Biker Group Again Seeks to Make Helmets Optional in Mich.
Midwest News • May 24, 2007
A group again is seeking the option to ride motorcycles without helmets in Michigan.
The new plan pitched this week by American Bikers Aiming Toward Education (ABATE) would allow riders to pay a ...
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Posted On: May 24, 2007, 3:00 pm CDT
Posted By: Tom Lynch
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Would that that were so, but it's not. Michigan actually has a law that requires auto insurers to cover the catastrophic costs incurred by motorcyclists upon themselves when they collide with automobiles insured by the auto insurer - regardless of fault. Doing away with the helmet law will only compound this problem requiring auto insurers to raise rates. This is not good public policy.
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