Citation

Nolte KB, Healy C, Rees CM, Sklar D. J. Law Med. Ethics 2017; 45(1 Suppl): 50-54.

Affiliation

Kurt B. Nolte, M.D., is the Chief Medical Investigator and a Professor of Pathology and Radiology at the Office of the Medical Investigator at University of New Mexico School of Medicine in Albuquerque, NM. Colleen Healy, J.D., is a Staff Attorney, Mid-States Region, for the Network for Public Health Law at the University of Michigan School of Public Health in Ann Arbor, MI. Clifford M. Rees, J.D., is the Practice Director, Western Region, for the Network for Public Health Law at Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law in Santa Fe, NM. David Sklar, M.D., is an Emeritus Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine in Albuquerque, NM.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1177/1073110517703324

PMID

28661293

Abstract

Motorcycle helmet laws are perceived to infringe upon individual rights even though they reduce mortality and health care costs. We describe proposed helmet legislation that protects individual rights and provides incentives for helmet use through a differential motorcycle registration fee that requires higher fees for those who wish to ride without a helmet.

Language: en