Center for Disease Control asking to stop focusing on motorcycle safey?!!??!!!

[Momz]

MRF News Release - The Motorcycle Riders Foundation Announces Letter to the CDC from the United States Congress.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
27 September, 2013

Contact:Jeff Hennie, Vice President of Government Relations and Public Affairs

The Motorcycle Riders Foundation Announces Letter to the CDC from the United States Congress.

The Motorcycle Riders Foundation has been working with United States Representative and longtime motorcycle defender Tom Petri of Wisconsin to send a letter to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) asking them to stop focusing on motorcycle safety.
The CDC released a report that claimed a universal motorcycle helmet law would save lives and money. The problem with the report was that it was simply a collection of a few antiquated studies done by a handful of government agencies which are just as unqualified to focus on motorcycle safety as the CDC.

"This letter will send a clear message to the CDC that Congress is extremely displeased that they are wasting precious tax payer money on areas completely outside their area of expertise" said Jeff Hennie, Vice President of Government Relations for the Motorcycle Riders Foundation. "We don't need the CDC to focus on motorcycles when there are plenty of other government agencies already working on this."

The CDC report states that 41% of all fatal motorcycle accidents victims were not wearing a helmet. Simple math shows us that 59% were wearing helmets when they were involved in a fatal motorcycle crash. This is hardly a case for a universal helmet law.

Congressman Petri had this to say, "Given the demands on your budget and the unique ability of the CDC to address such pressing issues as heart disease, diabetes, cancer, Alzheimer's and a host of other conditions and issues which afflict millions of Americans and others around the globe, we encourage you to direct your attention and resources to areas that are not currently already being addressed elsewhere in the government."

The Motorcycle Riders Foundation urges you to contact your Representative in the United States House and ask them to co-sign this letter to the CDC. The larger the number of co-signers the greater impact it will have. Please contact your Representative at the United States Capitol switchboard which can be reached at (202) 224-3121 and ask them to co-sign the Petri CDC motorcycle letter. The deadline for co-signing this letter is close of business Tuesday, October 8th. Please act fast.

[Jess from VA]

Good.

Now we need to send 20 million more letters asking the G to leave us alone.

[Hooter]

Old news. The CDC needs to worry about what they stand for and it sure isn't motorcycles. Maybe they ought to pay more attention to finding causes and cures instead of if we are wearing helmets!

[Momz]

Accident avoidance and proper training and licensing would save more lives than mandatory helmet laws.

Gun carry permits require that the responsible gun owner be trained, so why not proper training for motorcycling?

[Gryphon Rider]

Accident avoidance and proper training and licensing would save more lives than mandatory helmet laws.

Gun carry permits require that the responsible gun owner be trained, so why not proper training for motorcycling?

I think a higher standard for competence for riders AND drivers would help, as would retesting on a regular interval (5 years? 10 years?).  Also, enforcement of the OTHER rules of the road that are paramount for safety, such as those dealing with following too close, unsafe lane changes, and distracted driving.