Letters: Common sense fights losing battle at SC State House

CDC director Dr. Thomas Frieden cites research showing that “universal helmet laws are the most effective way to reduce the number of deaths and traumatic brain injuries that result from motorcycle crashes.”

Dr. Tilman Jolly of the Department of Emergency Medicine at George Washington University says that “A physician dreams about having the opportunity to save as many lives as legislators save with the single act of passing a universal motorcycle helmet law.”

This idea has been verified by years of research. It makes common sense to pass and enforce a helmet law, and that is exactly why you will never see it in South Carolina.