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Re: [RC] helmets, my perspective//Cynical But True - Diane Trefethen

Nothing like the unvarnished truth told with a cynical sense of humor. Are you British, Dr Kane? :)


Beverley H. Kane, MD wrote:
When the California motorcycle helmet law went into effect in 1992, we ER docs/nurses/paramedics somewhat, but not totally, tongue-in-cheek bemoaned the fact that there would be fewer organs for transplantation, typically harvested from healthy young bikers. Statistically, this proved to be the case.

So one’s attitude toward helmets gets skewed by whether you and your friends are the ones riding or are the ones who are in the top ten on the waiting list for a new liver. 



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Re: [RC] helmets, my perspective//Cynical But True, Beverley H. Kane, MD