michigan, SB 0291, which would repeal Michigan’s motorcycle helmet law is looming.
SB 0291 would enable motorcyclists to ride without a helmet and require them to purchase No-Fault insurance coverage that is dangerously too low to protect a motorcycle operator in the event he or she is seriously injured a motorcycle accident. Take a look at an “animoto” cartoon our motorcycle accident lawyers recently put together to show the absurdity of SB 0291: Ignore the spiel behind the helmet repeal.
TV story says repeal will put many motorcyclists in the ER with severe traumatic brain injuries
I was quoted last week in a Channel 4 news story about the repercussions of the proposal to repeal Michigan’s helmet requirement. I was interviewed by Dr. Frank McGeorge and asked to give my view as a Michigan motorcycle accident lawyer about whether Michigan should repeal it’s mandatory helmet law.
Dr. McGeorge got it right. As he said in the beginning of the story, the change in Michigan’s motorcycle helmet law has the potential to put lots of people in the ER with severe head injuries and traumatic brain injuries.
President of SMARTER and motorcycle accident attorney give another reason Michigan should keep its motorcycle helmet requirement
Last night, I was featured on Channel 4 TV news in an investigative story about the repercussions of Michigan’s proposed helmet repeal law. The reporter, Frank McGeorge, found me because of my frequent blogs and media appearances about Michigan’s looming motorcycle helmet law repeal - and he was interested in my take the reasons why motorcyclists should wear helmets.
President of SMARTER safety group and Michigan motorcycle attorneys give another reason to wear motorcycle helmets
I’ve been blogging in depth about the looming motorcycle helmet repeal, which will allow motorcyclists 21 and over to ride without a helmet in Michigan.
My experience as a Michigan motorcycle accident lawyer gives me a different perspective on this issue — aside from the black and white argument that some people make regarding freedom, liberty and the right to ride with “the wind in my hair.”
That unique perspective as an injury lawyer guarantees three things will happen if the motorcycle helmet law is repealed:
President of SMARTER and motorcycle lawyer give another reason to wear motorcycle helmets
Well, looks like the Michigan Legislature is going to pass the motorcycle helmet repeal, enabling motorcyclists 21 and over to ride without a helmet in Michigan.
As a motorcycle lawyer whose law firm has probably handled more motorcycle accident injury lawsuits than any other attorney in Michigan, I can say from experience that there are many things wrong with this proposed helmet repeal. As I told Dr. Frank McGeorge, a television news reporter from Channel 4 who interviewed me last week about the serious risks of the motorcycle repeal, with the increased risks of traumatic brain injury and other catastrophic injuries for motorcycle riders, this is just a boondoggle for Michigan insurance companies. These insurance companies are shifting the risk and the financial responsibility onto Michigan taxpayers.
