How do Helmet Laws Affect Helmet Use?

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Based on studies of the effects of states' enactment, repeal, or weakening of universal helmet laws, use approached 100 percent when all motorcyclists were required to wear helmets, compared with about 50 percent when there was no helmet law or a law applying only to some riders. However, national surveys of helmet use have reported recent declines in helmet use in states with universal laws as well as in states without such laws.

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