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Easy brought up a good point when he talked about money. I've always found that if you follow the "money trail" you'll probably find out a lot about any issue. While doing this research I did find one pretty big money trail. It seems that Insurance companies are some of the biggest contributors to campaigns for mandatory motorcycle helmet laws. Why, well, basically they'd like to see fewer motorcyclists on the road because they insure car owners who get sued and usually loose enormous amounts of money when they cause an accident with a motorcycle like failure to yield right of way. When the court day comes, the plaintiff is often pretty badly injured, he's had months of rehab, often lost his job and may have permanent disabilities, whereas the driver of the car usually has no injuries and some body damage to his car. Juries feel sorry for the biker and he gets a big settlement and the insurance company has to pay up, they don't like that, and they figure the less bikers on the road equals millions of dollars they won't have to pay out. They also know that ridership goes way down every time mandatory helmet laws are passed, so they support mandatory helmet laws as a way to get more bikers off the roads and lower their exposure to lawsuits.