Hearst Newspapers Editorialize for Helmet Law in CT

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com

In an editorial posted online on Wednesday afternoon, Hearst Communications’ newspapers in Connecticut -including “The News-Times” in Danbury, “The Advocate” in
Stamford, the “Greenwich Time” and the “Connecticut Post” in Bridgeport – came out in favor of the state renewing a requirement that all motorcyclists wear a helmet when riding.

Noting “a recent string of tragic motorcycle crashes” that resulted in four deaths, the editorial said “such a dramatic human toll is shocking and saddening” and urged the state legislature to “address this serious life-and-death issue and take the appropriate action.”

While acknowledging the argument of helmet-law opponents who maintain that wearing a helmet should be the individual rider’s choice, the editorial stated, “It is simple common sense that a motorcyclist is much safer wearing a helmet than riding without one, and that his whole network of loved ones and associates is better off, too.”

The full editorial can found here.

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More to read:

– Caribou, ME is hosting the 2013 Maine Harley Owners Group Rally. The “Aroostook Republican and News” has the story here.

– A Wyoming man who waited 38 years to buy a motorcycle and finally acquired a 2013 Harley-Davidson dies in a crash after riding just three miles. Barry Strang was 59. “The Star Tribune” has the story here.