These calls will only take a minute or two out of your day, but it might prevent brain injuries for years to come. Last year, the Legislature created a primary seat belt law in New Jersey, because buckling up is the one reasonable thing all drivers can do to significantly reduce the chance of severe injury or death in a car crash. Similarly, wearing a helmet is the one reasonable thing a motorcyclist can do to significantly reduce the chance of severe injury or death in a crash. It is both emotionally and financially draining. Costs associated with a brain injury are often beyond the scope of private health insurance, forcing many individuals to shift to the public system to access the care and assistance they will need for the rest of their lives.
Brain injury is already the leading cause of death and disability among young adults.
Neither do you. Please preserve our motorcycle helmet law. Oppose Senate Bill 532. OK, I've called my representatives in the Assembly and asked them to oppose Senate Bill 532. Finally, please write or call Assemblyman Jack Collins, the Speaker of the Assembly, and ask him to not schedule a vote on Senate Bill 532.