Betsy E. Lister - Comments

Document ID: NHTSA-2008-0157-0005
Document Type: Public Submission
Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Received Date: October 03 2008, at 06:45 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Date Posted: October 3 2008, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Start Date: October 2 2008, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Due Date: December 1 2008, at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time
Tracking Number: 807347b9
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This is comment on Rule

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Motorcycle Helmets

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When will you get it, that the helmet is not the answer??? A bandaid does not stop bleeding from an artery; neither will a helmet stop people from dying! Until you increase the span of education to include John Q and Jane Q Public at all levels, nationally, motorcycle deaths will continue to rise. Why? Because people know nothing about motorcycles! They were never explained that a motorcycle is a motor vehicle, and that it has the right to share the road, and that you shouldn't share a lane, that you should be mindful when changing lanes, etc. So until, education on a national level to raise motorcycle awareness occurs, your suggestion is to make a bigger better band aid, while the artery still bleeds and life wanes. Doesn't make sense at all!