Works Cited

Head Injury--associated Deaths from Motorcycle Crashes. Relationship to Helmet-use Laws.

Division of injury control, 14 Nov. 1990, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2231995.

Accessed 27 Jan. 2017. Description: They amount of people that die due to motorcycle

accidents is insane. From 1979 to 1986 identified 15,194 deaths. Which may not seem

like much but of those was 69% male. And the average age of people that died due to

head injuries was 65.

Effectiveness: It shows that if you wear a helmet we will be able to bring those deaths

due to helmet laws will change. If we inforce helmet laws on motorcycles the death

amount and percentage can a will intensely drop.

Relation: It provides evidence to my claim that the more we inforce helmet laws the more

people will wear helmets and the amount of deaths due to head injury will significantly

decrease.

Helmet Effectiveness in Preventing Motorcycle Driver and Passenger Fatalities. 20 Dec. 1988,

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3228469. Accessed 27 Jan. 2017.

Description: Helmet effectiveness prevents fatalities in motorcycle accidents to both the

driver and the passenger. Wearing a helmet prevents fatalities due to the protection of a

helmet.
 Effectiveness: Many more people make the choice of wearing helmets due to helmet laws

and the effectiveness of helmets and the lesser amount of fatalities.

Relation: Provides evidence to support my claim that due to helmet laws, there are a

larger amount of people wearing helmets and that the smaller odds of a fatality are when

you wear a helmet.

Helmet Laws. www.ghsa.org/html/stateinfo/laws/helmet_laws.html. Accessed 9 Dec. 2016.

DESCRIPTION:This source is about how the congress were able to overrule federal

authority so that they are able to get rid of any penalties that were assessed for

noncompliance.

CONNECTION TO TOPIC OR THEME: IT talks about the universal helmet laws of the

United States.

USEFULNESS:It was very useful because I will be able to use quotes from this source to

support my topic.

The Honorable Howard Brookins SR>. www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/honorable-

howard-brookins-sr. Accessed 8 Dec. 2016. DESCRIPTION: Howard Brookins Sr. was a

chairman of the transportation committee. He also ran for seat in the house of

representatives.
 CONNECTION TO TOPIC OR THEME: He helped create the first motorcycle helmet

law for Illinois.

USEFULNESS: It gives me a primary source because he is a man that help people with

the helmet law in Illinois

Motorcycle Helmet Use. Gary Busey, 15 May 1989, people.com/archive/a-near-fatal-

motorcycle-crash-changes-an-actors-life-but-not-his-refusal-to-wear-a-helmet-vol-31-no-

19/. Accessed 27 Jan. 2017. Description: Many people buy a motorcycle and do not know

the safety laws of them and dont ride with helmets due to them not knowing that there is

a law abiding this specific topic. Many people then get into accidents and end up it being

a fatal accident or near fatal accident.

Explanation: People will always make their pwn choices whether they want to wear a

helmet or if they just do not own one. Some accidents are proven to be fatal but people

survive to to them wearing a helmet.

Relation: Provides support for my topic due to the effectiveness of the helmet laws and

how it hurts some people when it is not followed but saves others and then they are

thankful due to these laws.

Motorcycle Helmet Use. www.iihs.org/iihs/topics/laws/helmetuse. Accessed 9 Dec. 2016.

DESCRIPTION: This is a secondary source that talks about all states that were required

to have helmets in the 1960s to the 1970s.

CONNECT TO TOPIC AND THEME: It shows that Illinois does not have a motorcycle

helmet law in use now.

USEFULNESS: It was very useful because it showed me when the states had helmet laws

and it showed me that they do not have any now.

Motorcycle helmet use and injury outcome and hospitalization costs from crashes in Washington

State. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1380358/. Description: It provides

evidence of how helmets and their laws can have or cause less injury in a motorcycle

accident.

Relation: Talks about the percentages of people that increase due to helmet laws and

helmet use.

Usefulness: Provides evidence to support my claim by providing percentages of people

that survive accidents wearing helmets.

A Prospective Study of the Impact of Helmet Usage on Motorcycle Trauma. 20 Aug. 1991,

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1854068. Accessed 30 Jan. 2017. Description: Only 14%

were helmeted patients that were injured out of 358.

Relation: The cost of insurance for the nonhelmeted patients had risen due to safety and

helmet law.

Effectiveness: Provides evidence for my claim.

Why an Illinois Helmet Law Is More Unlikely than Ever. 24 Aug. 2011,

www.stltoday.com/suburban-journals/illinois/news/why-an-illinois-helmet-law-is-more-

unlikely-than-ever/article_04f320f7-806b-5841-bb62-bb3f1c37d364.html. Accessed 30

Jan. 2017. Description: Motorcyclists in Illinois are not required to wear a helmet. In fact

it is one of the 3 states that do not have a helmet law in general.

Effectiveness: Shows that the two people that did not wear helmets would have had a

chance of survival if they had worn helmets.

Relation: Provides evidence for my topic.