Michael Pines | October 21, 2021 | Motorcycle Accidents

8 Motorcycle Helmet Myths & Facts from the NHTSA

Congress’s 1966 highway funding law made some highway funds contingent on states passing motorcycle helmet laws. As a result, 47 states and the District of Columbia passed laws requiring all motorcycle operators and passengers to wear helmets.  Although this experiment was successful, Congress repealed the helmet mandate in 1975 and many states began to repeal their […]

Michael Pines | June 8, 2021 | Motorcycle Accidents

Motorcycle Deaths by State: 2019 Data from the NHTSA

According to the NHTSA, there were 5,014 motorcyclists killed in 2019, which accounted for 14 percent of traffic fatalities. Florida, California, and Texas once again topped the list of states with the most motorcycle accident fatalities in 2019. Courtesy of the NHTSA’s National Center for Statistics and Analysis, the table below breaks down motorcycle deaths by […]