After Michigan repealed its helmet law, motorcycle riders who crashed there were 24 percent less likely to be wearing protective head gear and 14 percent more likely to suffer a head injury, ...

One year after relaxing its motorcycle helmet law, Michigan has seen a 22 percent rise in medical insurance claim costs associated with cycle crashes. The data is clear: When helmets are off ...

The Impact of Michigan’s Partial Repeal of the Universal Motorcycle Helmet Law on Helmet Use, Fatalities, and Head Injuries. American Journal of Public Health, 2016; e1 DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303525 ...

The research covered the 12 months immediately prior to and after April 2012, when Michigan repealed its universal helmet law. The study examined police-reported motorcycle crash deaths and head ...

Skull fractures and other head and facial injuries from motorcycle trauma in Michigan have doubled since that state relaxed its motorcycle helmet laws, reports a study in the June issue of Plastic ...

Despite safety and cost arguments from the insurance industry and the medical community, Michigan's Republican Gov. Rick Snyder announced Friday that he had signed into law a repeal of the state's ...

Using the cylindrical skull and brain, the researchers put layers of helmet material around it and allowed the prototype to roll. Researchers then filmed the trial to observe the speckle pattern, ...

ANN ARBOR (WWJ) - A new study finds that four years after Michigan repealed its universal motorcycle helmet law, head injuries among riders have dramatically increased. According to University of ...

One year after relaxing its motorcycle helmet law, Michigan has seen a 22 percent rise in medical insurance claim costs associated with cycle crashes. The data is clear: When helmets are off ...