At the July meeting of the Michigan State Medical Society (MSMS) Board of Directors, the Board reviewed the role of physicians and MSMS in addressing violence prevention. The Board hosted robust discussion on violence as a public health issue and emphasized the importance of promoting evidence-based solutions to understand what factors protect people or put them at risk for experiencing or perpetrating violence. The Board also reviewed the extensive policy on firearm safety adopted by the.
Motorcyclists who meet certain requirements have had the freedom to ride without a helmet in Michigan since 2012.
Hundreds of motorcyclists are expected to rumble into Lansing on Wednesday to deliver a blunt message: Don t mess with Michigan s helmet law.
“Our perspective is that this is a freedom issue and an individual rights issue,” said Jim Rhoades of ABATE of Michigan, the nonprofit cycling rights group that pushed for the 2012 repeal of Michigan s law requiring motorcyclists to wear a helmet.
As for a return to that mandate, Rhoades said: “We would fight that tooth and nail. We want people to know we re not going anywhere.”