Not exact matches
Instituting compulsory helmet laws has consistently proven to
increase the frequency of helmet use while decreasing
motorcycle injuries and
deaths.
Not only are the injuries associated with
motorcycle accidents more extreme, but the costs for those injuries and wrongful
death damages are also likely to
increase.
Road accident fatality statistics show that there is a drastic
increase in risk of
death or serious injury resulting from
motorcycle accidents.
Additionally,
motorcycles can lose control more easily when confronted with poor road conditions, and if a rider is not wearing a helmet, the risk of serious injury or
death increases even more.
Any hobbies that
increase your chances of
death, like flying planes,
motorcycle racing, or scuba diving, will all
increase the cost of life insurance, so don't be surprised if you pay more than your neighbor who doesn't seek out an adrenaline rush on the weekends.
The bad news is that, while overall US traffic fatalities have been decreasing over the last decade, the number of US
motorcycle deaths have been
increasing.
Overall, between 2011 and 2012 (the latest year for which there are figures) traffic injuries decreased but the number of pedestrian, bicycle and
motorcycle deaths in Shasta County
increased.