Public policies and motorcycle safety

French, Michael T.; Gümüş, Gülçin; Homer, Jenny F.

doi:10.1016/j.jhealeco.2009.05.002

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“…Ridership appears to be lower in UHL states, as motorcycle registrations per 10,000 people are significantly higher in states without a UHL (p < .01). Others have noted the possibility that helmet laws reduce fatalities by decreasing ridership (Dee, 2009;French et al, 2009). French et al (2010 use 1975e2005 FARS data to show that UHLs decrease fatalities mainly by improving safety rather than by reducing motorcycle riding.…”

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“…Dee (2009) analyzed data from 1988 to 2005 and found that helmets decrease the risk of a motorcycle fatality by 34%. According to French, Gumus, and Homer (2009), UHLs result in a 24% reduction in motorcycle fatalities and a 20% reduction in non-fatal motorcycle injuries.…”

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“…Minimum legal drinking age was the only policy significantly associated with lower fatality rates. French et al (2009) evaluated the effects of several motor vehicle and alcohol policies on non-fatal and fatal motorcycle injuries between 1990 and 2005. Surprisingly, lower speed limits and ALR were associated with higher non-fatal injury rates, and none of the policies other than UHLs had significant effects on motorcycle fatalities.…”

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“…In addition, we distinguish between traffic fatalities that occurred during the week and those that occurred on Friday night 10 See also Young and Bielinska-Kwapisz (2006) who found that adopting a BAC 0.08 law was associated with an increase in traffic fatalities. French et al (2009) found little evidence of a relationship between BAC 0.08 laws and motorcycle fatalities.…”

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Per se drugged driving laws and traffic fatalities

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Rees

2015

International Review of Law and Economics

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“…Mandatory helmet use is thus one important policy that governments are recommended to implement in order to reduce road-related fatalities (WHO, 2004(WHO, , 2006. The effectiveness of such laws, if enforced, has been shown in various contexts (see, e.g., Dee, 2009;French et al, 2009). Despite the formal introduction of such laws in most countries of the world (WHO, 2009), enforcement is however often very weak.…”

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Why do some motorbike riders wear a helmet and others don’t? Evidence from Delhi, India

Grimm

Treibich

2016

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. www.econstor.eu We focus on helmet use behavior among motorbike users in Delhi. We use a detailed data set collected for the purpose of the study. To guide our empirical analysis, we rely on a simple model in which drivers decide on self-protection and self-insurance. The empirical findings suggest that risk averse drivers are more likely to wear a helmet, there is no systematic effect on speed. Helmet use also increases with education. Drivers who show a higher awareness of road risks are both more likely to wear a helmet and to speed less. Controlling for risk awareness, we observe that drivers tend to compensate between speed and helmet use. The results can provide a basis for awareness-raising policies. Improvements to the road infrastructure bear the risk of leading to risk-compensating behavior. Terms of use: Documents in D I S C U S S I O N P A P E R S E R I E SJEL Classification: D10, I10, I15, K42, R41Keywords: road safety, helmet use, risky health behavior, self-protection, self-insurance, IndiaCorresponding author:Michael Grimm University of Passau Innstrasse 29 94032 Passau Germany E-mail: michael.grimm@uni-passau.deIn some states of India, women are exempted from safety rules that mandate motorcycle passengers wear helmets -an exemption that kills or injures thousands each year. Women's rights advocates have argued the exemption springs from a culture-wide devaluation of women's lives. Supporters of the ban say they're just trying to preserve women's carefully styled hair and make-up -which isn't exactly a feminist response.

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Public policies and motorcycle safety

Cited by 41 publications

References 37 publications

Motorcycle fatalities among out-of-state riders and the role of universal helmet laws

Motorcycle fatalities among out-of-state riders and the role of universal helmet laws

Per se drugged driving laws and traffic fatalities

Why do some motorbike riders wear a helmet and others don’t? Evidence from Delhi, India

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